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Mike Kohn

American bobsledder

Mike Kohn

Kohn in 2013

Personal information

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)

Sport

Bobsleigh

Club

George Mason Patriots, Fairfax; U.S. Army

Medal record

Men's bobsleigh

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	2002 Salt Lake City	Four-man
World Championships
	2007 St. Moritz	Mixed team

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.^[1]^[2]

He also won a silver medal in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.^[1]

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.^[2]

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

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b "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)