Jacob Karl Rodger Schmid (born 18 January 1994) is an Australian professional
track sprint cyclist from Melbourne, Victoria. He represented Australia at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...
, where he won bronze in the elite men's
individual sprint and
team sprint (alongside
Nathan Hart
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, Patrick Constable and
Matthew Glaetzer
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Career
He competed in the team sprint event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and won the 2012 World Championship in the team sprint with Scott Sunderland and Shane Perkins.
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).
As a junior rider, Schmid competed at the
2012 UCI Junior World Track Cycling Championships in Invercargill (New Zealand), where he won gold in the individual sprint and
keirin events. He was also a member of the junior men's team sprint (alongside Emerson Harwood and Zachary Shaw), which qualified fastest in a junior world record time (44.825s), before an illegal change saw the team relegated in the gold medal final.
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1994 births
Living people
Australian male cyclists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
People from Malvern, Victoria
Cyclists from Melbourne
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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