Christoph Schmid
{{short description|Swiss sport shooter}}
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| birth_place = Zug, Switzerland
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| sport = Shooting
| event = 10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
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| coach = Krzysztof Kucharczyk
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Christoph Schmid (born 5 August 1982 in Zug) is a Swiss sport shooter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Christoph Schmid|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/christoph-schmid-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054753/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/christoph-schmid-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 23 January 2013}} He won a silver medal in the men's 50 m free pistol at the 2007 ISSF World Cup series in Fort Benning, Georgia, accumulating a score of 659.7 points.{{cite news|title=Emmons Takes Gold In World Cup As Pistol Shooter Jason Turner Makes Finals|url=http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/tow_release.php?ID=115180|publisher=The Outdoor Wire|date=9 April 2007|accessdate=23 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083349/http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/tow_release.php?ID=115180|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Christoph Schmid|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHSUIM0508198201|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=23 January 2013}}
Career
Schmid represented Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 573 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men's 10 m air pistol, by two points behind Australia's Daniel Repacholi from the final attempt, finishing in thirty-third place.{{cite web|title=Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM203901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=23 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053200/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM203901/index.html |archivedate=16 August 2012 }} Three days later, Schmid placed fortieth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by one point behind Poland's Wojciech Knapik, with a total score of 542 targets.{{cite web|title=Men's 50m Pistol Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM201901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=23 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816054005/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM201901/index.html |archivedate=16 August 2012 }}
References
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External links
- {{ISSF|SHSUIM0508198201}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|christoph-schmid}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816105502/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D62894/bio/index.html |title=Christoph Schmid at NBC's 2008 Summer Olympics website |date=dmy}}
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Category:Swiss male sport shooters
Category:Olympic shooters for Switzerland
Category:Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Zug
Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen
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