# Toni Schmid

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{{Short description|German mountaineer}}
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| name        = Toni Schmid
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| birth_date  = {{birth date|1909|8|22|df=y}}
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1932|5|16|1909|8|22|df=y}}
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| occupation  = Construction engineer, mountaineer
| spouse      = 
| known_for   = First to climb [Matterhorn](/source/Matterhorn) northern wall
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'''Toni Schmid''' (22 August 1909 – 16 May 1932) was a [German](/source/Germany) [mountaineer](/source/mountaineer). 

== Career ==
In 1932, he posthumously won a gold medal for [alpinism at the Olympic Games](/source/alpinism_at_the_Olympic_Games), along with his brother [Franz](/source/Franz_Schmid), for being the first people to climb the northern wall of the [Matterhorn](/source/Matterhorn) on 1 August 1931.<ref name="Alpinism">{{cite web | first1=Volker | last1=Kluge | first2=Thomas | last2=Lippert | title=The Olympic Alpinism Prize and a promise redeemed | website=International Society of Olympic Historians | date=2013 | url=https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/JOH-Archives/JOHv21n3n.pdf | access-date=2024-01-27 | archive-date=2024-01-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127200156/https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/JOH-Archives/JOHv21n3n.pdf | url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="i164">{{cite web | last=Hebert | first=Jenny | title=The Original 'Mountain' Bikers | website=Alpinist | date=2011-05-24 | url=https://alpinist.com/features/the-original-mountain-bikers/ | access-date=2024-08-08}}</ref> Schmid died on 16 May 1932 while attempting to climb the northwest face of the [Wiesbachhorn](/source/Wiesbachhorn). His friend, future Olympic canoeist [Ernst Krebs](/source/Ernst_Krebs_(canoeist)), survived the accident.<ref name="Alpinism"/>

Toni worked as a [construction engineer](/source/construction_engineer).<ref name="e876">{{cite web | title=Olympedia – Toni Schmid | website=Olympedia| url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/901556 | access-date=2024-08-08}}</ref> His nickname was "Toni Tollkühn" ("Temerity Tony").<ref name="Alpinism"/>

The "Schmid route" of the Matterhorn is named after the brothers today.<ref name="u544">{{cite web | title=Swiss climber sets Matterhorn record | website=Swissinfo | date=2015-04-30 | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/swiss-climber-sets-matterhorn-record/41407322 | access-date=2024-08-08}}</ref>

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Category:1909 births
Category:1932 deaths
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Category:German mountain climbers
Category:Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Category:Mountaineering deaths in Austria
Category:Olympic medalists in alpinism

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