Rolf Heinzmann is a Swiss para-alpine skier. He represented Switzerland at the

Winter Paralympics The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event includes athletes with mobility impairments, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The ...

in 1980, 1984, 1994, 1998 and 2002.

Career

Heinzmann represented Switzerland in five editions of the Winter Paralympics and, in total, he won twelve gold medals and two silver medals. In 1984, he competed in the

disabled skiing Paralympic alpine skiing is an adaptation of alpine skiing for athletes with a disability. The sport evolved from the efforts of disabled veterans in Germany and Austria during and after the Second World War. The sport is governed by the Internat ...

event which was held as demonstration sport at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heinzmann, Rolf Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Paralympic alpine skiers of Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1980 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1984 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Switzerland Paralympic silver medalists for Switzerland Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing Swiss amputees

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