René Schmidheiny

René Schmidheiny (born 4 January 1967 in Basel) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the mid-1990s. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he finished seventh in the four-man event.

Prior to being in bobsleigh, Schmidheiny also competed in athletics as a decathlete. He competed in the United States for the University of Arizona and still holds the decathlon records at Sun Devil Stadium in the discus and javelin throws as of 2007. He was an NCAA All-American two years prior to Matthew Dallow, another Arizona decathlete who transitioned to Olympic bobsled.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Decathlon at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.


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