Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002.

Bill grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah and as a child, his mother was a prostitute and drug addict who was often beaten in front of him.

[1] Schuffenhauer's maternal grandmother, Sadie Muniz, took him in as he was about to enter junior high in Roy, Utah.

When his friend told him that the U.S. Olympic team was practicing bobsledding in Park City, he took the chance to go and observe.

That crew, piloted by Todd Hays, won a silver medal at the Salt Lake Games.

Bobsledders earn only a meager amount, but Bill made the tough decision to continue to aspire for qualification for Vancouver.