Heidi Schmid

Heidi Schmid
Schmid at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1938-12-05) 5 December 1938 (age 85)
Klagenfurt, Nazi Germany (present-day Austria)
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
ClubTSV Schwaben Augsburg
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Foil individual
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Foil team
World Fencing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1957 Paris Team foil
Silver medal – second place 1957 Paris Individual foil
Silver medal – second place 1958 Philadelphia Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Budapest Team foil
Gold medal – first place 1961 Turin Foil individual
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1961 Sofia Individual foil

Adelheid "Heidi" Schmid (German pronunciation: [̯ˈhaɪdiː ˈʃmɪt] ; after marriage Grundmann-Schmid, born 5 December 1938) is a retired German fencer who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the individual and team foil events. She won an individual gold in 1960 and a team bronze medal in 1964.[1]

Career

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Schmid took fencing when she was 13 years old. One year later, 14 years old, she finished third in the German youth championships. She became female German champion in foil fencing in 1957, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968.

On 1 September 1960 Heidi Schmid won the Olympic gold medal in Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome, after defeating Maria Vicol from Romania with a 4:3 score. Four years later, she was part of the German team (Gudrun Theuerkauff, Heidi Schmid, Rosemarie Scherberger and Helga Mees) that received a bronze medal in the team competition. The team qualified from pool C, defeated France in the quarterfinal, lost to the Hungarian team in the semifinal, and defeated Italy in the bronze final.[1]

In 1961 Schmid became the world champion and also student world champion in foil, and was selected German sportswoman of the year. In addition, she won an individual silver medal at the 1957 world championships, and two team silver medals.

Later life

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After retiring from competitions Schmid worked as a music teacher. She married a fellow teacher Hans Grundmann.

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Heidi Schmid Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
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Awards
Preceded by German Sportswoman of the Year
1961
Succeeded by