René Schmidheiny

René Schmidheiny (born January 4, 1967 in Basle) 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.

References

• 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)