Heidi Schmid

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]

Heidi Schmid

Schmid at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1938-12-05) 5 December 1938 (age 86) Klagenfurt, Nazi Germany (present-day Austria)
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Club	TSV Schwaben Augsburg
Medal record Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1960 Rome Foil individual 1964 Tokyo Foil team World Fencing Championships 1957 Paris Team foil 1957 Paris Individual foil 1958 Philadelphia Team foil 1959 Budapest Team foil 1961 Turin Foil individual Summer Universiade 1961 Sofia Individual foil

Career

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

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

Awards

• German sportswoman of the year 1961.
• Honorary member of her home club TSV Schwaben Augsburg from 1995.