Schmidt later moved to San Francisco and became a stockbroker and management consultant.
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He was constantly under surveillance by the Volkspolizei and they uncovered a plan for his escape (aided by discus colleagues Ricky Bruch and Alwin Wagner).
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Wolfgang Rihm | Helmut Schmidt | Wolfgang Tillmans | Wolfgang | Eric Schmidt | Wolfgang Petersen | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | Wolfgang von Schweinitz | Wolfgang Pauli | Harold von Schmidt | Hans Schmidt | Wolfgang Sievers | Wolfgang Puck | Otto Schmidt | Mike Schmidt | Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein | Wolfgang Zinser | Wolfgang Wagner | Wolfgang Köhler | Wolfgang Knabe | Wolfgang Grams | Wolfgang Benz | Wolfgang Becker | Wolfgang (band) | Schmidt camera | Karl Schmidt-Rottluff | Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt | Jean Schmidt |
This ranks him seventh among German discus throwers, behind Jürgen Schult, Lars Riedel, Wolfgang Schmidt, Armin Lemme, Hein-Direck Neu and Alwin Wagner.
This result ranks him ninth among German discus throwers, behind Jürgen Schult, Lars Riedel, Wolfgang Schmidt, Armin Lemme, Hein-Direck Neu, Alwin Wagner, Michael Möllenbeck and Rolf Danneberg.