Career
Schmid represented Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 573 targets in the preliminary rounds of the men"s 10 m air pistol, by two points behind Australia"s Daniel Repacholi from the final attempt, finishing only in thirty-third place. Three days later, Schmid placed fortieth in his second event, 50 m pistol, by one point behind Poland"s Wojciech Knapik, with a total score of 542 targets.
