HANDBALL PLAYER

Erich Schmitt

1912 - 1979

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Erich Schmitt (6 August 1912 – 29 October 1979) was a Swiss field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Suisse field handball team, which won the bronze medal. He played all five matches. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Schmitt is the 39th most popular handball player (up from 80th in 2019), the 644th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 701st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Handball Player.

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Erich Schmitt ranks 39 out of 420. Before him are Fritz Fromm, Max Bloesch, Arpad Sterbik, Ludwig Schuberth, Zdravko Zovko, and Jaroslav Volak. After him are Jackson Richardson, Alfred Schmalzer, Siegfried Powolny, Heinrich Keimig, Veselin Vuković, and Zlatko Portner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Erich Schmitt ranks 375. Before him are David Raksin, Eva Dawes, József Pálinkás, Machito, George Woodcock, and Francesc Xavier Bultó. After him are Joan Hartigan, Julian Symons, Alfred Schmalzer, Henry Jonsson, Lukas Ammann, and Eleazar de Carvalho. Among people deceased in 1979, Erich Schmitt ranks 263. Before him are Curtis Stevens, Blue Mitchell, Magnar Isaksen, Arthur Hunnicutt, Elemér Somfay, and Václav Havel. After him are Rolf Holmberg, Edward Akufo-Addo, Charles Coughlin, Ann Dvorak, Mikhail Ogonkov, and Akwasi Afrifa.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Erich Schmitt ranks 644 out of 1,015. Before him are Pierre Jaccoud (1905), Kurt Marti (1921), Christian Kracht (1966), Philippe Senderos (1985), Hans Pulver (1902), and Ernst Stueckelberg (1905). After him are Edmund Bruggmann (1943), Alisha Lehmann (1999), Armand Borel (1923), Lara Gut-Behrami (1991), Claudio Sulser (1955), and Maria Walliser (1963).

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In Switzerland

Among handball players born in Switzerland, Erich Schmitt ranks 2. Before him are Max Bloesch (1908). After him are Burkhard Gantenbein (1912).

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