Andy Kapp

Andreas "Andy" Kapp ( born December 8, 1967 in Sonthofen ) is a former successful German curler and the older brother of Ulrich Kapp. Following in the footsteps of his father, Charlie Kapp he came 1981 for curling and plays since 1992 for the curling club feet in the "Team Kapp ". He is two time European champion and four -time German champion ten.

After a series of failures in the Junior World Championships and World Championships, Kapp won to the surprise of many the gold medal at the European Championships in 1992 in Perth, Scotland. The following year, he was only seventh, but among the 1994 World Cup in Oberstdorf third place. He repeated this success in 1995 in the Canadian Brandon. Two years later, at the World Cup in 1997 in Bern, Kapp showed its best performance at the World Championships and won the silver medal; In the final, he defeated the Swedish team with skip Peter Lindholm. In the same year he was in Fussen for the second time European champions.

The aftermath was marked by poor finishes in major tournaments. 2001 Kapp withdrew from the international curling scene. His comeback four years later was crowned with success: In the 2005 World Championships in Victoria, he won the bronze medal. Kapp took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics, but failed to qualify for the semifinals.

At the 2007 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada, he took his team to second place behind the team from Canada.

Kapp played his third Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver. The team finished sixth.

At the World Cup 2011 Kapp took his team to sixth place. Then finished Kapp his curling career.

Team Kapp

From 1992 to 2011 was Andy Kapp Skip to its own established team. Were represented by 2009, only members of the CC feet, formed in 2010 a community of players with the EC Oberstdorf. Overall, the team won twelve times the German championship and formed by many years the German national team in international competitions. Several medal winnings stand at the European and World championships to beech.

Members:

• Andy Kapp (1992-2011) [CC feet ]
• Ulrich Kapp (1992-2009) [CC feet ]
• Holger Höhne (1992-2011) [CC feet ]
• Oliver Axnick (1992-2006) [CC feet ]
• Andreas Kempf (2002-2013) [CC feet ]
• Andreas Lang (2006-2013) [CC feet ]
• Daniel Herberg (2010-2013) [EC Oberstdorf ]
• Markus Messenzehl (2010-2013) [EC Oberstdorf ]

Following the resignation of Kapp and Höhne in 2011, the team has continued as a " team Allgäu ". As Skip acted Andreas Lang. 2013 win Kapp and Höhne gold at the Mixed Championship in Edinburgh. Both operate as a base coach for the German curling offspring.

Private

He lives with his wife Ute and his three children in Unterthingau and is also professionally linked to the ice - he is a wholesaler of frozen foods.

Achievements

• European Champion 1992 and 1997
• 2nd place 1997 World Series, 2007
• 3rd place World Cup 1994, 1995, 2005
• European Champion 2013 Mixed
• German Champion 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011