Casimir Schmidt

Schmidt won a gold medal on the vault at the 2012 Junior European Championships, and he also finished 14th in the all-around.^[3] He began competing in senior international competitions in 2013 and won his first senior national all-around title.^[4] That year, he also made his World Championships debut,^[5] finishing 18th in the all-around final.^[6]

Schmidt won a gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2014 Ljubljana World Challenge Cup and also won a bronze medal on the vault.^[7] Then at the 2014 European Championships, he helped the Dutch team place sixth.^[8] He tied with Finland's Tomi Tuuha for fourth place in the vault final.^[9] He also competed at the 2014 World Championships but did not advance into any finals.^[10]

Schmidt represented the Netherlands at the 2015 European Games alongside Frank Rijken and Bram Verhofstad, and they finished 15th in the team competition. Individually, Schmidt qualified for the all-around final and finished 13th. Then in the vault final, he won the silver medal behind Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev.^[11] He then helped the Dutch team finish 11th in the qualification round of the 2015 World Championships, allowing them to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Test Event.^[12]

Schmidt competed with the team at the 2016 Olympic Test Event that won the bronze medal, qualifying them as a full team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[13] However, Schmidt was not ultimately selected to compete at the Olympic Games.^[14] At the 2017 European Championships, he finished 11th in the all-around final.^[15] He then won a bronze medal on the vault at the 2017 Koper World Challenge Cup, behind Andrey Medvedev and Donnell Whittenburg.^[16]

Schmidt competed at the 2018 European Championships and helped the Dutch team finish ninth in the qualification round, making them the first reserves for the team final.^[17] Then at the 2018 World Championships, Schmidt and the Dutch team qualified for the team final, finishing eighth.^[18] After the World Championships, he competed at the 2018 Cottbus World Cup and won a silver medal on the floor exercise behind Artem Dolgopyat.^[19]

Schmidt finished 12th in the all-around final at the 2019 European Championships.^[20] He competed with Sanna Veerman at the 2019 Swiss Cup Zürich, a mixed pairs competition, and they placed eighth.^[21] At the 2021 European Championships, he finished 15th in the all-around during the qualification round and did not earn an individual berth for the Olympic Games. He then withdrew from the all-around final.^[22]

Schmidt finished 12th in the all-around final at the 2022 World Championships.^[23] He then competed at the 2022 Swiss Cup Zürich alongside Eythora Thordottir, and they placed sixth.^[24] He finished seventh at the 2022 Arthur Gander Memorial.^[25] He won a bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the 2023 Cairo World Cup.^[26] He then finished 15th in the all-around final at the 2023 European Championships.^[27] At the 2023 World Championships, Schmidt and the Dutch team placed 11th in the qualification round and earned a team berth for the 2024 Olympic Games.^[28]

Schmidt won his fourth national all-around title at the 2024 Dutch Championships.^[4] He was then selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Jermain Grünberg, Loran de Munck, Frank Rijken, and Martijn de Veer.^[29] The team finished 10th in the qualification round, making them the second reserves for the team final.^[30] Individually, Schmidt qualified for the all-around final, where he finished 13th.^[31] After the Olympic Games, he traveled across the United States performing as part of Simone Biles' Gold Over America Tour.^[32]

• Casimir Schmidt at World Gymnastics
• Casimir Schmidt at Olympics.com
• Casimir Schmidt at Olympedia
• Casimir Schmidt at InterSportStats
• Casimir Schmidt at TeamNL (in Dutch)
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