Wieland Schmidt
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Wieland Schmidt is a former East German handball
player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
and in the 1988 Summer Olympics
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He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches as goalkeeper.
Eight years later he was part of the East German team which finished seventh. He played all six matches as goalkeeper again.
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
and in the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
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He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches as goalkeeper.
Eight years later he was part of the East German team which finished seventh. He played all six matches as goalkeeper again.