André Lange
German bobsledder (born 1973)
André Lange (German pronunciation: [ˈlaŋə] ; born 28 June 1973) is a retired German bobsledder and one of the most successful bob pilots of all time. Competing at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics , he has won four gold and one silver medals. Lange originally started his sledding career as a luger , taking up bobsleigh in 1993.[ 3]
At the 2002 Winter Olympics , Lange won the four-man event with teammates Carsten Embach , Enrico Kühn and Kevin Kuske . At the 2006 Winter Olympics , Lange also won gold in the four-man event with teammates Kevin Kuske, René Hoppe and Martin Putze , in addition to winning the two-man event with Kuske. He competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics , winning gold in the two-man and silver in the four-man events.
Lange also won fourteen medals at the FIBT World Championships with eight golds (Two-man: 2003 , 2007 , 2008 ; Four-man: 2000 , 2003, 2004 , 2005 , 2008), four silvers (Two-man: 2000, 2005; Four-man: 2001 , 2009 ), and two bronzes (Two-man: 2004, Four-man: 2007).
At the Bobsleigh World Cup level, he has won three combined men's championships (2000-1, 2002–3, 2003–4), one two-man championship (2007–08 ), and four four-man championships (2000-1, 2002–3, 2003–4, 2007–8).
In April 2014 it was announced that Lange would become the head of the Thuringian Winter Sports Centre in Oberhof , which includes the DKB Ski Arena, the Oberhof sledding track , the Kanzlersgrund ski jumps and the town's indoor ski area , following the retirement of the previous head Wolfgang Filbrich that July.[ 4] In May 2017 he announced that he was leaving this role.[ 3] In August 2017 the Korea Luge Federation announced that Lange would join the South Korean luge team as a coach in October on a five-month contract to assist head coach Steffen Sartor to help prepare them for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang , South Korea .[ 5] [ 3]
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1924 : Scherrer , Neveu , A. Schläppi , H. Schläppi (SUI )
1928 : Fiske , Tucker , Mason , Gray , Parke (USA )
1932 : Fiske , Eagan , Gray , O'Brien (USA )
1936 : Musy , Gartmann , Bouvier , Beerli (SUI )
1948 : Tyler , Martin , Rimkus , D'Amico (USA )
1952 : Ostler , Kuhn , Nieberl , Kemser (GER )
1956 : Kapus , Diener , Alt , Angst (SUI )
1964 : V. Emery , Kirby , Anakin , J. Emery (CAN )
1968 : Monti , de Paolis , Zandonella , Armano (ITA )
1972 : Wicki , Hubacher , Leutenegger , Camichel (SUI )
1976 : Nehmer , Babock , Germeshausen , Lehmann (GDR )
1980 : Nehmer , Musioł , Germeshausen , Gerhardt (GDR )
1984 : Hoppe , Wetzig , Schauerhammer , Kirchner (GDR )
1988 : Fasser , Meier , Fässler , Stocker (SUI )
1992 : Appelt , Winkler , Haidacher , Schroll (AUT )
1994 : Czudaj , Brannasch , Hampel , Szelig (GER )
1998 : Langen , Zimmerman , Jakobs , Hampel (GER )
2002 : Lange , Kühn , Kuske , Embach (GER )
2006 : Lange , Hoppe , Putze , Kuske (GER )
2010 : Holcomb , Olsen , Mesler , Tomasevicz (USA )
2014 : Melbārdis , Vilkaste , Dreiškens , Strenga (LAT )
2018 : Friedrich , Bauer , Grothkopp , Margis (GER )
2022 : Friedrich , Margis , Bauer , Schüller (GER )
1931: Germany (Hanns Kilian , Sebastian Huber )
1933: Romania (Alexandru Papană , Dumitru Hubert )
1934: Romania (Alexandru Frim , Vasile Dumitrescu )
1935: Switzerland (Reto Capadrutt , Emil Diener )
1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy , Brian Black )
1938: Germany (Bibo Fischer , Rolf Thielecke )
1939: Belgium (René Lunden , Jeans Coops )
1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Stephan Waser )
1949: Switzerland (Felix Endrich , Friedrich Waller )
1950: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Stephan Waser )
1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler , Lorenz Nieberl )
1953: Switzerland (Felix Endrich , Fritz Stöckli )
1954: Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier , Andrea Zambelli )
1955: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Harry Warburton )
1957–60: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Renzo Alverà )
1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Sergio Siorpaes )
1962: Italy (Rinaldo Ruatti , Enrico de Lorenzo )
1963: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Sergio Siorpaes )
1965: Great Britain (Tony Nash , Robin Dixon )
