André Florschütz

André Florschütz
Personal information
Nationality German
Born 6 August 1976 (1976-08-06) (age 35)
Sonneberg, Thuringia,
 East Germany
Residence Erfurt, Thuringia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (190 lb; 13.4 st)
Sport
Country  Germany
Sport Luge
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
Medal record
Men's Luge
Competitor for  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver 2006 Turin Men's doubles
World Championships
Gold 2001 Calgary Men's doubles
Gold 2005 Park City Men's doubles
Gold 2005 Park City Mixed team
Gold 2008 Oberhof Men's doubles
Gold 2008 Oberhof Mixed team
Gold 2009 Lake Placid Mixed team
Silver 1999 Königssee Mixed team
Silver 2004 Nagano Men's doubles
Silver 2009 Lake Placid Men's doubles
World Cup Championships
Gold 2009–10 Men's doubles
Silver 2000-01 Men's doubles
Silver 2003-04 Men's doubles
Silver 2004-05 Men's doubles
Bronze 2005-06 Men's doubles

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

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 (Roman Pichler & Enrico Prinot) * 1962: Italy (Giovanni Graber & Gianpaolo 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 Bremse & Algars Kirkis) * 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)
Six per team
Four per team
Four per team as relay

2008: Germany (Felix Loch, Tatjana Hüfner, André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich) · 2009: Germany (Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich) · 2011: Cancelled
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)