Jan Schmid

Jan Schmid
Jan Schmid
Country	Norway
Born	24 November 1983 (age 41); Trondheim, Norway
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Ski club	Granaasen Ski Team
World Cup career
Seasons	2001–2019
Indiv. starts	269
Indiv. podiums	23
Indiv. wins	5
Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Olympic Games
World Championships
	Updated on 2 March 2019.

Jan Andreas Schmid (born 24 November 1983) is a Norwegian former nordic combined skier, of Swiss origin.^[1] He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec with a silver in the 10 km individual normal hill event and a bronze in the 4 x 5 km team event. Competing two Winter Olympics for Switzerland, he earned his best finish of fourth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Turin in 2006. Schmid also competed in two World Championships for Switzerland. At the 2010 Winter Olympics for Norway, he finished fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event.

Background

Schmid was born in Norway, speaks Norwegian, and has lived in city of Trondheim all of his life. Until 2006 he only had a Swiss passport due to the fact that both of his parents (Rudolf and Ruth Schmid), are Swiss citizens.^[1]

Change of nationality

The circumstances of Schmid's transfer from the Swiss to the Norwegian Ski Federation are unusual and were discussed at the International Ski Federation Council meeting in 2006. The Swiss ski federation required that Schmid pay a transfer fee of 120,000 Norwegian kroner (approximately US$23,000) as compensation.^[1] Transfer fees of this kind are unheard of in the ski sport. The consequences of not paying the fee would have left Schmid in quarantine for a year. It was also a matter of some urgency for Schmid due to the legal complications that could arise if he did not change his nationality before his 23rd birthday.^{[citation needed]}

Family

Schmid's mother, Ruth Schmid, is the leader of the Nordic combined committee in the Norwegian Ski Federation. Jan's five years younger brother, Tommy Schmid, is currently on the Swiss national ski team. He also has a nine years younger sister, Marit Schmid. Their father, Rudolf, is a ski-trainer in Jan and Tommy's skiteam Sjetne IL. The entire family are active in the sport of orienteering. They are all members of a club called Trollelg Orienteeringclub, which is the local club of southern Trondheim.^{[citation needed]}

Record

World Championship

Year	Individual NH	Individual LH/ Sprint	Team NH	Team sprint/ Mass start/ Team LH
2003	27	30	-	-
2005	29	32	6	-
2009	2	12	3	13
2011	24	14	3	3
2015	31	31	-	-
2019	2	21	1	2

World Cup wins

Season	Date	Location	Hill
2011–12	10 December 2012	Ramsau	HS98 / 10 km
2011–12	3 March 2012	Lahti	HS130 / Penalty Race
2017–18	14 January 2018	Val di Fiemme	HS134 / 10 km
	20 January 2018	Chaux-Neuve	HS118 / 10 km
	4 February 2018	Hakuba	HS134 / 10 km

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bugge, Mette (25 October 2006). "Blir norsk – må betale 120 000 kr". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 March 2016.

External links

Jan Schmid at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Jan Schmid at Olympics.com
Jan Schmid at Olympedia (archive)
Nordic combined team Olympic results: 1988–2002 at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2006) (in Italian)
Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 February 2009)

[blirnorsk-1] Bugge, Mette (25 October 2006). "Blir norsk – må betale 120 000 kr". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 March 2016.

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