Mikhail Kuzmich

Mikhail Sergeyevich Kuzmich ( born October 8, 1982 in Krasnoyarsk ) is a Russian luger.

Mikhail Kuzmich operates luge since 1999 and is since 2001 the Russian national team. The student was initially Obermann in doubles with Yuri Weselow. Since the 2007/ 08 season Stanislav Mikheyev is his partner. Kusmitschs first big success was the participation in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City where he finished 14th. In the season 2002/ 03 the double was the 13th of the overall World Cup and at the Luge World Cup in 2003. The following season they reached the ninth and eleventh place at the Luge World Cup in 2004 in Nagano in double and eighth with the Russian team in the team competition. At the European Championships in Oberhof the year they finished fifth in the team.

The 2004/05 season was mediocre success. Better it was again in the season 2005/06. In the overall standings of the Luge World Cup were Kuzmich / Weselow Tenth, the toboggan Challenge Cup 2005/2006 Ninth. With the team they both occupied at the European Championships 2006 in Winterberg, ranked fourth, in a double they were Twelfth. A place better they came a at the Olympic Games 2006 in Turin. At the World Cup kick-off the 2007/08 season in Lake Placid he succeeded with Mikheyev with the 10th place in the first race of the season at once a place among the top 10 The same placement reached the double also am Koenigssee. Apart from a race in Sigulda, she did not finish because of a fall, they came in all races of the season to rank in the top 15 and were at the end of 13th overall. The Luge Championship 2008 in Cesana Torinese as well at the World Cup in Oberhof the double came in eighth place in the team competition, they came at the European Championships in fifth, at the World Cup they missed in fourth just a medal .. The Luge 2009 World Championships in Lake Placid, they finished as Eleventh, the European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda as sixth- place finisher.