Gavin Schmitt

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Gavin Schmitt

| image = Gavin Schmitt 2012.jpg

| image_size = 250px

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| fullname = Gavin Charles Schmitt

| nickname =

| nationality = {{flagicon|CAN}} Canadian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|1|27|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

| hometown = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

| height = 2.08 m

| college = University of Saskatchewan
Red Deer College

| position = Opposite

| currentclub =

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| years = 2004–2005
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2012
2012–2013
2013–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020

| teams = Saskatchewan Huskies
Red Deer College
Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
Arago de Sète
Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs
Iskra Odintsovo
Arkas Izmir
Funvic Taubaté
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Toray Arrows
Olympiacos Piraeus
Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm

| nationalyears = 2007–2018

| nationalteam = {{vb|CAN}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}

}}

Gavin Charles Schmitt (born 27 January 1986) is a former Canadian volleyball player, who started playing volleyball in Saskatoon for the Saskatchewan Huskies volleyball club and eventually went on to win the silver medal with the Canada men's national volleyball team at the 2013 NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Langley, Canada.

Career

From 2009 to 2012, Schmitt played for the Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs in South Korea's V-League, where he led the team to three consecutive titles winning the MVP awards in the 2009–10 and 2011–12 seasons.

Schmitt led the national team in scoring in six of the seven matches he played for Canada at the 2014 World Championship in Poland, where Canada finished seventh for its best result ever in the championship that has been held 18 times since 1949.

In July 2016, he was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.{{cite news |first=Asif |last=Hossain |title=Canada’s men’s volleyball team ready for Rio after long Olympic absence |url=http://olympic.ca/2016/07/22/canadas-mens-volleyball-team-ready-for-rio-after-long-olympic-absence/ |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |date=22 July 2016 |accessdate=22 July 2016}}

Sporting achievements

CSV South American Club Championship
16px Brazil 2016 – with Funvic Taubaté
National championships
2009/2010 16px KOVO Cup, with Daejeon Samsung
2009/2010 16px V-League Championship, with Daejeon Samsung
2010/2011 16px V-League Championship, with Daejeon Samsung
2011/2012 16px V-League Championship, with Daejeon Samsung
2014/2015 16px Turkish Championship, with Arkas Izmir
2018/2019 16x16px Greek Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
2018/2019 16x16px Greek Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
National team
2008 16px Pan American Cup
2009 16px Pan American Cup
2011 16px Pan American Cup
2011 16px NORCECA Championship
2013 16px NORCECA Championship
2015 16px Pan American Games

=Individually=

2008: Pan American Cup – Best opposite
2009: Pan American Cup – Best scorer
2010: V-League Championship – Most valuable player
2010: V-League Championship – Best scorer
2010: V-League Championship – Best opposite
2010: V-League Championship – Best server
2011: V-League Championship – Best scorer
2011: Pan American Cup – Best opposite
2011: Pan American Cup – Best scorer
2012: V-League Championship – Most valuable player
2012: V-League Championship – Best scorer
2012: V-League Championship – Best opposite
2015: Turkish Championship – Most valuable player
2015: Turkish Championship – Best scorer
2015: Turkish Championship – Best opposite
2015: Turkish Championship – Best server
2015: Pan American Games – Best scorer, Best Server{{cite web |title=Player ranking by skill |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/VO/TO2015_VO_C85_VOM400000.pdf |accessdate=28 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728004124/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/VO/TO2015_VO_C85_VOM400000.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}
2016: 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament – Best opposite spiker
2019 Greek Championship – Best opposite