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Born | May 26, 1972 Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. | (age 52)||||||||||||||||||||
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.[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.