— Alpine skier — | |||||||||||||
Disciplines | Downhill, Super G | ||||||||||||
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Club | Mürtschen Kerenzerberg | ||||||||||||
Born |
Mühlehorn, Glarus, Switzerland |
11 January 1984 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 16 January 2009 (age 25) | ||||||||||||
Website | patrickkueng.ch | ||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||
Teams | 1 – (2014) | ||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||
Teams | 2 – (2013, 2015) | ||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||
Seasons | 10th – (2009–2017) | ||||||||||||
Wins | 2 – (1 DH, 1 SG) | ||||||||||||
Podiums | 5 – (3 DH, 2 SG) | ||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (10th in 2014) | ||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 – (3rd in SG in 2014) | ||||||||||||
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Patrick Küng (born 11 January 1984) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes 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. His second came a month later at the downhill in Wengen, Switzerland. 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.