{{Short description|German curler (born 2002)}} {{Infobox curler | name = Benjamin Kapp | image = 2020-01-10 Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed Team – Round Robin – Session 3 – Brazil vs. Germany (Martin Rulsch) 03.jpg | caption = Kapp at the [[Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics|2020 Winter Youth Olympics]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|7|9|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Unterthingau]], Germany<ref name="MG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2025/03/2025-BKT-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-V1.pdf|title=2025 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=24 March 2025|archive-date=24 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324190145/https://www.curling.ca/files/2025/03/2025-BKT-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-V1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | Curling club = [[Curling Club Füssen|CC Füssen]], [[Füssen]] | Skip = '''Benjamin Kapp''' | Third = [[Felix Messenzehl]] | Second = [[Johannes Scheuerl]] | Lead = [[Mario Trevisiol]] | Alternate = | Mixed doubles partner = | Member Association = {{GER}} | World Championship appearances = 5 ({{WMCC|2019}}, {{WMCC|2022}}, {{WMCC|2024}}, {{WMCC|2025}}, {{WMCC|2026}}) | European Championship appearances = 4 ({{EuCC|2019}}, {{EuCC|2023}}, {{EuCC|2024}}, {{EuCC|2025}}) | Olympic appearances = 1 ([[Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2026]]) | Other appearances = [[World Mixed Curling Championship|World Mixed Championship]]: 1 ([[2019 World Mixed Curling Championship|2019]]) <br> [[Curling at the Youth Olympic Games|Winter Youth Olympics]]: 1 ([[Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics|2020]]) <br> [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championship]]: 3 ([[2022 World Junior Curling Championships|2022]], [[2023 World Junior Curling Championships|2023]], [[2024 World Junior Curling Championships|2024]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[curling]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Curling Championships|European Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2024 European Curling Championships|2024 Lohja]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2022 World Junior Curling Championships|2022 Jönköping]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2023 World Junior Curling Championships|2023 Füssen]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Mixed Curling Championship|World Mixed Championship]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2019 World Mixed Curling Championship|2019 Aberdeen]] | }} }}
'''Benjamin "Benny" Kapp''' (born 9 July 2002) is a German [[Curling|curler]] from [[Unterthingau]].
==Career== ===Juniors=== Kapp had a successful junior career, skipping the German national junior men's team at three [[World Junior Curling Championships]], and is a [[2022 World Junior Curling Championships|2022]] and [[2023 World Junior Curling Championships|2023]] silver medalist. Kapp also skipped the German mixed team at the [[Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics|2020 Winter Youth Olympics]], finishing 8th after losing to New Zealand's [[Hunter Walker (curler)|Hunter Walker]] 7–4 in the quarterfinals.
===Mens=== While a still of junior age, Kapp would be the alternate on the German men's national team at the 2019 and 2023 editions of the [[European Curling Championships]], and the 2022 [[World Men's Curling Championship]].
Kapp would join as the third of the new German team skipped by [[Marc Muskatewitz]] during the [[2023–24 curling season]], alongside junior teammates [[Felix Messenzehl]] and [[Johannes Scheuerl]]. The new team would have a strong showing at the {{WMCC|2024|2024 World Men's Curling Championships}}, finishing in 5th place after losing to Italy's [[Joël Retornaz]] in the playoffs. However, the team would build upon this success at the [[2024 European Curling Championships]], they would beat Scotland's [[Bruce Mouat]] 9–7 in the final to win Germany's first European medal since 2008, and their first gold since 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldcurling.org/2024/11/ecc2024-men-gold/|title=Germany win men's European title|website=World Curling|date=November 23, 2024}}</ref> After winning the European Championships, the team qualified for their first Tier 1 [[Grand Slam of Curling]] event, the [[2024 National]], where they had a strong showing, losing in the quarterfinals to [[Mike McEwen (curler)|Mike McEwen]] 6–5. The team also continued to perform well on the world curling circuit, winning the [[2024 Karuizawa International Curling Championships]]. Muskatewtiz would then win the 2025 German Men's Championship against [[Sixten Totzek]], qualifying the Muskatewitz rink to represent Germany at the [[2025 World Men's Curling Championship]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DF2yVXBNTn_/?img_index=1|title=DM 2025 in Hamburg (07-09 Feb) Team MUSKATEWITZ wird DEUTSCHER MEISTER 2025 🏆|publisher=@teamdeutschland_curling|website=Instagram|date=February 9, 2025|access-date=February 11, 2025}}</ref> At the 2025 World's, team Muskatewitz would finish the round robin with a 5–7 record, finishing outside of the playoffs in 8th place. However, the Muskatewitz rink's performance over the last two world championships earned Germany enough points to qualify directly for the [[Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics|2026 Winter Olympics]]. There, they would finish in 7th place with a 4–5 record. Team Muskatewitz would finish the season at the [[2026 World Men's Curling Championship]], where they would again finish outside of the playoffs in 9th place with a 4–8 record. At the end of the season, with Muskatewitz announcing that he will be taking a step back from competitive men's curling due to "personal reasons", Kapp moved up to the skip position of the German men's national team, alongside Messenzehl, Scheuerl, and [[Mario Trevisiol]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/news/benjamin-kapp-moving-up-to-skip-next-season|title=Benjamin Kapp moving up to skip next season|website=Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=May 16, 2026}}</ref>
==Personal life== His father is two-time European champion curler and [[coach (sport)|coach]] [[Andy Kapp]]. The two were teammates at the [[2019 World Mixed Curling Championship]] where their team won the silver medal.
