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Gustav Schmidt (born August 9 1926) is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-4 1000 m and K-4 10000 m: both 1958) and a silver (K-2 1000 m: 1954).Schmidt also finished fourth in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.