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 . He was an NCAA All-American two years prior to Matthew Dallow, another Arizona decathlete who transitioned to Olympic bobsled.
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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)