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. The same year, Schmid also climbed the north face of the
Ortler with
Hans Ertl. In his life, Schmid conquered around 2,000 summits. He worked as a
police inspector. ==References==