Jan Schmid

Who is Jan Schmid?

Jan Schmid is a Norwegian nordic combined skier, of Swiss origin. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec with a silver in the 10 km individual normal hill event and a bronze in the 4 x 5 km team event. 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. His best World Cup finish was second at Val di Fiemme in 2009. At the 2010 Winter Olympics for Norway, he finished fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event.