Career
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kurt competed in the K-1 event. However, at this stage, he lost entirely and finished twentieth out of 25. Kurt competed again in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
In the K-1 event he finished seventeenth in the qualification round, failing to progress to the semifinals.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics he finished 13th in the K-1 event after being eliminated in the semifinals.