Patrick Küng Explained

Patrick Küng
Disciplines:Downhill, Super G
Club:Mürtschen Kerenzerberg
Birth Date:11 January 1984
Birth Place:Mühlehorn, Glarus, Switzerland
Height:181 cm
Wcdebut:16 January 2009 (age 25)
Website:patrickkueng.ch
Olympicteams:1 – (2014)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:2 – (2013, 2015)
Worldsmedals:1
Worldsgolds:1
Wcseasons:10 – (20092017)
Wcwins:2 – (1 DH, 1 SG)
Wcpodiums:5 – (3 DH, 2 SG)
Wcoveralls:0 – (10th in 2014)
Wctitles:0 – (3rd in SG in 2014)
Show-Medals:yes

Patrick Küng (born 11 January 1984)[1] is a Swiss former World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialised in the speed events of Downhill and Super G and made his World Cup debut at Wengen in 2009.

Küng represented Switzerland at the World Championships in 2013 in Schladming, Austria. After placing 18th in the Super G, he produced his best run of the 2013 season in the downhill, finishing in 7th position.

Küng's first World Cup win came in Super G in December 2013, at Beaver Creek, USA.[2] His second came a month later at the downhill in Wengen, Switzerland.[3] Through January 2015, he has two World Cup wins and five podiums.

Küng won the gold medal in downhill at the 2015 World Championships at Beaver Creek.

At the Kitzbühel World Cup meeting in January 2019, Küng announced his immediate retirement from competition, citing a lack of willingness to take the necessary risks following a crash in Wengen which left him concussed.[4]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
25 113 47 36
26 40 29 16 41
27 33 24 11
28 44 33 20
29 56 24 27
30 10 3 5
31 21 18 8
32 101 48 33
33 56 42 20
34 79 25

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2010 10 Mar 2010 Downhill3rd
2012 29 Dec 2011 Downhill2nd
2014 7 Dec 2013 Super G1st
18 Jan 2014    Wengen, Switzerland   Downhill 1st
2 Mar 2014 Super-G 2nd

World Championships results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
29
31

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=32813&type=result FIS profile
  2. Crowded SG podium in Beaver Creek, Ligety just misses in 5th . Ski Racing . McKee . Hank . December 7, 2013 . January 18, 2014.
  3. Wengen sprint downhill crowns Kueng champion . Ski Racing . McKee . Hank . January 18, 2014 . January 18, 2014.
  4. Web site: Vonn, Svindal and other athletes decide to retire after this season . . 28 January 2019 . . 16 March 2019.