{{short description|German curler and coach}} {{Infobox curler | name = Rodger Gustaf Schmidt | gender = M <!-- m, f --> | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|6|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Neudorf, Saskatchewan]]<ref>{{cite news|title=A German in all but citizenship|date=April 3, 1987|page=49|newspaper=Vancouver Province|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province/142935178/}}</ref> | Curling club = | Skip = | Third = | Second = | Lead = | Alternate = | Mixed doubles partner = | Member Association = {{SK}} <br> {{GER}} | Olympic appearances = | Brier appearances = 1 ({{Brier|1978}}) | World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WMCC|1987}}, {{WMCC|1992}}) | World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = | European Championship appearances = 2 ({{EuCC|1985}}, {{EuCC|1990}}) | Other appearances = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | [[Curling]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }} {{MedalCompetition | {{WMCC||World Championships}} }} {{MedalSilver | {{WMCC|1987|1987 Vancouver}} | }} {{MedalCompetition | {{EuCC||European Championships}} }} {{MedalGold | {{EuCC|1985|1985 Grindelwald}} | }} {{MedalCountry | {{SK}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Macdonald Brier]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[1978 Macdonald Brier|1978 Vancouver]] | }} }}
'''Rodger Gustaf Schmidt''' (born 20 June 1952) is a former Canadian–German [[Curling|curler]] and curling [[coach (sport)|coach]].
Schmidt was born in [[Neudorf, Saskatchewan]] and moved to [[Duff, Saskatchewan]] in his youth. He is a descendant of German immigrants, and learned to speak German from his grandparents.<ref name="prairie">{{cite news|title=Prairie Grad Back Home|date=March 31, 1987|page=47|newspaper=Vancouver Province|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province/142935614/}}</ref>
In high school, Schmidt played [[Canadian football]] as a quarterback for the [[Melville, Saskatchewan]] high school team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/curling/news/the-granite-gridiron-province|title=The Granite Gridiron Province|last=Scholz|first=Guy|date=2024-08-03|publisher=[[The Curling News]]|website=Sports Illustrated|access-date=2024-03-08}}</ref>
In 1970 he moved to [[Saskatoon]] to attend the [[University of Saskatchewan]],<ref name="prairie"/> and became a schoolteacher. Schmidt played for the [[Rick Folk]] rink from 1974 to 1978, and went to the [[1978 Macdonald Brier]], finishing in second place. He left the team after that season, moving to [[Lethbridge, Alberta]].<ref name="Italy">{{cite news|title=Italian curling coach a nice Saskatchewan boy|date=April 3, 2005|page=58|newspaper=Victoria Times-Colonist|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist/142936758/}}</ref>
Schmidt moved to Germany in 1984 when his wife got a job with the Department of National Defence.<ref name="prairie"/>
He is a former World men's runner-up ({{WMCC|1987}}), European men's curling champion ({{EuCC|1985}}) and two-time German men's curling champion (1987, 1992).<ref name="ger">[http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/c/curling/hst/6.html Curling - Deutsche Meisterschaften]{{in lang|de}}</ref>
Schmidt later moved to [[Lucerne]], [[Switzerland]].<ref name="Italy"/> In 1994 he founded the "Rodger Schmidt Curling Academy" based there.<ref>[https://curlingacademy.com/ Curling Academy Rodger Schmidt]</ref> He is also an icemaker.<ref name="Italy"/>
His brother is former Saskatchewan politician [[Grant Schmidt]].<ref name="Italy"/>
==Teams== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width=60| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row"| 1975–78 | [[Rick Folk]] || [[Bob Thompson (curler)|Bob Thompson]] || [[Tom Wilson (curler)|Tom Wilson]] || Rodger Gustaf Schmidt || || Brier {{Brier|1978}} {{Silver2}} |- ! scope="row"| 1985–86 | Rodger Gustaf Schmidt || [[Wolfgang Burba]] || [[Johnny Jahr]] || [[Hans-Joachim Burba]] || || {{EuCC|1985|ECC 1985}} {{Gold1}}<br>[[World Curling Championship Challenge Round 1985|WCC CR 1985]] {{Gold1}} |- ! scope="row"| 1986–87 | Rodger Gustaf Schmidt || Wolfgang Burba || Johnny Jahr || Hans-Joachim Burba || || {{WMCC|1987|WCC 1987}} {{Silver2}} |- ! scope="row"| 1990–91 | Rodger Gustaf Schmidt || [[Philip Seitz]] || Johnny Jahr || [[Andreas Feldenkirchen]] || [[Dirk Hornung]],<br/>[[Joackim Fendske]] || {{EuCC|1990|ECC 1990}} (10th) |- ! scope="row"| 1991–92 | Rodger Gustaf Schmidt || Wolfgang Burba || Hans-Joachim Burba || [[Bernhard Mayr]] || [[Martin Beiser]] || {{WMCC|1992|WCC 1992}} (9th) |- ! scope="row"| 2007–08 | [[Christopher Bartsch]] || Roger Gustaf Schmidt || [[Peter Rickmers (curler)|Peter Rickmers]] || [[Hans-Christoph Daase|Christoph Daase]] || || |}
