Heinz Frei

Heinz Frei

Frei at the 2012 London Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1958-01-28) 28 January 1958 (age 67)
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Athletics, cross-country skiing, and track and road cycling
Disability class	H3
Medal record Men's Athletics Paralympic Games 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York 1500m 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York 5000m 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Marathon 1988 Seoul 1500m 1988 Seoul 10000m 1992 Barcelona 800m 1992 Barcelona 5000m 1992 Barcelona Marathon 1996 Atlanta 1500m 1996 Atlanta 10000m 2000 Sydney 800m 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York 800m 1988 Seoul 800m 1988 Seoul 5000m 1992 Barcelona 10000m 1996 Atlanta 800m 1996 Atlanta 4×400m relay 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York 400m 1992 Barcelona 4×100m relay 1996 Atlanta Marathon 2000 Sydney 10000m 2000 Sydney Marathon Men's Road cycling Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Time trial 2008 Beijing Road race 2012 London Time trial 2012 London Team relay Men's Cross-country skiing Winter Paralympic Games 1988 Innsbruck 5km short distance 1988 Innsbruck 3x2.5 km relay 1984 Innsbruck 10km middle distance 1984 Innsbruck 3×2.5km relay 1988 Innsbruck 10km long distance 1992 Albertville/Tignes 3×2.5km relay 1998 Nagano 10km sitski 1998 Nagano 15km sitski

Heinz Frei (born 28 January 1958) ^[1] is a Swiss wheelchair athlete. Frei has had a long career of racing, winning the London Marathon wheelchair race three times, and earning five medals at the 2003 European games at the age of 45. ^[2] He has earned 15 gold medals at the summer and winter Paralympics and is a current world record holder in the marathon wheelchair race. ^[3] He competed in athletics at every Summer Paralympic Games from 1984 to 2008, and at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics he competed in cycling, using a handcycle. At the Winter Paralympics, he competed in cross-country sit-skiing between 1984 and 2006 and in the biathlon in 1994. ^[4]

Frei planned to retire from track competition at an event on 28 August 2009, though he will continue competing in road races. ^[3]

See also

• Athletes with most gold medals in one event at the Paralympic Games

References

1. "Athlete Biography: Frei, Heinz". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 2008. Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
2. Schiendorfer, Andreas (25 August 2003). "Switzerland's Top Wheelchair Athletes". Credit Suisse. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
3. "Heinz Frei at Weltklasse Zurich". Weltklasse Zurich. 4 May 2009. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
4. "Heinz Frei". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.

External links

• Heinz Frei at the International Paralympic Committee
• Heinz Frei at the Swiss Paralympic Committee (in German and French)