He competed in six rifle events at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics and finished fourth and eighth with the Danish team, respectively.

[1][2] Schultz took up shooting in his teens and later served as a specialist in guns and ammunition with the Danish Army.

By the time he moved to Otterup in 1889 he was already known as a gun expert, and frequently received rifles from other places for reparation and tuneup.

In 1908 he learned about a talented young shooter, Niels Larsen, who dreamed of having a rifle from Schultz.

Earlier in 1916 Larsen married Schultz's daughter Ellen;[3] they had a son Uffe Schultz Larsen, who later competed in four Olympics and took over the company.