Michael Kurt

Michael "Mike" Kurt (born 2 April 1980) is a Swiss slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2016.

He won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg. He also won four medals at the European Championships (1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronzes).

At the 2004 Summer Olympics Kurt competed in the K1 event. He won the qualification round, and progressed to the semifinals. However, at this stage, he finished 20th out of 25. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished seventeenth in the qualification round of the K1 event, failing to progress to the semifinals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he placed 13th in the K1 event after being eliminated in the semifinals.

He lives in Solothurn and is a co-founder and CEO of the crowdfunding platform www.ibelieveinyou.ch.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2003 13 Jul 2003 Tacen 3rd K1 2004 11 Jul 2004 Prague 2nd K1 2007 18 Mar 2007 Foz do Iguaçu 2nd K11 14 Jul 2007 Augsburg 3rd K1 2010 20 Jun 2010 Prague 3rd K1 27 Jun 2010 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1

1 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points