Toni Schmid

In 1932, he posthumously won a gold medal for alpinism at the Olympic Games, along with his brother Franz, for being the first people to climb the northern wall of the Matterhorn on 1 August 1931.^[1][2] Schmid died on 16 May 1932 while attempting to climb the northwest face of the Wiesbachhorn. His friend, future Olympic canoeist Ernst Krebs, survived the accident.^[1]

Toni worked as a construction engineer.^[3] His nickname was "Toni Tollkühn" ("Temerity Tony").^[1]

The "Schmid route" of the Matterhorn is named after the brothers today.^[4]