Manuel Küng

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Triathlon
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 0 Manuel Küng
at the triathlon in Lausanne 2012
at the triathlon in Lausanne 2012
Personal information
Date of birth 22nd July 1987 (age 33)
place of birth Zug, Switzerland
size 178 cm
Weight 69 kg
societies
Current Tri Club Bodensee
From 2019 BMC Vifit Pro Triathlon Team
successes
2009 Swiss Champion U23 Triathlon
2013 Vice Swiss Champion Triathlon
2015, 2018 2 × winners Ironman 70.3
status
active

Manuel Küng (born July 22, 1987 in Bütschwil ) is a Swiss triathlete .

Career

Manuel Küng began his sporting career at a young age as a competitive swimmer. In 2005 he completed his first triathlon competitions and just one year later he was able to qualify for the Junior World Championships in Lausanne.

U23 Swiss triathlon champion 2009

In 2009, the Swiss from Eastern Switzerland was U23 Swiss triathlon champion (Olympic distance) in Lausanne. In July 2009 he started his first World Cup race in Kitzbühel.

Vice Swiss Champion Triathlon 2013

With third place at the elite Swiss championship in 2011 and second place in 2013, he confirms that he is one of the best Swiss triathletes. In the meantime, he mainly focuses on the half or middle distance, etc. a. under the trademark Ironman 70.3 (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running).

In June 2013 he achieved his first podium at a major international event with third place at Ironman 70.3 Italy. At the Ironman 70.3 World Championship 2013 in Wiesbaden he finished 11th. His last race in 2013, 70.3 Aix en Provence, he finished in fifth place.
In June 2015 he finished second in Ironman 70.3 Switzerland and two weeks later he won Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg. He was trained by Luboš Bílek and, since 2017, by Scott de Filippis . He has been part of the BMC-Vifit Pro Triathlon Team since the beginning of 2019 . In June 2019 he finished third at Ironman 70.3 Switzerland .

His younger sister Rahel Küng (* 1991) was also active as a professional triathlete.

Sporting successes

Triathlon short and medium distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
02nd June 2019 3 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona 03:50:57
Oct 20, 2018 2 Challenge Peguera-Mallorca SpainSpain Peguera 03:56:09
0Sep 2 2018 4th Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl AustriaAustria Walchsee 03:58:00
17th June 2018 1 Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg LuxembourgLuxembourg Remich 03:51:59
June 10, 2018 2 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona 03:50:58
May 27, 2018 1 Triathlon Frauenfeld SwitzerlandSwitzerland Frauenfeld 01: 28: 19.6 800 m swimming, 34 km cycling and 7 km running
18th June 2017 2 Ironman 70.3 Italy ItalyItaly Pescara 03:53:08
June 11, 2017 5 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona 03:55:10
Jan. 27, 2017 12 Ironman 70.3 Dubai United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai 03:52:06 Middle distance
14 Aug 2016 13 Ironman 70.3 Germany GermanyGermany Wiesbaden 04:12:59 best Swiss at the Ironman 70.3 European Championships
05th June 2016 3 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona 03:54:44
Aug 30, 2015 DNF Ironman 70.3 World Championship AustriaAustria Zell am See -
20th June 2015 1 Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg LuxembourgLuxembourg Remich 03:49:35 personal best in the middle distance
0June 7, 2015 2 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona 03:52:38
0May 9, 2015 8th Ironman 70.3 Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 04:05:14
21 Mar 2015 2 Lighthouse triathlon SpainSpain Fuerteventura Second behind Sebastian Kienle (1.5 km swimming, 37.5 km cycling and 13 km running)
Feb. 27, 2015 9 Challenge Dubai United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai 03:49:39 at the first race of the "Challenge Triple Crown Series"
31 Aug 2014 5 Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun AustriaAustria Zell am See 04:08:41
04th Aug 2013 2 Swiss triathlon championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Nyon 02:04:37 Second and Swiss runner-up behind Ruedi Wild
0June 9, 2013 3 Ironman 70.3 Italy ItalyItaly Pescara 04:03:32
May 11th, 2013 18th Ironman 70.3 Mallorca SpainSpain Alcudia 04:07:00
0June 3, 2012 9 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil-Jona 03:59:37 As the best Swiss, Küng achieved a time under 4 hours for the first time.
July 24, 2010 2 Züri Triathlon SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 01: 53: 09.5 Second behind Florin Salvisberg over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
July 12, 2009 49 ITU World Championship Series 2009 AustriaAustria Kitzbühel 01:57:48
  2009 1 Triathlon de Lausanne SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lausanne Swiss Champion U23
03rd Sep 2006 46 ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Men SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lausanne 01:02:23 World championship in the youth class
Long distance triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
27 Sep 2014 11 Ironman Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 08:52:38 Eighth professional at his first start on the Ironman distance - first held on Mallorca

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BMC-VIFIT PRO TRIATHLON TEAM PRESENTS TEAM LINE UP FOR 2019
  2. ↑ Tough race in Switzerland - RYF AND BÖCHERER VICTORY IN RAPPERSWIL (June 2, 2019)
  3. ↑ Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg: Gajer sovereign, Küng works (June 20, 2015)
  4. ↑ Challenge Dubai: Time additions change Poduim (February 28, 2015)
  5. ↑ IRONMAN podium for Manuel Küng (June 10, 2013)
  6. ↑ Züri Triathlon (Swiss Triathlon Circuit)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.swisstriathlon.ch  
  7. ↑ Manuel Küng is U23 Swiss triathlon champion! ( Memento from July 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
personal data
SURNAME Küng, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Butschwil