Herbert Schmidt (28 January 1914 – 18 September 2002) was a German rower who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. Schmidt was born in 1914. In 1936 he won the bronze medal as crew member of the German boat in the men's eight competition. Immediately after the end of World War II, he was put in charge of sport for the administrative area of Köpenick. He is credited with reviving rowing as a sport in East Berlin. In 1948, he became chief editor of '' Deutsches Sportecho'', an East German daily sports newspaper. He was dismissed from this role after only a few months and went to the radio station Sender Freies Berlin in West Berlin instead where he was in charge of the sports department. Schmidt died in 2002.

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1914 births 2002 deaths Olympic rowers for Germany Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing German male rowers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub