Rodger Gustaf Schmidt

{{short description|German curler and coach}} {{Infobox curler | name = Rodger Gustaf Schmidt | gender = M  | 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 Vancouver | }} }}

'''Rodger Gustaf Schmidt''' (born 20 June 1952) is a former Canadian–German curler and curling 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 || 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>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 || 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 || 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 || 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 || 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 || 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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