Ingrid Schmidt (3 March 1945 – 6 August 2023) was a German backstroke swimmer. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay in 1960. In 1964 her team was disqualified in the same event.

At the 1962 European Aquatics Championships, she won a gold medal in the same 4 × 100 m medley event, setting the new world record. For this achievement, the four team members were named German Sportspersonalities of the Year in the team category in 1962.

Ingrid Schmidt

Schmidt died in Zimmern ob Rottweil on 6 August 2023, at the age of 78.

Ingrid Schmidt

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1945 births

2023 deaths

German female backstroke swimmers

Olympic swimmers for the United Team of Germany

Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany

Olympic bronze medalists in swimming

European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics

People from Rudolstadt

Sportspeople from Thuringia

Ingrid Schmidt