Pavel Schmidt

Pavel Leo Edmund Schmidt was a Slovak rower who competed for Czechoslovakia, mostly in the double sculls together with Václav Kozák. They won a gold medal at the 1960 [Summer Olympics] in Rome and two medals at European championships in 1959 and 1961, and placed fourth at the 1962 [World Rowing Championships].
After retiring from competitions, Schmidt became a rowing coach, and in 1967–68 trained the Mexico national team. After that he did not return to Czechoslovakia, but settled in Switzerland together with his family. There he worked as a psychiatrists and as a coach at the Biel sports school.