Jonathan Kuck

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Jonathan Kuck Speed ​​skating
Jonathan Kuck at the 2013 World Cup in Sochi
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday March 14, 1990
place of birth Urbana , Illinois
size 183 cm
Weight 79 kg
Career
status active
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 1 × gold 2 × silver 2 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 2010 Vancouver Team tracking
ISU All around world championships
silver 2010 Heerenveen All-around
ISU Individual distance world championships
gold 2011 Inzell Team tracking
silver 2012 Heerenveen Team tracking
bronze 2012 Heerenveen 5000 m
bronze 2012 Heerenveen 10,000 m
Placements in the speed skating world cup
 Debut in the World Cup 2008/09
 World Cup victories 3
 Total toilet 5000/10000 5th ( 2010/11 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 5000 meters 0 1 1
 10,000 meters 0 0 0
 Team competition 2 1 2
 Mass start 1 1 0
last change: April 8, 2013

Jonathan Kuck (born March 14, 1990 in Urbana , Illinois ) is an American speed skater who specializes in long distances. He started speed skating at the age of ten .

As a 20-year-old, Kuck won his first World Championship medal at the 2010 World Championship in Heerenveen . With only 0.64 points behind the winner Sven Kramer , he barely missed a huge sensation.

Kuck took part in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. In the team pursuit, he won the silver medal together with Chad Hedrick and Brian Hansen .

At his first individual distance World Championships in 2011 in Inzell , Kuck won the team pursuit together with Brian Hansen and Trevor Marsicano .

At the 2013 World Championships in Sochi , Kuck was involved in a collision with fellow favorite Kjeld Nuis during the 1500 meter race . After a false start, Nuis was on the way back to the start when he collided head-on with the Kuck running on the inside lane.

Kuck is studying physics at the University of Illinois .

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Kuck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ice crash wn.de accessed on April 11, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Look, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Urbana