Patrick Küng (born 11 January 1984)[1] is a Swiss former World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialised in the speed events of Downhill and Super G and made his World Cup debut at Wengen in 2009.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 January 1984 Mühlehorn, Glarus, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super G | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Mürtschen Kerenzerberg | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 16 January 2009 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | patrickkueng.ch | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2014) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2013, 2015) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 10 – (2009–2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 2 – (1 DH, 1 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 5 – (3 DH, 2 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (10th in 2014) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (3rd in SG in 2014) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Küng represented Switzerland at the World Championships in 2013 in Schladming, Austria. After placing 18th in the Super G, he produced his best run of the 2013 season in the downhill, finishing in 7th position.
Küng's first World Cup win came in Super G in December 2013, at Beaver Creek, USA.[2] His second came a month later at the downhill in Wengen, Switzerland.[3] Through January 2015, he has two World Cup wins and five podiums.
Küng won the gold medal in downhill at the 2015 World Championships at Beaver Creek.
At the Kitzbühel World Cup meeting in January 2019, Küng announced his immediate retirement from competition, citing a lack of willingness to take the necessary risks following a crash in Wengen which left him concussed.[4]
World Cup results
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 25 | 113 | — | — | — | 47 | 36 |
| 2010 | 26 | 40 | — | — | 29 | 16 | 41 |
| 2011 | 27 | 33 | — | — | 24 | 11 | — |
| 2012 | 28 | 44 | — | — | 33 | 20 | — |
| 2013 | 29 | 56 | — | — | 24 | 27 | — |
| 2014 | 30 | 10 | — | — | 3 | 5 | — |
| 2015 | 31 | 21 | — | — | 18 | 8 | — |
| 2016 | 32 | 101 | — | — | 48 | 33 | — |
| 2017 | 33 | 56 | — | — | 42 | 20 | — |
| 2018 | 34 | 79 | — | — | — | 25 | — |
- Standings through 28 January 2018
Race podiums
edit| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 Mar 2010 | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2012 | 29 Dec 2011 | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 2014 | 7 Dec 2013 | Super G | 1st | |
| 18 Jan 2014 | |
Downhill | 1st | |
| 2 Mar 2014 | Super-G | 2nd |
World Championships results
edit| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 29 | — | — | 18 | 7 | — |
| 2015 | 31 | — | — | 16 | 1 | — |
Olympic results
edit| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 30 | — | — | 12 | 15 | — |
References
edit- ^ FIS profile
- ^ McKee, Hank (December 7, 2013). "Crowded SG podium in Beaver Creek, Ligety just misses in 5th". Ski Racing. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ McKee, Hank (January 18, 2014). "Wengen sprint downhill crowns Kueng champion". Ski Racing. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ "Vonn, Svindal and other athletes decide to retire after this season". International Ski Federation. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
External links
edit- Patrick Küng at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Patrick Küng World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Patrick Küng at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Patrick Küng at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Swiss Ski team – official site (in German)
- Salomon Racing.com – team – alpine skiing – Patrick Küng
- Official website
(in German)
- Sochi 2014 Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine – Patrick Kueng