1966: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Sergio Siorpaes )
1967: Austria (Erwin Thaler , Reinhold Durnthaler )
1969: Italy (Nevio de Zordo , Adriano Frassinelli )
1970: West Germany (Horst Floth , Pepi Bader )
1971: Italy (Gianfranco Gaspari , Mario Armano )
1973–74: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer , Peter Utzschneider )
1975: Italy (Giorgio Alverà , Franco Perruquet )
1977: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand , Heinz Meier )
1978–79: Switzerland (Erich Schärer , Joseph Benz )
1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen , Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt )
1982: Switzerland (Erich Schärer , Max Rüegg )
1983: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler , Urs Leuthold )
1985–86: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe , Dietmar Schauerhammer )
1987: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler , Celeste Poltera )
1989: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe , Bogdan Musioł )
1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder , Bruno Gerber )
1991: Germany (Rudolf Lochner , Markus Zimmermann )
1993: Germany (Christoph Langen , Peer Joechel )
1995: Germany (Christoph Langen , Olaf Hampel )
1996: Germany (Christoph Langen , Markus Zimmermann )
1997: Switzerland (Reto Götschi , Guido Acklin )
1999: Italy (Günther Huber , Enrico Costa , Ubaldo Ranzi )
2000: Germany (Christoph Langen , Markus Zimmermann )
2001: Germany (Christoph Langen , Marco Jakobs )
2003: Germany (André Lange , Kevin Kuske )
2004: Canada (Pierre Lueders , Giulio Zardo )
2005: Canada (Pierre Lueders , Lascelles Brown )
2007–08: Germany (André Lange , Kevin Kuske )
2009: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg , Cédric Grand )
2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov , Alexey Voyevoda )
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb , Steven Langton )
2013: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Jannis Bäcker )
2015–20: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Thorsten Margis )
2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Alexander Schüller )
2023: Germany (Johannes Lochner , Georg Fleischhauer )
2024: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Alexander Schüller )
1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta , Giorgio Biasini , Antonio Dorini , Gino Rossi (bobsledder) )
1931: Germany (Werner Zahn , Robert Schmidt , Franz Bock , Emil Hinterfeld )
1933: Not held
1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian , Fritz Schwarz , Hermann von Valta , Sebastian Huber )
1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian , Alexander Gruber , Hermann von Valta , Sebastian Huber )
1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy , David Looker , Charles Patrick Green , Brian Black )
1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy , David Looker , Charles Patrick Green , Chris Mackintosh )
1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Heinz Cattani , Alphonse Hörning , Joseph Beerli )
1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Friedrich Waller , Felix Endrich , Stephan Waser )
1949: United States (Stanley Benham , Patrick Martin , William Casey , William D'Amico )
1950: United States (Stanley Benham , Patrick Martin , James Atkinson , William D'Amico )
1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler , Xavier Leitl , Michael Pössinger , Lorenz Nieberl )
1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson , Piet Biesiadecki , Hubert Miller , Joseph Smith )
1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Harry Warburton , Gottfried Diener , Heinrich Angst )
1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus , Gottfried Diener , Robert Alt , Heinrich Angst )
1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller , Hans Theler , Rolf Küderli , Heinz Leu )
1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch , Alfred Hammer , Theodore Bauer , Walter Haller )
1959: United States (Arthur Tyler , Gary Sheffield , Parker Vooris , Charles Thomas Butler )
1960–61: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Sergio Siorpaes , Furio Nordio , Renzo Alverà )
1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle , Josef Sterff , Ludwig Siebert , Otto Göbl )
1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini , Ferruccio Dalla Torre , Renato Mocellini , Romano Bonagura )
