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Kevin Kuske

Kuske in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1979-01-04) 4 January 1979 (age 46) Potsdam, East Germany
Residence	Potsdam
Height	1.96 m
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Bobsleigh
Event(s)	4-man, 2-man
Club	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof (1999–2010) BRC Riesa (2010–present)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 2002 Salt Lake City Four-man Gold 2006 Turin Two-man Gold 2006 Turin Four-man Gold 2010 Vancouver Two-man Silver 2010 Vancouver Four-man Silver 2018 Pyeongchang Four-man World Championships Gold 2003 Lake Placid Two-man Gold 2003 Lake Placid Four-man Gold 2004 Königssee Four-man Gold 2005 Calgary Four-man Gold 2007 St. Moritz Two-man Gold 2008 Altenberg Two-man Gold 2008 Altenberg Four-man Silver 2005 Calgary Two-man Silver 2009 Lake Placid Four-man Silver 2011 Königssee Two-man Silver 2012 Lake Placid Four-man Bronze 2004 Königssee Two-man Bronze 2007 St. Moritz Four-man Bronze 2012 Lake Placid Two-man Bronze 2017 Königssee Four-man European Championships Gold 2002 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man Gold 2004 St. Moritz Four-man Gold 2006 St. Moritz Two-man Gold 2007 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man Gold 2010 Igls Four-man Silver 2002 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man Silver 2003 Winterberg Two-man Silver 2006 St. Moritz Four-man Silver 2008 Cesena Two-man Silver 2010 Igls Two-man Bronze 2004 St. Moritz Two-man Bronze 2007 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man Bronze 2008 Cesana Four-man German Championships Gold 2009 Winterberg Four-man Bronze 2009 Winterberg Two-man Men's athletics World Junior Championships Bronze 1998 Annecy 4 x 100 metres

Kevin Kuske (born 4 January 1979) is a former German bobsledder who competed from 1999 to 2018. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he is the most successful Olympic athlete in bobsledding, winning four gold medals and two silver medals.

Career

Prior to his bobsleigh career, Kuske was a sprinter athlete, and won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 m at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Kuske, along with teammates André Lange, Carsten Embach, Enrico Kühn, won the gold medal in the four-man event. Four years later in Turin, Kuske paired with Lange to win the gold medal in the two-man event, while those two, along with teammates René Hoppe and Martin Putze, won gold in the four-man event. Kuske won gold in the two-man and silver in the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Kuske also has fifteen medals at the IBSF World Championships, including seven golds (two-man: 2003, 2007, 2008; four-man: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008), four silvers (two-man: 2005, 2011; four-man: 2009, 2012), and four bronzes (two-man: 2004, 2012; four-man: 2007, 2017).

After pilot André Lange's retirement in 2010, Kevin Kuske started with pilots Thomas Florschütz and Maximilian Arndt. With Florschütz, he competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in both the two-man and four-man event, but failed to win any medals. After Florschütz and Arndt retired, Kuske joined the team of Nico Walther. In Walther's bobsleigh, Kuske won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, therefore becoming the most successful bobsledder in Olympic history. Immediately after the Games, he announced his retirement.

See also

In Spanish: Kevin Kuske para niños