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}} Wolfgang Schmidt (born 16 January 1954) is a former German track and field athlete, who competed for East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the discus throw. A former world record holder, he also won several medals at the European Championships in Athletics. Schmidt made headlines in 1982 due to his failed attempt to escape from East Germany. He later competed for the Federal Republic of Germany and won third place in the 1990 European Championships in Athletics. Born in Berlin, he competed for the ''SC Dynamo Berlin''/ ''Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo''. ==Athletic achievements== * 1973: European Junior Championships: 1st place in discus (61.30) * 1974: European Championships: 8th place in discus (59.56) * 1976: Olympic Games: 2nd place in discus (63.68 - foul - 65.16 - foul - 63.96 - 66.22) * 1978: European Championships: 1st place in discus (64.04 - 61.68 - 64.52 - 62.08 - 65.94 - 66.82); 4th place in shot put (19.86 - 19.63 - 19.92 - 19.62 - 20.30 - 19.49) * 1980: Olympic Games: 4th place in discus (65.64) * 1990: European Championships: 3rd place in discus (61.28 - 60.84 - foul - 64.08 - 64.10 - foul), competing for West Germany. * 1991: World Championships: 4th place in discus (64.76) His personal best throw was 71.16 metres, achieved in August 1978 in Berlin. This ranks him third among German discus throwers, only behind Jürgen Schult and Lars Riedel.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wolfgang Schmidt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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