Jan Andreas Schmid (born 24 November 1983) is a Norwegian former nordic combined skier, of Swiss origin.^[1] He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec with a silver in the 10 km individual normal hill event and a bronze in the 4 x 5 km team event. Competing two Winter Olympics for Switzerland, he earned his best finish of fourth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Turin in 2006. Schmid also competed in two World Championships for Switzerland. At the 2010 Winter Olympics for Norway, he finished fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event.

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Jan Schmid
Country	Norway
Born	(1983-11-24) 24 November 1983 (age 40) Trondheim, Norway
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Ski club	Granaasen Ski Team
World Cup career
Seasons	2001–2019
Starts	269
Podiums	23
Wins	5
Medal record Men's nordic combined Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH World Championships 2019 Seefeld Team NH 2009 Liberec Individual NH 2019 Seefeld Individual LH 2019 Seefeld Team sprint 2009 Liberec Team LH 2011 Oslo Team NH 2011 Oslo Team LH
Updated on 2 March 2019.

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Schmid was born in Norway, speaks Norwegian, and has lived in city of Trondheim all of his life. Until 2006 he only had a Swiss passport due to the fact that both of his parents (Rudolf and Ruth Schmid), are Swiss citizens.^[1]

The circumstances of Schmid's transfer from the Swiss to the Norwegian Ski Federation are unusual and were discussed at the International Ski Federation Council meeting in 2006. The Swiss ski federation required that Schmid pay a transfer fee of 120,000 Norwegian kroner (approximately US$23,000) as compensation.^[1] Transfer fees of this kind are unheard of in the ski sport. The consequences of not paying the fee would have left Schmid in quarantine for a year. It was also a matter of some urgency for Schmid due to the legal complications that could arise if he did not change his nationality before his 23rd birthday.^{[citation needed]}

Schmid's mother, Ruth Schmid, is the leader of the Nordic combined committee in the Norwegian Ski Federation. Jan's five years younger brother, Tommy Schmid, is currently on the Swiss national ski team. He also has a nine years younger sister, Marit Schmid. Their father, Rudolf, is a ski-trainer in Jan and Tommy's skiteam Sjetne IL. The entire family are active in the sport of orienteering. They are all members of a club called Trollelg Orienteeringclub, which is the local club of southern Trondheim.^{[citation needed]}