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Kevin Kuske

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Kevin Kuske, born on 4 January 1979, is a former German bobsledder who competed from 1999 to 2018 and took part in five Winter Olympics. He won four gold medals and two silver medals, which made him the most successful Olympic athlete in bobsledding. Before the sport he was a sprinter who won a 4 x 100 metres relay bronze at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics. As brakeman for Andre Lange he won the four-man gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, then the two-man and four-man golds at Turin in 2006, and the two-man gold with silver in the four-man at Vancouver in 2010. He later rode with Thomas Florschutz, Maximilian Arndt and Nico Walther, and won four-man silver in 2018, when he announced his retirement. He also won fifteen IBSF World Championship medals, seven of them gold.

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Birth Year
1979 1
Gender
Male 2
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 2
Gold Medals
4 2
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is a former German bobsledder who competed from 1999 to 2018
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1. Kevin Kuske (Wikipedia)
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    born 4 January 1979
  • Lead, nationality
    is a former German bobsledder who competed from 1999 to 2018
  • Plays: Bobsleigh, Lead, sport
    is a former German bobsledder who competed from 1999 to 2018
  • Competed In: 2002 Winter Olympics, Career
    At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
  • Competed In: 2010 Winter Olympics, Career
    at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
  • Competed In: 2014 Winter Olympics, Career
    he competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
  • Competed In: 2018 Winter Olympics, Career
    at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang
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2. Olympedia: Kevin Kuske
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  • Biographical information
    Sex Male
  • Medals, Olympic Games
    Gold 4
  • Medals, Olympic Games, medals or titles band
    Total 6
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