Rahel Küng

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Rahel Küng (left) at the “Triathlon Genève”, 2013
Rahel Küng (left) at the “Triathlon Genève”, 2013
Personal information
Date of birth 27th March 1991 (age 29)
place of birth Bütschwil, Switzerland
societies
since 2013 EWZ Power Team
successes
2010 Swiss Junior Triathlon Champion
2013 Swiss triathlon champion
status
inactive

Rahel Küng (born March 27, 1991 in Bütschwil ) is a former Swiss triathlete and long-distance swimmer . She is Swiss champion in open water swimming over 5,000 m (2009) and two-time Swiss champion in the triathlon short distance (2010 juniors, 2013 elite).

Career

Rahel Küng was active in swimming in her youth. She was also able to qualify for the European Youth Championships in open water swimming , where she became Swiss champion over 5 km in 2009. In 2008 she switched to triathlon. Her older brother Manuel Küng (* 1987) is also active as a triathlete.

In August 2010 she took first place among the juniors at the Swiss Triathlon Championships in Nyon.

Swiss Triathlon Champion 2013

In August 2013, Küng became Swiss triathlon champion on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running). Rahel Küng started for the EWZ Power Team and she trained together with Céline Schärer .

In October 2013 she broke her thigh while training. Since 2014 she has not appeared in international racing events.

Private

In June 2015 she graduated as a medical secretary from the Bénédict school in St. Gallen .

Sporting successes

Triathlon short distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
04th Aug 2013 1 Swiss triathlon championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Nyon 02:19:10 Swiss champion in the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running)
July 27, 2013 9 5150 Zurich SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich European Championships
July 21, 2013 11 ITU Triathlon European Cup SwitzerlandSwitzerland Geneva 02:18:18
June 23, 2013 2 Sempachersee triathlon SwitzerlandSwitzerland Nottwil 01:08:31 Second behind Regula Rohrbach (750 m swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running)
28 Aug 2011 2 Swiss triathlon championships SwitzerlandSwitzerland Uster Vice Swiss Champion U23, behind Celine Schärer
Aug 18, 2010 1 Swiss Triathlon Championships Juniors SwitzerlandSwitzerland Nyon Swiss Champion Juniors
Triathlon middle distance
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Oct 18, 2014 DNF ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships SpainSpain Peguera - European championship in the middle distance as part of the Challenge Paguera-Mallorca
22 Sep 2013 3 Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix France FranceFrance Aix-en-Provence 04:38:10
0Sep 1 2013 4th Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun AustriaAustria Zell am See 04:20:15
Aug 11, 2013 12 Ironman 70.3 Germany GermanyGermany Wiesbaden 04:54:41 at the European Championship over half the Ironman distance
0June 9, 2013 4th Ironman 70.3 Italy ItalyItaly Pescara 04:41:29
May 11th, 2013 14th Ironman 70.3 Mallorca SpainSpain Alcúdia 04:43:24

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Web links

Commons : Rahel Küng  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rahel King wins another Swiss championship title . In: tagblatt.ch . August 18, 2010.
  2. ^ Title premiere for Küng ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: ewzpowerteam.ch. 4th August 2013.
  3. ↑ EM silver for Swiss triathletes In: Tages-Anzeiger . July 27, 2013.
  4. ↑ Ruedi Wild Swiss champion for the first time . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . August 28, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Küng, Rahel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Butschwil