{{short description|Austrian sailor}} {{For|the golfer|Matti Schmid}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Matthias Schmid | image = Team Austria - Olympic Games 2012 - reception at Hofburg a Matthias Schmid.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = {{AUT}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vienna, Austria | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.74|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | classes = Dinghy | club = Yacht Club Breitenbrunn<ref name=london2012/> | coach = Christian Binder<ref name=london2012/> | medaltemplates= | show-medals = yes }}
'''Matthias Schmid''' (born 12 December 1980 in Vienna) is an Austrian sailor, who specializes in two-person dinghy (470) class.<ref name=london2012>{{cite web |title=Matthias Schmid |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/schmid-matthias-1122227/ |work=London 2012 Olympics |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=13 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501170924/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/schmid-matthias-1122227/ |archive-date=1 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite sports-reference |title=Matthias Schmid |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/matthias-schmid-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/matthias-schmid-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref> He represented Austria, along with his partner Florian Reichstädter, in two editions of the Olympic Games (2008 and 2012), and has also been training for Yacht Club Breitenbrunn in Germany throughout most of his sporting career under his personal coaches Alfred Pelinka and Christian Binder.<ref name=london2012/> As of September 2013, Schmid is ranked second in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation, following his successes at the North American Championships and Sailing World Cup Series in Miami, Florida, United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=470 North American Championships |url=http://www.470.org/content.asp?id=5677 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130914092908/http://www.470.org/content.asp?id=5677 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 September 2013 |publisher=470 World Championships |date=21 January 2013 |access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref>
Schmid made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he paired up with skipper Florian Reichstädter in the men's 470 class. The Austrian duo finished twenty-fourth in a ten-round opening series with a net score of 164, trailing Switzerland's Tobias Etter and Felix Steiger by a narrow, two-point gap from the final standings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's 470 Class |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc=SAM005000/standings.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=13 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105145909/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSAM005000/standings.html |archive-date=5 January 2014}}</ref>
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Schmid competed for the second time as a crew member in the men's 470 class by finishing twenty-first and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.<ref>{{cite news |title=ÖOC nominierte 69 Athleten für Olympia |trans-title=Austrian Olympic Committee has nominated 69 athletes for the Olympics |language=German |url=http://kurier.at/sport/sportmix/oeoc-nominierte-69-athleten-fuer-olympia/792.712 |publisher=Kurier |date=6 July 2012 |access-date=14 September 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093316/http://kurier.at/sport/sportmix/oeoc-nominierte-69-athleten-fuer-olympia/792.712 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Florian Raudaschl segelt vor Falmouth um ein Olympiaticket |trans-title=Florian Raudaschl sails from Falmouth for an Olympic ticket |language=German |url=http://www.salzi.at/2012/05/florian-raudaschl-segelt-vor-falmouth-um-ein-olympiaticket/ |publisher=Salzi.at |date=14 April 2012 |access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref> Teaming again with Reichstadter in the opening series, the Austrian duo mounted an early lead on the first leg, but came up short for the medal podium with an accumulated net score of 107 points and a ninth-place finish in a fleet of twenty-seven boats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's 470 |url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-men/phase=sam005910/doc=summary.html |work=London 2012 Olympics |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=27 November 2012 |archive-date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530111345/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-men/phase%3Dsam005910/doc%3Dsummary.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Schmid und Reichstädter als Neunte ins Medal Race |trans-title=Schmid and Reichstädter finished ninth in the medal race |language=German |url=http://derstandard.at/1343744183312/SchmidReichstaedter-als-Neunte-ins-Medal-Race |publisher=Der Standard |date=7 August 2012 |access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.aut3.com/}} – AUT 3 (with Florian Reichstädter) {{in lang|de}} * {{World Sailing|id=AUTMS3|www=matthias-schmid}} * {{Olympics.com|matthias-schmid}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130914092938/http://www.2012.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=schmid-matthias-1122227/index.html |title=NBC 2012 Olympics profile |date=dmy}}
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