Schmidt started as a sprinter and won the national 4×100 m title in 1953, finishing third over 100 m and 200 m in 1954. He then changed to horse riding and pentathlon and won the national show jumping championships in 1956–59. Swimming was his weak part though, and at the 1960 Olympics he used breaststroke instead of conventional crawl. He also performed below his level in shooting, and placed 47th out of 60 overall.[3]
benny, schmidt, benny, gotfred, schmidt, born, june, 1929, danish, modern, pentathlete, competed, 1960, summer, olympics, where, also, served, danish, flag, bearer, 1953personal, informationborn, 1929, june, 1929, horsens, denmarkheight186, weight86, sportspor. Benny Gotfred Schmidt born 25 June 1929 is a Danish modern pentathlete He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics where he also served as the Danish flag bearer 1 2 Benny SchmidtBenny Schmidt in 1953Personal informationBorn 1929 06 25 25 June 1929 age 94 Horsens DenmarkHeight186 cm 6 ft 1 in Weight86 kg 190 lb SportSportModern pentathlonClubDMI CopenhagenBiography editSchmidt started as a sprinter and won the national 4 100 m title in 1953 finishing third over 100 m and 200 m in 1954 He then changed to horse riding and pentathlon and won the national show jumping championships in 1956 59 Swimming was his weak part though and at the 1960 Olympics he used breaststroke instead of conventional crawl He also performed below his level in shooting and placed 47th out of 60 overall 3 Schmidt was a career military officer he held the rank of lieutenant in 1960 and retired as lieutenant colonel After the Olympics he served for four years at Allied Forces Northern Europe in Oslo Norway and later was assigned to the Danish Defence Intelligence Service In 1987 he was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog Knight s Cross of the first degree 3 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Benny Schmidt Benny Schmidt Olympic Results sports reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 23 July 2012 Denmark at the Olympic sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 24 July 2012 a b Horsensdreng blev atlet og fanebaerer ved OL i Rom horsensidraetsarkiv dkExternal links editBenny Schmidt at Olympedia nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to modern pentathlon in Denmark is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Benny Schmidt amp oldid 1158175851, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
