Thomas KOECHLIN (SUI)
Switzerland
Age:
34 years
Languages:
French, English, German
Federation:
SCHWEIZERISCHER KANU-VERBAND (SKV)
Biography
Further Personal Information
NICKNAME
Coquin
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Pau
OCCUPATION
Banana bender
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?
Geneva
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT
The fun of whitewater
HOBBIES
Sufing
CLUB
Canoe Club Genève
NAME OF COACH
Thomas Koechlin
NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH
French
SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN COACHED BY HIM/ HER?
3 years
TRAINING REGIME
Twice a day in Pau whitewater stadium
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR
2012
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY
Germany
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION
European Championships
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION
Augsburg
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT
A snail race when i was 8
MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER
Dane reynolds
TRAINING PARTNER(S)
Pierre Antoine Tillard, Martin Dougoud, Mathieu Doby
HERO/IDOL
My parents
FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE
Pau
AMBITIONS
Olympic champion
SPORTING RELATIVES
Eric Koechlin, Olympic paddler in 1972
