Andy Kapp
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Born | 8 December 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | CC Füssen, Füssen, GER | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Championship appearances | 14 (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Championship appearances | 12 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Senior Curling Championship appearances | 1 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic appearances | 4 (1988, 1998, 2006, 2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andreas "Andy" Kapp (born 8 December 1967) is a German curler from Unterthingau.[1] After a number of several tournaments at the Junior, Olympic and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship. The next year however, he finished only 7th, but at the 1994 World Championships he and his team won the bronze medal. The next year, Kapp would go on to win the bronze medal once again. Two years later, at the 1997 World Championships, Kapp achieved his best showing at a World Championship, as he led his team to a silver medal, losing to Sweden's Peja Lindholm in the final. Kapp would also win his second European championships in December that year, soon before the first ever official medal Olympics for curling in Nagano. He would have a disappointing 1998 Olympics though where as one of the top medal favorites he went 1-6, finishing in last place in the 8-team field.
In the following years, Kapp was representing Germany at World- and European Championships with no podiumplaces. From 2002 the emergence of young German star
Two years later, at the
Kapp was the coach of the German men's team at the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship; his 16-year-old son Benjamin Kapp was an alternate on the team and the youngest player in the event.
Teammates (1992-2005)
- Uli Kapp (third)
- Oliver Axnick (second)
- Holger Höhne (lead)
Teammates (as of 2007)
- Uli Kapp (third)
- Andreas Lang (second)
- Andreas Kempf (lead)
- Holger Höhne (alternate)
Teammates at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
- Andreas Lang (third)
- Holger Höhne (second)
- Andreas Kempf (lead)
- Daniel Herberg (alternate)
References
- ^ "Andy Kapp, Curling". Vancouver 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
External links
- Andy Kapp at World Curling
- Andy Kapp at Olympics.com
- Andy Kapp at Olympedia
- Video: 1991 World Men's Curling Championship, round robin, Germany (Andy Kapp) - Canada (Kevin Martin) on YouTube