Romain Heinrich (born in

Colmar Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is ...

) is a French

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. Heinrich competed at the

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for France. He teamed with driver Loic Costerg in the two-man event, finishing 20th, and in the France-1 sled with Costerg, Florent Ribet and

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in the four-man event, finishing 17th. As of April 2014, his best showing at the

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is 17th, in the

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two-man event. Heinrich made his

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debut in December 2011. As of April 2014, his best finish is 14th, in two events in 2013-14.

References

1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Colmar Olympic bobsledders for France Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics French male bobsledders 21st-century French people {{France-bobsleigh-bio-stub