Heinz Frei (born 28 January 1958) is a Swiss wheelchair athlete. Frei has won the London Marathon wheelchair race three times, and five medals at the 2003 European games. He won 15 gold medals at the summer and winter Paralympics and is a world record holder in the marathon wheelchair race. 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.
Frei planned to retire from track competition at an event on 28 August 2009, though he will continue competing in road races.
See also Athletes with most gold medals in one event at the Paralympic Games
References
External links
Heinz Frei at the Swiss Paralympic Committee