Gavin Charles Schmitt (born 27 January 1986) is a former

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player, who started playing volleyball in Saskatoon for the

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volleyball club and eventually went on to win the silver medal with the

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at the 2013 NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Langley, Canada.

Career

From 2009 to 2012, Schmitt played for the

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's V-League, where he led the team to three consecutive titles winning the MVP awards in the 2009–10 and 2011–12 seasons. Schmitt led the national team in scoring in six of the seven matches he played for Canada at the 2014 World Championship in

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, where Canada finished seventh for its best result ever in the championship that has been held 18 times since

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. In July 2016, he was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.

Sporting achievements

* CSV South American Club Championship ** Silver medal southamerica

Brazil 2016 – with Funvic Taubaté * National championships **2009/2010 Simple gold cup

KOVO Cup, with Daejeon Samsung ** 2009/2010 Gold medal with cup

V-League Championship, with Daejeon Samsung ** 2010/2011 Gold medal with cup

V-League Championship, with Daejeon Samsung ** 2011/2012 Gold medal with cup

V-League Championship, with Daejeon Samsung ** 2014/2015 Gold medal with cup

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, with

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** 2018/2019 Gold_medal_with_cup

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, with Olympiacos Piraeus ** 2018/2019 Simple_gold_cup

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, with Olympiacos Piraeus * National team ** 2008 Simple silver cup

Pan American Cup ** 2009 Simple silver cup

Pan American Cup ** 2011 Simple bronze cup

Pan American Cup ** 2011 Bronze medal northamerica

NORCECA Championship ** 2013 Silver medal northamerica

NORCECA Championship ** 2015 Bronze medal with cup

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Individually

* 2008: Pan American Cup – Best opposite * 2009: Pan American Cup – Best scorer * 2010: V-League Championship – Most valuable player * 2010: V-League Championship – Best scorer * 2010: V-League Championship – Best opposite * 2010: V-League Championship – Best server * 2011: V-League Championship – Best scorer * 2011: Pan American Cup – Best opposite * 2011: Pan American Cup – Best scorer * 2012: V-League Championship – Most valuable player * 2012: V-League Championship – Best scorer * 2012: V-League Championship – Best opposite * 2015:

– Most valuable player * 2015:

– Best scorer * 2015:

– Best opposite * 2015:

– Best server * 2015:

– Best scorer, Best Server * 2016: 1st World Olympic Qualification Tournament – Best opposite spiker * 2019

– Best opposite

Records

* 2011/2012: 58 points in one match in – V-League

References

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