| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | |
| Born | 5 August 1982 Zug, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (AP60) 50 m pistol (FP) |
| Club | PS Brunnen [1] |
| Coached by | Krzysztof Kucharczyk [1] |
Christoph Schmid (born 5 August 1982 in Zug) is a Swiss sport shooter. [2] He won a silver medal in the men's 50 m free pistol at the 2007 ISSF World Cup series in Fort Benning, Georgia, accumulating a score of 659.7 points. [3] [1]
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 in thirty-third place. [4] 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. [5]