- Andy Kapp
Andreas "Andy" Kapp (born
December 8 ,1967 inSonthofen ) is a Germancurler fromUnterthingau . After a number of unsuccessful 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 toSweden 'sPeja Lindholm in the final. Kapp would also win his second European championships that year. In the following years, Kapp slumped to disappointing placings in major championships before disappearing from the world curling scene in 2001. However, in 2005 Kapp was back, at the2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship , and won a bronze medal after play-off losses toScotland 'sDavid Murdoch andCanada 'sRandy Ferbey .Two years later, at the
2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship , Kapp skipped Germany to another silver medal, losing to Canada'sGlenn Howard in the final 8-3. The team returned to the2008 World Men's Curling Championship without Andy's brother (and regular third) Uli, who was sidelined by season-ending knee surgery. Nevertheless the team got off to a 4-0 start before fading and finishing in 8th place with a 5-6 record.Team mates (as of 2005)
*Uli Kapp (third)
*Andreas Lang (second)
*Andreas Kempf (lead)
*Holger Höhne (alternate)
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