- Heidi Schmid
Adelheid "Heidi" Schmid (after marriage: "Adelheid Grundmann-Schmid") (born 5 December 1938 in
Klagenfurt ) is a former German fencer, world champion and Olympic champion in foil competition. She received a gold medal in "foil individual" at the1960 Summer Olympics inRome . [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=15&sp=FEN "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Fencing"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on 27 September 2008)] She received a bronze medal in "foil team" in 1964.National career
Schmid became fascinated by fencing when she was 13 years old. One year later, 14 years old, she participated in the German youth championship, where she finished third at her first attempt. She became female German champion in foil fencing in 1957, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968.
Olympic career
On 1 September 1960 Heidi Schmid won the Olympic gold medal in "Palazzo dei Congressi" in
Rome , after defeatingMaria Vicol from Romania with a 4:3 score.Four years later, at the Olypic games in Tokyo 1964, she was part of the German team (
Gudrun Theuerkauff , Heidi Schmid,Rosemarie Scherberger andHelga Mees ) that received a bronze medal in the team competition. [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=16&sp=FEN "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Fencing"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on 28 September 2008)] 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.World championships
In 1961 Heidi Schmid became world champion and also student world champion in foil, and was selected German sportswoman of the year. She received an individual silver medal in the 1957 world championships, and two team silver medals.
Later life
Schmid has later worked as a teacher of music. After marrying fellow teacher Hans Grundmann, she changed her name to Adelheid Grundmann-Schmid.
Awards
*German sportswoman of the year 1961.
*Honorary member of her home clubTSV Schwaben Augsburg from 1995.References
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