# Andy Kapp > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andy_Kapp > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andy_Kapp.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kapp > Source revision: 1305889631 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) German curler (born 1967) For the comic book character, see [Andy Capp](/source/Andy_Capp). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. 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(April 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Andreas Kapp Curler Born (1967-12-08) 8 December 1967 (age 58) Sonthofen, West Germany Team Curling club CC Füssen, Füssen, GER Curling career 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 Men's Curling World Curling Championships 1997 Berne 2007 Edmonton 1994 Oberstdorf 1995 Brandon 2005 Victoria World Mixed Championship 2019 Aberdeen European Curling Championships 1992 Perth 1997 Füssen 2008 Örnsköldsvik European Mixed Championship 2013 Edinburgh **Andreas** "**Andy**" **Kapp** (born 8 December 1967) is a German [curler](/source/Curling) from [Unterthingau](/source/Unterthingau).[1] After participating in several tournaments at the [Junior](/source/World_Junior_Curling_Championships), [Olympic](/source/Curling_at_the_Winter_Olympics), and [World Championship](/source/World_Curling_Championships) levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 [European championship](/source/European_Curling_Championships). The following year, he finished 7th at the [European Championships](/source/1993_European_Curling_Championships), but at the 1994 World Championships, he and his team won the bronze medal. The next year, Kapp won another bronze medal. In 1997, at the World Championships, Kapp achieved his best showing by leading his team to a silver medal, losing to [Sweden](/source/Sweden)'s [Peja Lindholm](/source/Peja_Lindholm) in the final. In December of the same year, Kapp won his second European Championship, shortly before the first official medal event for curling at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. However, he had a disappointing 1998 Olympics, where, as one of the top medal favorites, he finished 1-6, placing last 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 [Sebastian Stock](/source/Sebastian_Stock) started a new chapter in German curling, and the country's representative at most major events such as Europeans, Worlds, and Olympics were not the Kapp brothers anymore. However, in 2005 Kapp was back, at the [2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship](/source/2005_Ford_World_Men's_Curling_Championship), and won a bronze medal after play-off losses to [Scotland](/source/Scotland)'s [David Murdoch](/source/David_Murdoch) and [Canada](/source/Canada)'s [Randy Ferbey](/source/Randy_Ferbey). In the semifinal against Ferbey, Uli shockingly playing the wrong turn altogether on his first shot in the final end, up 6-5 without hammer, leading to a disastrous miss and putting Germany in a near-impossible position for the remainder of the end and leading to their loss, with Ferbey scoring 3. He appeared in his second Olympics in Turin in 2006 finishing out of playoff contention at 3-6. Two years later, at the [2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship](/source/2007_Ford_World_Men's_Curling_Championship), Kapp skipped Germany to another silver medal, losing to Canada's [Glenn Howard](/source/Glenn_Howard) in the final 8-3. The team returned to the [2008 World Men's Curling Championship](/source/2008_World_Men's_Curling_Championship) without Andy's brother (and regular third) [Uli](/source/Uli_Kapp), 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. Kapp (again without Uli) competed at a third Olympics for Germany in 2010 in Vancouver, this time finished with his best ever Olympic record of 4-5, missing a tiebreaker to get into the playoffs by just 1 game. He played 2011 his 14th and last World Men´s Championship in Regina/Canada and fished 6th place. After that Kapp did win the European Mixed Championship 2013 with Pia-Lisa Schöll, Holger, Höhne and Petra Tschetsch and finished 5th at the World Mixed Championship 2015 and 2016. He is now coach of the National Junior programme in Germany. Kapp was the coach of the German men's team at the [2019 World Men's Curling Championship](/source/2019_World_Men's_Curling_Championship); his 16-year-old son [Benjamin Kapp](/source/Benjamin_Kapp) was an alternate on the team and the youngest player in the event. Teammates (1992-2005) - [Uli Kapp](/source/Uli_Kapp) (third) - [Oliver Axnick](/source/Oliver_Axnick) (second) - [Holger Höhne](/source/Holger_H%C3%B6hne) (lead) Teammates (as of 2007) - [Uli Kapp](/source/Uli_Kapp) (third) - [Andreas Lang](/source/Andreas_Lang) (second) - [Andreas Kempf](/source/Andreas_Kempf) (lead) - [Holger Höhne](/source/Holger_H%C3%B6hne) (alternate) Teammates at the **[2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics](/source/Curling_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics)** - [Andreas Lang](/source/Andreas_Lang) (third) - [Holger Höhne](/source/Holger_H%C3%B6hne) (second) - [Andreas Kempf](/source/Andreas_Kempf) (lead) - [Daniel Herberg](/source/Daniel_Herberg) (alternate) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Andy Kapp, Curling"](http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-curling/athletes/andy-kapp_ath1013687GZ.html). [Vancouver 2010](/source/2010_Winter_Olympics). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100313055244/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-curling/athletes/andy-kapp_ath1013687GZ.html) from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Andreas Kapp](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Andreas_Kapp). - [Andy Kapp](https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/862) at [World Curling](/source/World_Curling) - [Andy Kapp](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/andy-kapp) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) - [Andy Kapp](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/100324) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Andy Kapp](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/3000401422) at InterSportStats - Video: [1991 World Men's Curling Championship, round robin, Germany (Andy Kapp) - Canada (Kevin Martin)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFFrLsrnDlE) on [YouTube](/source/YouTube_video_(identifier)) v t e European Men's Curling Champions Year: (country's flag) champion skip 1975: Knut Bjaanaes 1976: Peter Attinger Jr. 1977: Ragnar Kamp 1978: Jürg Tanner 1979: Jimmy Waddell 1980: Barton Henderson 1981: Jürg Tanner 1982: Mike Hay 1983: Amédéé Biner 1984: Peter Attinger Jr. 1985: Rodger Gustaf Schmidt 1986: Felix Luchsinger 1987: Thomas Norgren 1988: David Smith 1989: Hammy McMillan 1990: Mikael Hasselborg 1991: Roland Jentsch 1992: Andy Kapp 1993: Eigil Ramsfjell 1994: Hammy McMillan 1995: Hammy McMillan 1996: Hammy McMillan 1997: Andy Kapp 1998: Peja Lindholm 1999: Hammy McMillan 2000: Markku Uusipaavalniemi 2001: Peja Lindholm 2002: Sebastian Stock 2003: David Murdoch 2004: Sebastian Stock 2005: Pål Trulsen 2006: Andreas Schwaller 2007: David Murdoch 2008: David Murdoch 2009: Niklas Edin 2010: Thomas Ulsrud 2011: Thomas Ulsrud 2012: Niklas Edin 2013: Sven Michel 2014: Niklas Edin 2015: Niklas Edin 2016: Niklas Edin 2017: Niklas Edin 2018: Bruce Mouat 2019: Niklas Edin 2021: Bruce Mouat 2022: Bruce Mouat 2023: Bruce Mouat 2024: Marc Muskatewitz 2025: Niklas Edin 1992: Germany (GER) Andy Kapp, Uli Kapp, Michael Schäffer, Oliver Axnick, Holger Höhne 1997: Germany (GER) Andy Kapp, Uli Kapp, Oliver Axnick, Holger Höhne, Michael Schäffer --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Andy Kapp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kapp) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kapp?action=history)). 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