Researching Jacob Schmid
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 56 people with the Schmid surname? In that year Schmid was ranked number 3523 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Jacob means "the supplanter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jacob Schmid on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jacob Schmid and the Schmid Family History
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Jacob Schmid
Jacob Karl Rodger Schmid (born 18 January 1994) is an Australian professional track sprint cyclist from Melbourne, Victoria. He represented Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he won bronze in the elite men's individual sprint and team sprint (alongside Nathan Hart, Patrick Constable and Matthew Glaetzer).
As a junior rider, Schmid competed at the 2012 UCI Junior World Track Cycling Championships in Invercargill (New Zealand), where he won gold in the individual sprint and keirin events. He was also a member of the junior men's team sprint (alongside Emerson Harwood and Zachary Shaw), which qualified fastest in a junior world record time (44.825s), before an illegal change saw the team relegated in the gold medal final.
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