# Lauritz Schmidt

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**Lauritz Thura Thrap Schmidt** (1 May 1897 – 27 June 1970) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) yacht racer and businessperson.[1]

He was born in [Kristiania](/source/Oslo) as a son of jurist Axel Schmidt (1863–1930) and Petra Jensen. He [finished](/source/Examen_artium) his secondary education in 1915, took commerce school and practical training in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg). In 1927 he married wholesaler's daughter Ingeborg Molstad.[2]

As a yacht racer he competed in the [1920 Summer Olympics](/source/1920_Summer_Olympics) and in the [1936 Summer Olympics](/source/1936_Summer_Olympics). In 1920 he was a crew member of the Norwegian boat *Lyn-2*, which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class (1919 rating). Sixteen years later he won his second silver medal in the 8 metre class. He represented the [Royal Norwegian Yacht Club](/source/Royal_Norwegian_Yacht_Club).[3]

He spent his professional career as manager of the book printer Nationaltrykkeriet and the bookbinder Forlagsbokbinderiet, from 1926. He chaired the [Association for the Promotion of Skiing](/source/Association_for_the_Promotion_of_Skiing) from 1939 to 1946, having been a board member since 1927.[2][4]

## References

1. ["Lauritz Schmidt"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/63584). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

1. Steenstrup, Bjørn (ed.) (1948). ["Schmidt, Lauritz"](https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1948/0467.html) (in Norwegian). *[Hvem er hvem?](/source/Hvem_er_hvem%3F)*. Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 467–468. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

1. ["Lauritz Schmidt"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000346/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/lauritz-schmidt-1.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/lauritz-schmidt-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

1. Bråthen, Harald (ed.) (1983). *Snø og ski. 100-års jubileumsbok for Foreningen til ski-idrettens fremme* (in Norwegian). Oslo: [Association for the Promotion of Skiing](/source/Association_for_the_Promotion_of_Skiing). p. 187.

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