Eugen Schmidt

In 1896, Schmidt participated as one of three Danish athletes who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He competed in two events: In the 100 metres event, he finished fourth in his heat and did not advance to the final.^[5] He also competed in the military rifle event, finishing tied for twelfth place with 845 points; Schmidt hit the target 12 times out of his 40 shots.^[6] Together with fellow Københavns Roklub athlete Holger Nielsen, Schmidt also participated in the unofficial football event in which a Danish XI faced a Greek team as a "demonstration sport", and it was the Danes who came-out as the winners by either 9–0 or 15–0.^[7][8]

Four years later, Schmidt competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. This time he was competing for the mixed team in the tug of war, with the team consisting of three Danish and three Swedish athletes. The American team withdrew, so Schmidt's team was up against the French team in the final. The mixed side won the first two pulls and so were awarded the gold medal.^[9]

In the 1912 he was back on the Olympic scene as the director for the Danish rowing team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.^[4]

• Eugen Schmidt at ISSF
• Eugen Schmidt at Olympics.com
• Eugen Schmidt at Olympedia