==Record as a coach of national teams== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Tournament, event ! scope="col"| National team ! scope="col"| Place |- | 1990 || [[1990 World Men's Curling Championship]] || {{GER}} (men) ||{{center|10}} |- | 1991 || [[1991 World Men's Curling Championship]] || {{GER}} (men) ||{{center|7}} |- | 1999 || [[1999 World Junior Curling Championships]] || {{CZE}} (junior men) ||{{center|7}} |- | 1999 || [[1999 European Curling Championships]] || {{CZE}} (men) ||{{center|14}} |- | 1999 || [[1999 European Curling Championships]] || {{CZE}} (women) ||{{center|12}} |- | 2000 || [[2000 World Junior Curling Championships]] || {{CZE}} (junior men) ||{{center|10}} |- | 2000 || [[2000 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (men) ||{{center|12}} |- | 2000 || [[2000 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|12}} |- | 2001 || [[2001 World Junior B Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (junior men) ||{{center|{{Bronze3}}}} |- | 2001 || [[2001 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (men) ||{{center|10}} |- | 2001 || [[2001 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|11}} |- | 2002 || [[2002 World Junior Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (junior women) ||{{center|4}} |- | 2002 || [[2002 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (men) ||{{center|11}} |- | 2002 || [[2002 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|11}} |- | 2003 || [[Curling at the 2003 Winter Universiade|2003 Winter Universiade]] || {{ITA}} (men) ||{{center|9}} |- | 2003 || [[2003 World Junior Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (junior women) ||{{center|{{Bronze3}}}} |- | 2003 || [[2003 World Women's Curling Championship]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|9}} |- | 2003 || [[2003 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (men) ||{{center|8}} |- | 2003 || [[2003 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|5}} |- | 2004 || [[2004 World Junior B Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (junior men) ||{{center|{{Silver2}}}} |- | 2004 || [[2004 World Junior Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (junior men) ||{{center|7}} |- | 2004 || [[2004 World Junior Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (junior women) ||{{center|9}} |- | 2004 || [[2004 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (men) ||{{center|5}} |- | 2005 || [[2005 World Women's Curling Championship]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|11}} |- | 2005 || [[2005 World Men's Curling Championship]] || {{ITA}} (men) ||{{center|12}} |- | 2005 || [[2005 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (men) ||{{center|9}} |- | 2005 || [[2005 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|6}} |- | 2006 || [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Winter Olympics]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|10}} |- | 2006 || [[2006 World Women's Curling Championship]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|9}} |- | 2006 || [[2006 European Curling Championships]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|{{Silver2}}}} |- | 2007 || [[Curling at the 2007 Winter Universiade|2007 Winter Universiade]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|5}} |- | 2007 || [[2007 World Women's Curling Championship]] || {{ITA}} (women) ||{{center|12}} |- | 2007 || [[2007 European Curling Championships]] || {{AUT}} (men) ||{{center|20}} |- | 2008 || [[2008 European Curling Championships]] || {{AUT}} (women) ||{{center|17}} |- | 2009 || [[2009 European Curling Championships]] || {{AUT}} (men) ||{{center|19}} |- | 2009 || [[2009 European Curling Championships]] || {{AUT}} (women) ||{{center|13}} |- | 2010 || [[Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympics]] || {{USA}} (women) ||{{center|10}} |- | 2010 || [[2010 European Curling Championships]] || {{AUT}} (men) ||{{center|19}} |- | 2010 || [[2010 European Curling Championships]] || {{AUT}} (women) ||{{center|13}} |- | 2011 || [[2011 European Mixed Curling Championship]] || {{AUT}} (mixed) ||{{center|5}} |- | 2011 || [[2011 European Curling Championships]] || {{AUT}} (men) ||{{center|15}} |- | 2011 || [[2011 European Curling Championships]] || {{AUT}} (women) ||{{center|15}} |- | 2012 || [[2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship]] || {{AUT}} (mixed doubles) ||{{center|{{Bronze3}}}} |- | 2012 || [[2012 European Curling Championships]] || {{RUS}} (men) ||{{center|5}} |- | 2014 || [[2014 World Men's Curling Championship]] || {{RUS}} (men) ||{{center|11}} |- | 2015 || [[2015 World Women's Curling Championship]] || {{RUS}} (women) ||{{center|{{Bronze3}}}} |- | 2015 || [[2015 European Curling Championships]] || {{RUS}} (women) ||{{center|{{Gold1}}}} |- | 2017 || [[2017 European Curling Championships]] || {{RUS}} (women) ||{{center|5}} |- | 2020 || [[2020 World Junior Curling Championships]] || {{SUI}} (men) ||{{center|{{Silver2}}}} |- |}
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