Harald Schmid
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Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harald Schmid (born September 29, 1957 in Hanau, Germany) is a former German track and field athlete.
Schmid was one of the best 400 metres hurdles runners in the world during his career. His duels with Edwin Moses during the late 1970s and early 1980s are unforgettable. He was the last person to beat Moses before the incredible streak of victories, many with Schmid the closest challenger.
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"I would wake up at the morning, and in California we’re about nine hours ahead of 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."-Edwin Moses[1]
His race against Moses in Rome, 1987, is ranked as one of the races of the century. Schmid won bronze with the 4 × 400 m relay team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as well as an individual bronze in 400 m hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984.
In addition, he won silver in 1983 at the first World Championships in Helsinki in the 400 m hurdles and the 4 × 400 m relay team and a further bronze in the Rome World Championships in 1987.
He won gold at the European Championships 5 times (3 individual and 2 team medals) and one silver with the team. His personal best over 400 m hurdles was 47.48 s (done twice in 1982 and the race in 1987), at one point the European record and the second fastest time ever. As of 1 September 2014, his time of 47.48 secs from Rome in 1987 is the fastest third-placing run in history.
Harald Schmid has a PhD in Sports Science and was appointed to the IAAF athletes commission in 1999. He participates actively in anti-drug campaigns and encourages children's sport activities.
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External links
- Harald Schmid profile at IAAF
- Harald Schmid's public relations company
- 400 m Hurdles, Rom 1987 (ESPN).
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Preceded by | German Sportsman of the Year 1979 1987 |
Succeeded by Michael Groß Guido Kratschmer |
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Preceded by | Men's 400 m hurdles season's best 1982 |
Succeeded by Edwin Moses |
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- Living people
- 1957 births
- West German sprinters
- West German hurdlers
- Male sprinters
- Male hurdlers
- West German sportsmen
- Olympic athletes of West Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- 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 Championships in Athletics athletes for West Germany
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany