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