Simone Kuhn

Simone Kuhn ( born September 2, 1980 in Nesslau, Switzerland ) is a now no longer active Swiss beach volleyball player.

Career

Simone Kuhn played in 2000 for the first time an international beach volleyball. With her former partner Nicole Schnyder- Benoit was in 2001 in Jesolo Vice - European Champion. At the European Championships in 2002 in Basel, the duo finished as the fifth rank as one year later in Alanya. Reached in 2003 Kuhn and Schnyder- Benoit also the first front ranks at the World Tour ( fourth in Japan and twice in fifth ). They celebrated their greatest common success in 2004 by winning the European Championship in Timmendorfer beach. They also took part together in the Olympic Games in Athens. After this successful year, the duo and Lea Schwer separated Kuhns was new partner. The trained by Jean -Charles Vergé - Dépré duo was seventh in 2005 at the Grand Slam in Paris in 2006 and made three ninth places at Grand Slam tournaments. Occupied in 2007 Kuhn / Heavy seventh in Kristiansand. However, in the 2007 World Championships in Gstaad they came despite the home advantage is not about number 17 also. Because of the injury-related cancellation of the Austrian duo Monday Olli / Swoboda be qualified Kuhn / heavy short notice for the 2008 Olympic Games. In Beijing they parted, however, without a win in the first round out. Following the resignation of Lea Schwer Simone Kuhn forms since 2009, together with Nadine Zumkehr a new Swiss National Team. In their first year together, they have already achieved some top ten results on the World Tour. Moreover, were Kuhn / Zumkehr Swiss champions and took the bronze medal at the European Championships. With the tournament victory on the penultimate season event of the FIVB World Tour in Sanya, the duo Kuhn / Zumkehr reached another career highlight. In the 18-year history of the World Tour was previously not a Swiss beach volleyball women's team on top of the podium.

2012 won Kuhn / Zumkehr in the final of the Grand Slam in Rome against Goller / Ludwig with 21:12 and 21:18. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 they parted with 0-2 against Ross / Kessy (USA) in the second round, and so occupied the ninth place.

The nine-time Swiss champion Simone Kuhn gave the Swiss Championships in 2012, where she took third place, their retirement from professional beach volleyball known. Your earnings from prize money to date exceed $ 500,000

Private

Simone Kuhn studied teaching in the subjects Physical Education, English and geography.