Kapp works as a sport soldier.<ref name="MG"/>
==Teams== ===Men's=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate ! scope="col"| Coach ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row"| 2016–17 | [[Magnus Sutor]] || Benjamin Kapp || [[Willi Eitel]] || [[Chris Gregor]] || || || <ref>[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=4544&teamid=104270&profileid= Sutor1-3 at 2016 EJCT Austrian Mens Cup - Curlingzone]</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18 | Benjamin Kapp || [[Daniel Schmidt (curler)|Daniel Schmidt]] || Willi Eitel || [[Johannes Gabriel]] || || || <ref>[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=4971&teamid=116516&profileid= Kapp1-1 at 2017 EJCT Austrian Mens Cup - Curlingzone]</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2018–19 | Benjamin Kapp || [[Felix Messenzehl]] || Willi Eitel || [[Johannes Scheuerl]] || || || <ref>[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=5653&teamid=128994&profileid= Kapp3-1 at 2018 EJCT Austrian Mens Cup - Curlingzone]</ref> |- | [[Marc Muskatewitz]] || [[Daniel Neuner]] || [[Ryan Sherrard]] || [[Dominik Greindl]] || Benjamin Kapp || [[Andy Kapp]] || {{WMCC|2019|WCC 2019}} (8th) |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2019–20 | Benjamin Kapp || Felix Messenzehl || Willi Eitel || Johannes Scheuerl || || || <ref>[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=5965&teamid=136925&profileid= Kapp5-2 at EJCT Prague Junior Mens Cup - Curlingzone]</ref> |- | Marc Muskatewitz || [[Sixten Totzek]] || [[Joshua Sutor]] || Dominik Greindl || Benjamin Kapp || [[Uli Kapp]], [[Lukas Fritsch]] || {{EuCC|2019|ECC 2019}} (7th) |- ! scope="row"| 2023–24 | Marc Muskatewitz || Benjamin Kapp || [[Felix Messenzehl]] || [[Johannes Scheuerl]] || [[Mario Trevisiol]] || [[Ryan Sherrard]] || {{WMCC|2024|WCC 2024}} (5th) |- ! scope="row"| 2024–25 | Marc Muskatewitz || Benjamin Kapp || Felix Messenzehl || Johannes Scheuerl || Mario Trevisiol || Ryan Sherrard || {{EuCC|2024|ECC 2024}} {{Gold1}} <br> {{WMCC|2025|WCC 2025}} (8th) |- ! scope="row"| 2025–26 | Marc Muskatewitz || Benjamin Kapp || Felix Messenzehl || Johannes Scheuerl || Mario Trevisiol || Ryan Sherrard || {{EuCC|2025|ECC 2025}} (5th) <br> [[Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|WOG 2026]] (7th) <br> {{WMCC|2026|WCC 2026}} (9th) |- ! scope="row"| 2026–27 | Benjamin Kapp || Felix Messenzehl || Johannes Scheuerl || Mario Trevisiol || || || |}
===Mixed=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Coach ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2019–20 | [[Andy Kapp]] || [[Pia-Lisa Schöll]] || Benny Kapp || [[Petra Tschetsch]] || || [[2019 World Mixed Curling Championship|WMxCC 2019]] {{Silver2}} |- | Benny Kapp || [[Kim Sutor]] || [[Johannes Scheuerl]] || [[Zoé Antes]] || Andy Kapp || [[Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team|WYOG 2020]] (8th) |}
===Mixed doubles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Male ! scope="col"| Female ! scope="col"| Coach ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row"| 2016–17<ref>[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=4455&teamid=101587&profileid= Mayrhans/Kapp0-3 at 2016 CCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup - Curlingzone]</ref> | Benny Kapp || [[Laura Mayrhans]] || || |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18<ref>[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=4903&teamid=111637&profileid= Mayerhans/Kapp3-2 at 2017 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup - Curlingzone]</ref> | Benny Kapp || Laura Mayrhans || || |- ! scope="row"| 2018–19<ref>[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=5344&teamid=123752&profileid= Kapp/Kapp - 2018 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup - Curlingzone]</ref> | Benny Kapp || [[Lena Kapp]] || || |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2019–20 | Benny Kapp || [[Mia Höhne]]<ref>[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=6000&teamid=136522&profileid= Hohne/Kapp1-3 - 2019 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup - Curlingzone]</ref> || || |- | Benny Kapp || [[Sara Rigler]] || [[Andy Kapp]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://world-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pdf-documents/competition-WYOG2020/2020-01-16-172518897%20Entry%20List%20by%20Event.pdf |title=Entry List by Event - Mixed Doubles - Curling - Winter Youth Olympic Games 2020 |access-date=February 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212084233/https://world-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pdf-documents/competition-WYOG2020/2020-01-16-172518897%20Entry%20List%20by%20Event.pdf |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles|WYOG 2020]] (25th) |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{World Curling}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/18066 Benjamin Kapp] at [[Milano Cortina 2026]] * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Team Deutschland}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.lausanne2020.sport/results/nh/en/Participant/ParticipantInfo/aa828ec6-8674-493c-9b93-382c14a69f7d |title=KAPP Benny - Athlete Information - Winter Youth Olympic Games 2020 |access-date=February 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212085555/https://www.lausanne2020.sport/results/nh/en/Participant/ParticipantInfo/aa828ec6-8674-493c-9b93-382c14a69f7d |archive-date=February 12, 2020 }} * Video: {{youTube|bQlfNGCqOfM|2019 World Men's Curling Championship - round robin, draw 10 - Germany vs Canada}} * {{Instagram}}<!-- per [[WP:ELMINOFFICIAL]], choose one official website only -->
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