André Florschütz
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Nationality |
German |
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Born |
(1976-08-06) 6 August 1976 (age 42) Sonneberg, Bezirk Suhl, East Germany
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Residence |
Erfurt, Thuringia
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Height |
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
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Weight |
85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st) |
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Country |
Germany
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Sport |
Luge
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Achievements and titles |
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Olympic finals |
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André Florschütz (born 6 August 1976 in Sonneberg) is a German luger who competed from 1993 to 2010. Together with Torsten Wustlich, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Florschütz also won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with six golds (Men's doubles: 2001, 2005, 2008; Mixed team: 2005, 2008, 2009) and three silvers (Men's doubles: 2004, 2009; Mixed team: 1999).
His best overall finish at the FIL European Luge Championships was fifth in the men's doubles event twice (2004, 2008).
Florschütz's best overall finish in the men's doubles Luge World Cup was second three times (2000-1, 2003-4, 2004-5). His younger brother Thomas competes for Germany in bobsleigh.
References
After Leitner/Resch and Grimette/Martin. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (30 March 2010 article accessed 30 March 2010.)
FIL-Luge profile at the Wayback Machine (archived February 10, 2014)
Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-02-21)
Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-06-30)
Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at Archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-06)
External links
André Florschütz at the International Luge Federation
World champions in men's doubles luge
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- 1955: Austria (Hans Krausner & Josef Thaler)
- 1957: West Germany - (Fritz Nachmann & Josef Strillinger)
- 1958: West Germany (Fritz Nachmann & Josef Strillinger)
- 1959: cancelled * 1960: Austria (Reinhold Frosch & Ewald Walch)
- 1961: Italy (Giorgio Pichler & Enrico Prinot)
- 1962: Italy (Giovanni Graber & Giampaolo Ambrosi)
- 1963: Poland (Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz & Lucjan Kudzia)
- 1965: East Germany (Wolfgang Scheidel & Thomas Köhler)
- 1967: East Germany (Klaus Bonsack & Thomas Köhler)
- 1969: Austria (Manfred Schmid & Ewald Walch)
- 1970: Austria (Manfred Schmid & Ewald Walch)
- 1971: Italy (Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner)
- 1973: East Germany (Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow)
- 1974: East Germany (Bernd Hahn & Ulrich Hahn)
- 1975: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn)
- 1977: East Germany (Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn)
- 1978: Soviet Union (Dainis Bremze & Aigars Kriķis)
- 1979: West Germany (Hans Brandner & Balthasar Schwarm)
- 1981: East Germany (Bernd Hahn & Ulrich Hahn)
- 1983: East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch)
- 1985: East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch)
- 1987: East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch)
- 1989: East Germany (Stefan Krauße & Jan Behrendt)
- 1990: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber)
- 1991: Germany (Stefan Krauße & Jan Behrendt)
- 1993: Germany (Stefan Krauße & Jan Behrendt)
- 1995: Germany (Stefan Krauße & Jan Behrendt)
- 1996: Austria (Tobias Schiegl & Markus Schiegl)
- 1997: Austria (Tobias Schiegl & Markus Schiegl)
- 1999: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
- 2000: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
- 2001: Germany (André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich)
- 2003: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)
- 2004: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
- 2005: Germany (André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich)
- 2007: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
- 2008: Germany (André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich)
- 2009: Italy (Gerhard Plankensteiner & Oswald Haselrieder)
- 2011: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)
- 2012: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)
- 2013: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)
- 2015: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)
- 2016: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)
- 2017: Germany (Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken)
- 2019: Germany (Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken)
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World Cup champions in men's doubles luge
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- 1977-8: Italy (Peter Gschnitzer & Karl Brunner)
- 1978-9: Italy (Peter Gschnitzer & Karl Brunner)
- 1979-80: Austria (Günther Lemmerer & Reinhold Sulzbacher)
- 1980-1: Austria (Günther Lemmerer & Reinhold Sulzbacher)
- 1981-2: Austria (Günther Lemmerer & Reinhold Sulzbacher)
- 1982-3: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Karl Brunner)
- 1983-4: East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch)
- 1984-5: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber)
- 1985-6: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber)
- 1986-7: West Germany (Thomas Schwab & Wolfgang Staudinger)
- 1987-8: Soviet Union (Yevgeny Belousov & Aleksandr Belyakov)
- 1988-9: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber)
- 1989-90: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber)
- 1990-1: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber)
- 1991-2: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber)
- 1992-3: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber)
- 1993-4: Germany (Stefan Krauße & Jan Behrendt)
- 1994-5: Germany (Stefan Krauße & Jan Behrendt)
- 1995-6: Germany (Stefan Krauße & Jan Behrendt)
- 1996-7: United States (Chris Thorpe & Gordy Sheer)
- 1997-8: United States (Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin)
- 1998-9: United States (Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin)
- 1999-2000: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
- 2000-1: Germany (Steffen Skel & Steffen Wöller)
- 2001-2: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
- 2002-3: United States (Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin)
- 2003-4: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
- 2004-5: Italy (Christian Oberstolz & Patrick Gruber)
- 2005-6: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
- 2006-7: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
- 2007-8: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch)
- 2008-9: Italy (Christian Oberstolz & Patrick Gruber)
- 2009–10: Germany (André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich)
- 2010–11: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)
- 2011–12: Austria (Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger)
- 2012–13: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)
- 2013–14: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)
- 2014–15: Germany (Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken)
- 2015–16: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)
- 2016–17: Germany (Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken)
- 2017–18: Germany (Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken)
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