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At the 2010 Winter Olympics for Norway, he finished fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event.
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January Schmid
Edit Profileski jumper Nordic combined skier
Career
Competing two Winter Olympics for Switzerland, he earned his best finish of fourth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Turin in 2006. Schmid also competed in two World Championships for Switzerland. Schmid was born in Norway, speaks Norwegian, and has lived in city of Trondheim all of his life.
The circumstances of Schmid"s transfer from the Swiss to the Norwegian Ski Federation are unusual and were discussed at the International Ski Federation Council meeting in 2006.
The Swiss ski federation required that Schmid pay a transfer fee of 120,000 Norwegian kroner (approx United States dollar 23000) as compensation. Transfer fees of this kind are unheard of in the ski sport.
The consequences of not paying the fee would have left Schmid in quarantine for a year. lieutenant was also a matter of some urgency for Schmid due to the legal complications that could arise if he did not change his nationality before his 23rd birthday.
Schmid"s mother, Ruth Schmid, is the leader of the Nordic combined committee in the Norwegian Ski Federation.
January"s five years younger brother, Tommy Schmid, is currently on the Swiss national ski team He also has a nine years younger sister, Marit Schmid, who was on the Norwegian national gymnastics team Their father, Rudolf, is a ski-trainer in January and Tommy"s skiteam Sjetne Illinois. The entire family are active in the sport of orienteering.
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Membership
They are all members of a club called Trollelg Orienteeringclub, which is the local club of southern Trondheim.
