René Schmidheiny

René Schmidheiny

Personal information
Born	(1967-01-04) 4 January 1967 Basel, Switzerland
Sport
Sport	Track and field Bobsleigh

René Schmidheiny (born 4 January 1967) 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.

External links

• René Schmidheiny at World Athletics
• René Schmidheiny at Tilastopaja (registration required)
• René Schmidheiny at Olympedia
• 1994 bobsleigh four-man results
• Decathlon 2000 information on Switzerland results featuring Schmidheiny
• Sun Devil Stadium track records prior to the 2007 outdoor track & field season
• University of Arizona athletes who have competed in the Olympics (up to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens)