Olaf Schmidt

Olaf Schmidt (born 1962) is a German glider aerobatic pilot.

He joined his gliding club, ''Bremer Verein für Luftfahrt e.V.'', at the age of 13, gaining his glider pilot licence at the age of 16 and a glider and his motor glider instructor rating in 1983 at the age of 21. Since 1984, he has assisted at glider aerobatic courses as a tow pilot. He obtained a glider aerobatics rating in 1987. In 1994 he competed in a glider aerobatic competition in the advanced category for the first time. The 1998 German National Championship was his first competition in the unlimited category.

He became a member of the German National Glider Aerobatics Team in 2001. Since then he has competed in the European and in the World Glider Aerobatic Championships.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |+ Achievements in glider aerobatic competitions |- !year !contest !location !category !ranking !team ranking |- |align=center| 1998 |align=center| German Championships |align=center| |align=center| unlimited |align=center| |align=center| n/a |- |align=center| 2000 |align=center| German Championships |align=center| |align=center| unlimited |align=center| 8 |align=center| n/a |- |align=center| 2002 |align=center| German Championships |align=center| |align=center| unlimited |align=center| 8 |align=center| n/a |- |align=center| 2003 !align=center| World Championships |align=center| Pér, Hungary |align=center| unlimited |align=center| 17 |align=center| |- |align=center| 2004 |align=center| German Championships |align=center| Biberach an der Riß, Germany |align=center| unlimited |align=center| 14 |align=center| n/a |- |align=center| 2004 !align=center| European Championships |align=center| Moravská Třebová, Czech Republic |align=center| unlimited |align=center| 28 |align=center| |- |align=center| 2004 |align=center| Open Dutch Championships |align=center| |align=center| unlimited | bgcolor="gold" align=center| 1 |align=center| n/a |- |align=center| 2005 |align=center| Open British Championships |align=center| Vale of Belvoir (Saltby airfield), UK |align=center| unlimited | bgcolor="gold" align=center| 1 |align=center| n/a |- |align=center| 2005 !align=center| World Championships |align=center| Serpukhov (Drakino airfield), Russia |align=center| unlimited |align=center| 28 |align=center| |- |align=center| 2006 |align=center| German Championships |align=center| Bad Frankenhausen, Germany |align=center| unlimited |align=center| 4 |align=center| n/a |- |align=center| 2006 !align=center| European Championships |align=center| Rybnik, Poland |align=center| unlimited |align=center| 13 | bgcolor="bronze" align=center| 3 (with Eugen Schaal and Markus Feyerabend) |- |align=center| 2006 |align=center| Open Dutch Championships |align=center| Deelen, Netherlands |align=center| unlimited | bgcolor="gold" align=center| 1 |align=center| n/a |- |align=center| 2007 !align=center| World Championships |align=center| Niederöblarn, Austria |align=center| unlimited |align=center| 4 (best German) | bgcolor="silver" align=center| 2 (with Markus Feyerabend and Eugen Schaal) |- |align=center| 2008 |align=center| German National Championships |align=center| Rothenburg (Oberlausitz), Germany |align=center| unlimited | bgcolor="silver" align=center| 2 |align=center| n/a |- |align=center| 2008 !align=center| European Championships |align=center| Radom (Piastów airfield), Poland |align=center| unlimited |align=center| 13 | bgcolor="bronze" align=center| 3 (with Markus Feyerabend and Hans-Georg Resch) |} Provided by Wikipedia