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

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Career

In 1932, he won a gold medal for

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, along with his brother

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(posthumously), for being the first people to climb the northern wall of the

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on 1 August 1931. The same year, Schmid also climbed the north face of the

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with Hans Ertl. In his life, Schmid conquered around 2,000 summits. He worked as a

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

References

1905 births 1992 deaths Olympic gold medalists for Germany German mountain climbers Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics {{climbing-bio-stub