Simone Kuhn

{{short description|Swiss beach volleyball player (born 1980)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Simone Kuhn

| image = Simone Kuhn (cropped).jpg

| image_size = 180

| caption = Kuhn during the 2012 Summer Olympics

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|9|2}}

| birth_place = Wattwil, Switzerland

| height = 6'0"

| nationality = Swiss

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{{MedalSport | Women's beach volleyball }}

{{MedalCountry | {{SUI}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2004 Timmendorfer Strand | Beach }}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Jesolo | Beach }}

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Simone Kuhn (born 2 September 1980) is a female professional beach volleyball player from Switzerland,[http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=2064 Simone Kuhn] at the Beach Volleyball Database who represented her native country at the beach volleyball tournaments of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Simone Kuhn|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/simone-kuhn-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082445/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/simone-kuhn-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 11 August 2012}} In 2004, she partnered with Nicole Schnyder-Benoit and lost all three pool matches. In 2008, she played alongside Lea Schwer and again lost all pool matches. In 2012, she partnered with Nadine Zumkehr and the pair reached the round of 16 where they were eliminated by the American pair of Jennifer Kessy and April Ross who went on to win silver.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/blog/eye-on-olympics/19719802/beach-volleyball-rogersdalhausser-eliminated-rosskessy-move-on |title=Beach volleyball: Rogers/Dalhausser eliminated, Ross/Kessy move on |last=Hinnen |first=Jerry |date=3 August 2012 |publisher=CBS Sports |accessdate=11 August 2012}}

Partnering Nicole Schnyder-Benoit she claimed the gold medal at the 2004 European Championships in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany.