Heinz Frei

Heinz Frei
Frei at the 2012 London Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality Swiss
Born (1958-01-28) 28 January 1958
Sport
Country   Switzerland
Sport Athletics, cross-country skiing, and track and road cycling
Disability class H3

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 half-marathon and marathon wheelchair races.[3] He competed in athletics at every Summer Paralympic Games from 1984 to 2008, and at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 summer games he also participated 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 plans on retiring from track competition at an event on 28 August 2009, though he will continue competing in road races.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Athlete Biography: Frei, Heinz". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  2. ↑ Schiendorfer, Andreas (2003-08-25). "Switzerland's Top Wheelchair Athletes". Credit Suisse. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  3. 1 2 "Heinz Frei at Weltklasse Zurich". Weltklasse Zurich. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  4. ↑ Results for heinz frei from the International Paralympic Committee



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