Axel Schmidt
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Axel Frederik Preben Schmidt (30 April 1939 – 10 June 2018) was a Brazilian sailor from Rio de Janeiro who competed in the Summer Olympic Games, the Pan American Games, the Snipe World Championships, the Star World Championships and the Lightning World Championships.
He is the son of Preben Tage Axel Schmidt (born in 1898 in Frederiksberg, Denmark) and Helene Margrete Jelinski (born in Lyck, East Prussia) and brother of Ingrid, Margrete and Erik Schmidt, also competitive Brazilian sailors. Ingrid is the mother of Torben Grael, Lars Grael, and Axel Grael.
He and his twin brother Erik were known as "the sea twins" after winning 3 Snipe Worlds in a row (1961, 1963 and 1965). They also won the 1959 Pan American Games and finished 2nd in the 1963 Pan American Games in Lightning and third in the 1961 Lightning World Championships. In the Star class, they were 9th at the 1967 Star World Championships, and Axel was 22nd at the 1980 Star World Championships with Luiz Amaro as a crew. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Nordkvist, Michelle, Klapwijk, Maartje, Edenius, Lars, Gershenzon, Jonathan, Schmidt, Axel, Björkman, ChristerGet access
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5by Nordkvist, Michelle, Klapwijk, Maartje J., Edenius, Lars, Gershenzon, Jonathan, Schmidt, Axel, Björkman, ChristerGet access
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6by Hoffmann, Helene M., Grieman, Mackenzie M., King, Amy C. F., Epifanio, Jenna A., Martin, Kaden, Vladimirova, Diana, Pryer, Helena V., Doyle, Emily, Schmidt, Axel, Humby, Jack D., Rowell, Isobel F., Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Thomas, Elizabeth R., Mulvaney, Robert, Wolff, Eric W.Get access
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7by Hoffmann, Helene M., Grieman, Mackenzie M., King, Amy C.F., Epifanio, Jenna A., Martin, Kaden, Vladimirova, Diana, Pryer, Helena, Doyle, Emily, Schmidt, Axel, Humby, Jack D., Rowell, Isobel F., Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Thomas, Elizabeth R., Mulvaney, Robert, Wolff, Eric W.Get access
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8by Hoffmann, Helene M., Grieman, Mackenzie M., King, Amy C. F., Epifanio, Jenna A., Martin, Kaden, Vladimirova, Diana, Pryer, Helena, Doyle, Emily, Schmidt, Axel, Humby, Jack D., Rowell, Isobel F., Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Thomas, Elizabeth R., Mulvaney, Robert, Wolff, Eric W.Get access
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9by Hoffmann, Helene M., Grieman, Mackenzie M., King, Amy C. F., Epifanio, Jenna A., Martin, Kaden, Vladimirova, Diana, Pryer, Helena V., Doyle, Emily, Schmidt, Axel, Humby, Jack D., Rowell, Isobel F., Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Thomas, Elizabeth R., Mulvaney, Robert, Wolff, Eric W.Get access
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