Olaf Schmidt is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 glider

Glider (sailplane)

A glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the sport of gliding. Some gliders, known as motor gliders are used for gliding and soaring as well, but have engines which can, in some cases, be used for take-off or for extending a flight...

 aerobatic

Competition aerobatics

Competition aerobatics is an air sport in which judges rate the skill of pilots performing aerobatic flying. It is practiced in both piston-powered single-engine airplanes and gliders....

 pilot.

He joined his gliding

Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...

 club, Bremer

Bremen

The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...

 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

Motor glider

A motor glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that can be flown with or without engine power. The FAI Gliding Commission Sporting Code definition is: A fixed wing aerodyne equipped with a means of propulsion ,...

 instructor

Flight instructor

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 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.

Achievements in glider aerobatic competitions
year	contest	location	category	ranking	team ranking
1998	German Championships		unlimited		n/a
2000	German Championships		unlimited	8	n/a
2002	German Championships		unlimited	8	n/a
2003	World Championships	Pér Pér Pér is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.The settlement of the south-eastern part of the Bakony-Kisalföld reach the valley of the Győr Székesfehérvár with 81-number route, main Győr 15 km from the southeast can be found. This transition from the countryside to the plains and hills... , Hungary	unlimited	17
2004	German Championships	Biberach an der Riß Biberach an der Riß Biberach is a town in the south of Germany. It is the capital of Biberach district, in the Upper Swabia region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg... , Germany	unlimited	14	n/a
2004	European Championships	Moravska Trebova Moravská Trebová Moravská Třebová is a town in the Svitavy District and lies in the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic. It has around 11,300 inhabitants.Moravská Třebová is located on the Třebůvka River in the landscape of the "Schönhengstgau".... , Czech Republic	unlimited	28
2004	Open Dutch Championships		unlimited	1	n/a
2005	Open British Championships	Vale of Belvoir Vale of Belvoir The Vale of Belvoir is an area of natural beauty on the borders of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire in England. Indeed, the name itself derives from the Norman-French for beautiful view.-Extent and geology:...  (Saltby airfield Buckminster Gliding Club The Buckminster Gliding Club is a gliding club based at Saltby Airfield on the Leicestershire / Lincolnshire border, England. It is affiliated to the British Gliding Association and runs a seven-day-a-week operation throughout the year except on Christmas Day.-History and changes:Saltby Airfield... ), UK	unlimited	1	n/a
2005	World Championships	Serpukhov Serpukhov Serpukhov is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which is situated at the confluence of the Oka and the Nara Rivers. It is located south from Moscow on the Moscow—Simferopol highway. The Moscow—Tula railway passes through the town. Population: -History:...  (Drakino airfield), Russia	unlimited	28
2006	German Championships	Bad Frankenhausen Bad Frankenhausen Bad Frankenhausen is a spa town in the German state of Thuringia. It is located at the southern slope of the Kyffhäuser mountain range, on an artificial arm of the Wipper river, a tributary of the Saale. Because of the nearby Kyffhäuser monument dedicated to Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, it is... , Germany	unlimited	4	n/a
2006	European Championships	Rybnik Rybnik Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union... , Poland	unlimited	13	3 (with Eugen Schaal and Markus Feyerabend Markus Feyerabend Markus Feyerabend is a Bavarian glider aerobatic pilot.He started gliding in 1987 at the club SFG Weilheim . Before he obtained his aerobatic rating in 2001, he flew cross-country competitions.... )
2006	Open Dutch Championships	Deelen Deelen Deelen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is largely located in the municipality of Ede, Netherlands, but a small part lies in the municipality of Arnhem.Deelen is best known for the Deelen Air Base, a military airfield close to the village.... , Netherlands	unlimited	1	n/a
2007	World Championships	Niederöblarn Niederöblarn Niederöblarn is a municipality in the district of Liezen in Styria, Austria.... , Austria	unlimited	4 (best German)	2 (with Markus Feyerabend Markus Feyerabend Markus Feyerabend is a Bavarian glider aerobatic pilot.He started gliding in 1987 at the club SFG Weilheim . Before he obtained his aerobatic rating in 2001, he flew cross-country competitions....  and Eugen Schaal)
2008	German National Championships	Rothenburg (Oberlausitz), Germany	unlimited	2	n/a
2008	European Championships	Radom Radom Radom is a city in central Poland with 223,397 inhabitants . It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship ; 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...  (Piastow airfield), Poland	unlimited	13	3 (with Markus Feyerabend Markus Feyerabend Markus Feyerabend is a Bavarian glider aerobatic pilot.He started gliding in 1987 at the club SFG Weilheim . Before he obtained his aerobatic rating in 2001, he flew cross-country competitions....  and Hans-Georg Resch)