1965: Canada (Vic Emery , Gerald Presley , Michael Young , Peter Kirby )
1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert , Helmut Werzer , Roland Ebert )
1967: Cancelled to weather conditions
1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer , Peter Utzschneider , Walter Steinbauer , Stefan Gaisreiter )
1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo , Roberto Zandonella , Mario Armano , Luciano de Paolis )
1971: Switzerland (René Stadler , Max Forster , Erich Schärer , Peter Schärer )
1973: Switzerland (René Stadler , Werner Carmichel , Erich Schärer , Peter Schärer )
1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer , Peter Utzschneider , Manfred Schumann , Albert Wurzer )
1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer , Peter Schärer , Werner Carmichel , Joseph Benz )
1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer , Bernhard Germeshausen , Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt , Raimund Bethge )
1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau , Horst Bernhard , Harald Seifert , Bogdan Musioł )
1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter , Dieter Gebard , Hans Wagner , Heinz Busche )
1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen , Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt , Henry Gerlach , Michael Trübner )
1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina , Heinz Stettler , Urs Salzmann , Rico Freiermuth )
1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser , Hans Märcy , Kurt Poletti , Rolf Strittmatter )
1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann , Matthias Trübner , Ingo Voge , Steffen Grummt )
1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer , Kurt Meier , Erwin Fassbind , André Kiser )
1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand , Urs Fehlmann , Erwin Fassbind , André Kiser )
1989–90: Switzerland (Gustav Weder , Bruno Gerber , Lorenz Schindelholz , Curdin Morell )
1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe , Bogdan Musioł , Axel Kühn , Christoph Langen )
1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder , Donat Acklin , Kurt Meier , Domenico Semeraro )
1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe , René Hannemann , Ulf Hielscher , Carsten Embach )
1996: Germany (Christoph Langen , Markus Zimmermann , Sven Rühr , Olaf Hampel )
1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe , Sven Rühr , René Hannemann , Carsten Embach )
1999: France (Bruno Mingeon , Emmanuel Hostache , Éric Le Chanony , Max Robert )
2000: Germany (André Lange , René Hoppe , Lars Behrendt , Carsten Embach )
2001: Germany (Christoph Langen , Markus Zimmermann , Sven Peter , Alex Metzger )
2003: Germany (André Lange , René Hoppe , Kevin Kuske , Carsten Embach )
2004: Germany (André Lange , Udo Lehmann , Kevin Kuske , René Hoppe )
2005: Germany (André Lange , René Hoppe , Kevin Kuske , Martin Putze )
2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg , Thomas Lamparter , Beat Hefti , Cédric Grand )
2008: Germany (André Lange , René Hoppe , Kevin Kuske , Martin Putze )
2009: United States (Steven Holcomb , Justin Olsen , Steve Mesler , Curtis Tomasevicz )
2011: Germany (Manuel Machata , Richard Adjei , Andreas Bredau , Christian Poser )
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb , Justin Olsen , Steven Langton , Curtis Tomasevicz )
2013: Germany (Maximilian Arndt , Marko Hübenbecker , Alexander Rödiger , Martin Putze )
2015: Germany (Maximilian Arndt , Alexander Rödiger , Kevin Korona , Ben Heber )
2016: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis , Daumants Dreiškens , Arvis Vilkaste , Jānis Strenga )
2017: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Candy Bauer , Martin Grothkopp , Thorsten Margis ) & (Johannes Lochner , Matthias Kagerhuber , Joshua Bluhm , Christian Rasp )
2019: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Candy Bauer , Martin Grothkopp , Thorsten Margis )
2020: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Candy Bauer , Martin Grothkopp , Alexander Schüller )
2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Thorsten Margis , Candy Bauer , Alexander Schüller )
2023: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Thorsten Margis , Candy Bauer , Alexander Schüller )
2024: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Thorsten Margis , Alexander Schüller , Felix Straub )