Michael Kuonen

Michael Kuonen
nation	Switzerland
birthday	June 10, 1991
size	189 cm
Weight	95 kg
Career
discipline	Bobsleigh
position	Pilot (since 2018) pusher (2015-2018)
society	St. Moritz Bobsleigh Club
Trainer	Christoph Langen
status	active
Medal table
EM medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
event silver Innsbruck 2017 Two-man bobsleigh
Placements in the Bobsleigh World Cup
Debut in the World Cup January 14, 2017 in Winterberg  World Cup victories 1
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Two-man bobsleigh 1 0 1
last change: January 31, 2020

Michael Kuonen (born June 10, 1991 ) is a Swiss bobsleigh driver from Baltschieder .

He started bobsleigh in 2014 as a pusher. He has been part of the national team since 2017. After the 2018 Olympic Games, Kuonen switched to the role of pilot and founded his own bobsleigh team. Before bobsleigh, Kuonen was active in athletics .

Career

Michael Kuonen was brought into bobsleigh in 2014 by bobsleigh pilot Clemens Bracher. At Bracher, Kuonen drove as a pusher for four years.

In the 2016/17 season, Kuonen drove the world championship in 2-man bobsleigh with pilot Beat Hefti and in 4-man bobsleigh with pilot Rico Peter on the instructions of the Swiss Bobsleigh Association . In both races, the result was a 15th place finish. At the 2017 European Championships, Kuonen finished ninth with pilot Beat Hefti.

Kuonen won his first two-man bobsleigh World Cup race with driver Clemens Bracher in Winterberg in the 2017/18 season. One week later, Bracher / Kuonen won the silver medal at the European Championships in Innsbruck.

Kuonen founded its own bobsleigh team in 2018 after the PyeongChang Olympics. In his first season as a bobsleigh pilot, he was already on the podium in the European Cup and was vice-Swiss champion in both the 2 and 4 bobsleighs.

successes

four

Olympic Games

• 2018: 4th place Pyeongchang with pilot Rico Peter

World cup

• 2018: 13th place in Königsee with pilot Rico Peter
• 2018: 13th place in St. Moritz with pilot Rico Peter
• 2017: 22nd place in Innsbruck with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 17th place in Winterberg with driver Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 12th place in Innsbruck with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 23rd place in Winterberg with pilot Beat Hefti

World championships

• 2017: 15th place in Königsee with pilot Rico Peter

European Cup

• 2018: 1st place Innsbruck with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 9th place in Königsee with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 6th place in Winterberg with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 8th place in Winterberg with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 15th place in Altenberg with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 8th place in Königsee with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 11th place in Königsee with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 18th place in St. Moritz with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 9th place Innsbruck with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 8th place Innsbruck with driver Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 11th place in Königsee with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2015: 18th place in Winterberg with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2015: 6th place in Winterberg with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2015: 9th place in Winterberg with pilot Jürg Rohr
• 2015: 9th place in St. Moritz with pilot Jürg Rohr
• 2015: 12th place in St. Moritz with pilot Jürg Rohr

European championships

• 2017: 17th place in Innsbruck with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 16th place in Winterberg with pilot Beat Hefti

Swiss championships

• 2017: 1st place in St. Moritz with pilot Clemens Bracher

two

Olympic Games

• 2018: 16th place Pyeongchang with pilot Clemens Bracher

World cup

• 2018: 9th place in Königsee with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2018: 16th place in St. Moritz with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 3rd place Innsbruck with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 1st place in Winterberg with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 11th place in Winterberg with pilot Beat Hefti

World championships

• 2017: 15th place in Königsee with pilot Beat Hefti

European Cup

• 2017: 4th place in Königsee with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 1st place in Lillehammer with driver Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 1st place in Lillehammer with driver Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 2nd place in Winterberg with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 7th place Altenberg with driver Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 10th place Altenberg with driver Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 6th place in Königsee with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 13th place in St. Moritz with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 10th place Innsbruck with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2016: 8th place in Königsee with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2015: 8th place in Winterberg with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2015: 5th place in Winterberg with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2015: 12th place in St. Moritz with pilot Clemens Bracher

European championships

• 2017: 2nd place Innsbruck with pilot Clemens Bracher
• 2017: 9th place in Winterberg with pilot Beat Hefti

Swiss championships

• 2017: 1st place in St. Moritz with pilot Clemens Bracher

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official website of the Kuonen bobsleigh team. Retrieved September 21, 2017 .