Dylan Schmidt

Dylan Schmidt
 Gymnast  
Full name Dylan Matthew Schmidt
Country represented  New Zealand
Born (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997
Discipline Trampolining
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2014-
Club Extreme Trampoline [Auckland, NZL]
College team Kings college
Head coach(es) Angie Dougal
Jarrod Herriot [club]

Dylan Matthew Schmidt (born 7 January 1997) is a New Zealand individual and synchronised trampolinist. He competed at world championships, including at the 2014 and 2015 Trampoline World Championships.[1]

He took up trampolining at age five and began competing in 2005. He trains six days a week, usually two-hour sessions, with his training partner Kierran Tuhi. As a junior he won the gold medal at the 2009 World Junior Championships in Russia.

He was named the 2014 College Sport Auckland Young Sportsperson of the Year.

Personal

His brother Callum Schmidt and sister Rachel Schmidt have also competed internationally in trampolining. He graduated from King's College, Auckland, New Zealand in 2014. He now studies commerce at the University of Auckland.[2] His hobbies are hunting, fishing, clay bird shooting, mountain biking.[3]

References

  1. "2015 Trampoline World Championships athletes - Dylan Schmidt". Longinestiming.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. "Congratulations to our student Olympians". University of Auckland. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. "Dylan Schmidt FIG Profile". fig-gymnastics.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.


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