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| Born | May 26, 1972 (1972-05-26) (age 52) Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | George Mason Patriots, Fairfax; U.S. Army | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Kohn (born May 26, 1972) is an American former bobsledder who has competed since 1990. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002 as a push athlete for pilot Brian Shimer.
He also won a silver medal in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.
Kohn retired from competition after the 2010 Winter Olympics. He was appointed as an assistant coach by the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation in 2011.
Kohn is also an Infantry Captain in the United States Army. A native of Columbia, South Carolina, he now lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with his wife Jessica, and two sons, Oliver and max kohn.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mike Kohn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ "USA Bobsled hires Mike Kohn as coach". espn.go.com. June 15, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
- CNN Sports Illustrated profile of 2002 US bobsled team
- Announcement of the US Olympic men's bobsleigh team. U.S. Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. January 17, 2010. Accessed 18 January 18, 2010.
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 Archived March 23, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- Mixed bobsleigh-skeleton world championship medalists since 2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007)
- Michael Kohn: U.S. Army profile at the Wayback Machine (archived May 13, 2007)
External links
- Mike Kohn at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Mike Kohn at Team USA (archive March 18, 2023)
- Mike Kohn at Olympics.com
- Mike Kohn at Olympedia (archive)
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