Carmen Küng (born 30 January 1978) is a curler from

Solothurn Solothurn ( ; ; ; ; ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains. The town is ...

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. Carmen Küng began her senior elite career as the Third for 2002 Olympic Silver medalist

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during the 2006–2007 season. (During this season future Olympic teammate Carmen Schäfer threw second stones.) She would later move to the team of

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for the 2008–2009 season. In the following season she joined her current team. Initially she joined Mirjam Ott's team as the Alternate and served in that capacity at both the

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and 2009 World Championships. Starting with the 2009–2010 competitive season Carmen Küng has played as the Second for Team Ott. The highlights for the team include winning the Silver medal at the

2009 European Curling Championships The 2009 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Aberdeen, Scotland from 4 to 12 December 2009. The A-Group tournament took place at the Linx Ice Arena, and the B-Group are playing at Curl Aberdeen. A total of 51 teams from 30 ...

and an appearance at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games.

Teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott (born 27 January 1972 in Bern, Switzerland) is a retired Swiss curler who lives in Laax, Switzerland. She is the 2012 World Curling Champion skip. She is the skip (captain) of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in s ...

, ''Skip'' Carmen Schäfer, ''Third'' Janine Greiner, ''Lead'' Irene Schori, ''Alternate'' 2008 Vernon World Championships 2008 Örnsköldsvik European Championships 2009 Gangneung World Championships 2009 Aberdeen European Championships

, ''Skip'' Carmen Schäfer, ''Third''

Valeria Spälty Valeria Spälty (born 24 June 1983 in Glarus) is a Swiss curler. Spälty started curling in 1992. She plays second for Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott (born 27 January 1972 in Bern, Switzerland) is a retired Swiss curler who lives in Laax ...

, ''Second'' Janine Greiner, ''Lead'' Note: for the 2009 European Championships Valeria Spälty was not on the team. Carmen Küng threw second stones and

Binia Feltscher-Beeli Binia Feltscher (born 13 October 1978 in Chur) is a Swiss retired curler from Flims. She was the skip of the 2014 and 2016 World championship curling teams from Switzerland. From 2006 to 2013 she was known as Binia Feltscher-Beeli. Career Felt ...

served as the Alternate.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kung, Carmen Living people Swiss female curlers Sportspeople from Solothurn Olympic curlers for Switzerland Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics 1978 births World curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants European curling champions 21st-century Swiss women