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Harald Schmid

Harald Schmid (1981)
Personal information
Born	29 September 1957 (1957-09-29) (age 68) Hanau, West Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Events	400 metres hurdles 4 × 400 metres relay
Medal record Men'sathletics Representing West Germany Olympic Games 1976 Montreal 4 × 400 m relay 1984 Los Angeles 400 m hurdles World Championships 1983 Helsinki 400 m hurdles 1983 Helsinki 4 × 400 m relay 1987 Rome 400 m hurdles European Championships 1978 Prague 400 m hurdles 1978 Prague 4 × 400 m relay 1982 Athens 400 m hurdles 1982 Athens 4 × 400 m relay 1986 Stuttgart 400 m hurdles 1986 Stuttgart 4 × 400 m relay IAAF World Cup 1977 Düsseldorf 4 × 400 m relay 1979 Montreal, 400 m hurdles 1977 Düsseldorf 400 m hurdles 1985 Canberra 400 m hurdles

Harald Schmid (German pronunciation:[ˈha.ʁaltˈʃmɪt]^ⓘ; born 29 September 1957) is a retired Germantrack and field athlete who competed in thesprints andhurdles. He was one of the best400 metres hurdles runners in the world during his career.

Schmid won bronze with the West German4 × 400 m relay team at the1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal as well as an individual bronze in the400 m hurdles at the1984 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles in 1984.

In addition, he won silver at the1983 World Championships in the 400 m hurdles and the 4 × 400 m relay and a further bronze in 400 m hurdles at the1987 World Championships. At the latter, he finished only 0.02 s behind the gold medalistEdwin Moses; Schmid's duels with Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s were famous and Schmid was the last person to beat Moses before hisstreak of 122 consecutive victories. Moses said of him: "I would wake up at the morning, and in California we’re about nine hours behind Germany. I’d say to myself, ‘Harald has probably finished his workout by now, I need to get busy!’ Guys like him were my motivation."^[1]

Schmid also won gold at theEuropean Championships 5 times (3 individual and 2 team medals) and one silver with the team.

His personal best in the 400 m hurdles was 47.48s (achieved twice: in 1982 and at the World Championships in 1987), which at one point was theEuropean record and thesecond fastest time ever.

In 2016, he was inducted intoGermany's Sports Hall of Fame.^[2]

Schmid has aPhD inSports Science and was appointed to theIAAF athletes commission in 1999. He participates actively in anti-drug campaigns and encourages children's sport activities.

• Harald Schmid atWorld Athletics
• Harald Schmid's public relations company
• 400 m Hurdles, Rom 1987 (ESPN).

• Living people
• 1957 births
• West German men sprinters
• West German men hurdlers
• Olympic athletes for West Germany
• Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany
• World Athletics Championships medalists
• European Athletics Championships medalists
• Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
• Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for West Germany
• Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade
• Sportspeople from Hanau
• Athletes from Darmstadt (region)
• West German Athletics Championships winners

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