Veronika Schmidt
Appearance
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![]() Schmidt in 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Harzgerode, East Germany | 24 August 1952|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 1 – (1982) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (27th in 1982) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Veronika Hesse (née Schmidt; born 24 August 1952 in Harzgerode) is a former East German cross-country skier who competed from 1974 to 1982. She won two 4 × 5 km relay medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in Lake Placid and a bronze in Innsbruck.
Schmidt also won a complete set medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 20 km (1980), a silver in the 4 × 5 km relay (1974), and a bronze in the 4 × 5 km relay (1982).
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
[edit]- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
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1976 | 23 | 12 | 8 | Bronze |
1980 | 27 | 7 | 8 | Gold |
World Championships
[edit]- 3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 20 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
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1974 | 21 | — | 5 | — | Silver |
1978 | 25 | — | 20 | 8 | — |
1980 | 27 | — | — | Gold | — |
1982 | 29 | 14 | 20 | 9 | Bronze |
World Cup
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Season | Age | Overall |
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1982 | 30 | 27 |
Team podiums
[edit]- 1 podium
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
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1 | 1981–82 | 24 February 1982 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay | World Championships[1] | 3rd | Sölter / Anding / Petzold |
Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
[edit]- ^ "Veronika HESSE". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
External links
[edit]- Veronika Hesse at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Veronika Schmidt at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- World Championship results (in German)
- Veronika Hesse at Olympics.com
- Veronika Hesse-Schmidt at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- East German female cross-country skiers
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- People from Harzgerode
- Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt
- People from Bezirk Magdeburg
- Olympic cross-country skiers for East Germany
- German cross-country skiing biography stubs