Axel Schmidt-Preben

Background

He is the son of Preben Tage Axel Schmidt (born in 1898 in Frederiksberg, Denmark) and Helene Margrete Jelinski (born in Lyck, East Prussia) and brother of Ingrid, Margrete and Erik Schmidt, also competitive brasilian sailors.

Career

Ingrid is the mother of Torben Grael and Lars Grael. In the Star class, they were 9th at the 1967 Star World Championships, and Axel was 22nd at the 1980 Star World Championships with Luiz Amaro as a crew. Axel Schmidt sailed at 2 different:

1st place in Lightning at Chicago 1959.

2nd place in Lightning at São Paulo 1963.

Axel Schmidt sailed at 2 different:

7th place in Star at Acapulco 1968. 6th place in Soling at Munich 1972.

Achievements

• They also won the 1959 and finished 2nd in the 1963 in Lightning and third in the 1961 Lightning World Championships.