Toni Schmid

Toni Schmid was a German mountaineer.

Career

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. 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.
Toni worked as a construction engineer. His nickname was "Toni Tollkühn".
The "Schmid route" of the Matterhorn is named after the brothers today.