Franz Schmid

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|1|17|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|9|18|1905|1|17|df=y}}

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| occupation = Police inspector, mountaineer

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| known_for = First to climb Matterhorn northern wall

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Franz Schmid (17 January 1905 – 18 September 1992) was a German mountaineer.

Career

In 1932, he won a gold medal for alpinism at the Olympic Games, along with his brother Toni (posthumously), for being the first people to climb the northern wall of the Matterhorn on 1 August 1931.{{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://web.archive.org/web/20240127200156/https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/JOH-Archives/JOHv21n3n.pdf | access-date=2024-01-27}}{{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}} The same year, Schmid also climbed the north face of the Ortler with Hans Ertl.{{cite web | title=Olympedia – Franz Schmid | website=Olympedia| url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/901555 | access-date=2024-08-08}}

In his life, Schmid conquered around 2,000 summits. He worked as a police inspector.

The "Schmid route" of the Matterhorn is named after the brothers today.{{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}}

References

Category:1905 births

Category:1992 deaths

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Germany

Category:German mountain climbers

Category:Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics