André Lange

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André Lange

Lange holding German flag during opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Personal information

Nationality

German

Born

28 June 1973^[1]
Ilmenau, Thuringia,

East Germany

Residence

Suhl,^[1] Thuringia

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)^[1]

Weight

100 kg (220 lb; 16 st)^[1]

Website

http://www.bobsport-lange.de/

Sport

Country

Germany

Sport

Bobsleigh (pilot)

Event(s)

4-man, 2-man

Club

BSR Rennsteig Oberhof (1993-2010)

Coached by

Wolfgang Hoppe

Retired

2010

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

Medal record

Competitor for Germany
Men´s Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	Four-man
Gold	2006 Turin	Two-man
Gold	2006 Turin	Four-man
Gold	2010 Vancouver	Two-man
Silver	2010 Vancouver	Four-man
World Championships
Gold	2000 Altenberg	Four-man
Gold	2003 Lake Placid	Two-man
Gold	2003 Lake Placid	Four-man
Gold	2004 Königssee	Four-man
Gold	2005 Calgary	Four-man
Gold	2007 St. Moritz	Two-man
Gold	2008 Altenberg	Two-man
Gold	2008 Altenberg	Four-man
Silver	2000 Altenberg	Two-man
Silver	2001 St. Moritz	Four-man
Silver	2005 Calgary	Two-man
Silver	2009 Lake Placid	Four-man
Bronze	2004 Königssee	Two-man
Bronze	2007 St. Moritz	Four-man
World Cup Championships
Gold	2000-01	Combined
Gold	2000-01	Four-man
Gold	2002-03	Combined
Gold	2002-03	Four-man
Gold	2003-04	Combined
Gold	2003-04	Four-man
Gold	2007-08	Combined
Gold	2007-08	Two-man
Gold	2007-08	Four-man
Silver	2001-02	Four-man
Silver	2008-09	Two-man
Bronze	1998-99	Four-man
Bronze	2000-01	Two-man
Bronze	2001-02	Combined
Bronze	2002-03	Two-man
Bronze	2003-04	Two-man
Bronze	2006-07	Combined
Bronze	2006-07	Two-man
Bronze	2008-09	Combined
Bronze	2008-09	Four-man
Bronze	2009-10	Four-man
European Championships
Gold	2000 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Two-man
Gold	2002 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
Gold	2004 St. Moritz	Four-man
Gold	2005 Altenberg	Two-man
Gold	2006 St. Moritz	Two-man
Gold	2007 Cortina	Four-man
Gold	2009 St. Moritz	Two-man
Gold	2010 Igls	Four-man
Silver	2002 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Two-man
Silver	2003 Winterberg	Four-man
Silver	2003 Winterberg	Two-man
Silver	2005 Altenberg	Four-man
Silver	2006 St. Moritz	Four-man
Silver	2008 Cesana	Two-man
Silver	2010 Igls	Two-man
Bronze	2001 Königssee	Four-man
Bronze	2004 St. Moritz	Two-man
Bronze	2007 Cortina	Two-man
Bronze	2008 Cesana	Four-man
German Championships
Gold	2000 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
Gold	2009 Winterberg	Four-man
World Junior Championships
Gold	1998 Cortina d’Ampezzo	Two-man
Gold	1998 Cortina d’Ampezzo	Four-man
Gold	1999 Altenberg	Four-man
Men´s Wok
World Wok Racing Championships
Gold	2009 Winterberg	Four-man
Gold	2010 Oberhof	Four-man
Bronze	2007 Innsbruck	Four-man

André Lange (German pronunciation: [ˈlaŋə]; born 28 June 1973) is a retired German bobsledder and the most successful bob pilot of all time who competed at senior level from 1998 to 2010. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he has won four gold medals. He was born in Ilmenau, Thuringia.

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).

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References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FIBT-Bobsleigh profile, accessed December 3, 2010

Olympic Games
Preceded by Kati Wilhelm	Flagbearer for Germany Vancouver 2010	Succeeded by Maria Höfl-Riesch

Olympic Champions in two-man bobsleigh

1932: United States (Hubert Stevens & Curtis Stevens)
1936: United States (Ivan Brown & Alan Washbond)
1948: Switzerland (Felix Endrich & Friedrich Waller)
1952: West Germany (Andreas Ostler & Lorenz Nieberl)
1956: Italy (Lamberto Dalla Costa & Giacomo Conti)
1960: Not held
1964: Great Britain (Anthony Nash & Robin Dixon)
1968: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Luciano de Paolis)
1972: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider)
1976: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer & Bernhard Germeshausen)
1980: Switzerland (Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz)
1984: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer)
1988: Soviet Union (Jānis Ķipurs & Vladimir Koslov)
1992: Switzerland (Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin)
1994: Switzerland (Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin)
1998: Canada (Pierre Lueders & David MacEachern) and Italy (Günther Huber & Antonio Tartaglia)
2002: Germany (Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann)
2006: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske)
2010: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske)

Olympic Champions in Four-Man Bobsleigh

1924: Switzerland
- Eduard Scherrer
- Alfred Neveu
- Alfred Schläppi
- Heinrich Schläppi
1928 (five-man): United States
- Billy Fiske
- Nion Tocker
- Geoffrey Mason
- Clifford Grey
- Richard Parke
1932: United States
- Billy Fiske
- Eddie Eagan
- Clifford Grey
- Jay O'Brien
1936: Switzerland
- Pierre Musy
- Arnold Gartmann
- Charles Bouvier
- Joseph Beerli
1948: United States
- Francis Tyler
- Patrick Martin
- Edward Rimkus
- William D'Amico
1952: West Germany
- Andreas Ostler
- Friedrich Kuhn
- Lorenz Nieberl
- Franz Kemser
1956: Switzerland
- Franz Kapus
- Gottfried Diener
- Robert Alt
- Heinrich Angst
1960: Not held
1964: Canada
- Vic Emery
- Peter Kirby
- Doug Anakin
- John Emery
1968: Italy
- Eugenio Monti
- Luciano de Paolis
- Roberto Zandonella
- Mario Armano
1972: Switzerland
- Jean Wicki
- Edy Hubacher
- Hans Leutenegger
- Werner Camichel
1976: East Germany
- Meinhard Nehmer
- Jochen Babock
- Bernhard Germeshausen
- Bernhard Lehmann
1980: East Germany
- Meinhard Nehmer
- Bogdan Musiol
- Bernhard Germeshausen
- Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt
1984: East Germany
- Wolfgang Hoppe
- Roland Wetzig
- Dietmar Schauerhammer
- Andreas Kirchner
1988: Switzerland
- Ekkehard Fasser
- Kurt Meier
- Marcel Fässler
- Werner Stocker
1992: Austria
- Ingo Appelt
- Harald Winkler
- Gerhard Haidacher
- Thomas Schroll
1994: Germany
- Harald Czudaj
- Karsten Brannasch
- Olaf Hampel
- Alexander Szelig
1998: Germany
- Christoph Langen
- Markus Zimmermann
- Marco Jakobs
- Olaf Hampel
2002: Germany
- André Lange
- Enrico Kühn
- Kevin Kuske
- Carsten Embach
2006: Germany
- André Lange
- René Hoppe
- Martin Putze
- Kevin Kuske
2010: United States
- Steve Holcomb
- Justin Olsen
- Steve Mesler
- Curtis Tomasevicz

World champions in two-man bobsleigh

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 & Byran 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: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà)
1958: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà)
1959: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà)
1960: 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 (Anthony 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: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider)
1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider)
1975: Italy (Giorgio Alvera & Franco Perruquet)
1977: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand & Heinz Meier)
1978: Switzerland (Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz)
1979: 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: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer)
1986: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer)
1987: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler & Celeste Poltera)
1989: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Bogdan Musiol)
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: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske)
2008: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske)
2009: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg & Cedric Grand)
2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov & Alexey Voyevoda)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb & Steven Langton)
2013: Germany (Francesco Friedrich & Jannis Bäcker)

World champions in four-man bobsleigh

1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, & Gino Rossi)
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 Green, & Byran Black)
1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, & Chris MacKintosh)
1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli)
1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli)
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 Voorhis, & Thomas Butler)
1960: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Furio Nordio, Sergio Siorpaes, & Renzo Alverà)
1961: 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 Musiol)
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 Kisser)
1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, & André Kisser)
1989: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell, Bruno Gerber, & Lorenz Schindelholz)
1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, & Curdin Morell)
1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musiol, 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, & Cedric 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)

World Cup champions in bobsleigh men's combined

1984–85: West Germany (Anton Fischer)
1985–86: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser)
1986–87: United States (Matt Roy)
1987–88: Austria (Ingo Appelt)
1988–89: Switzerland (Gustav Weder)
1989–90: Soviet Union (Maris Poikans)
1990–91: Switzerland (Gustav Weder)
1991–92: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe)
1992–93: United States (Brian Shimer)
1993–94: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1995–96: Germany (Christoph Langen)
1996–97: Italy (Günther Huber)
1997–98: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen)
1999–2000: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner)
2000–01: Germany (André Lange)
2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2002–03: Germany (André Lange)
2003–04: Germany (André Lange)
2004–05: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2005–06: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
2006–07: United States (Steve Holcomb)
2007–08: Germany (André Lange)
2008–09: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2009–10: United States (Steve Holcomb)
2010–11: Germany (Manuel Machata)
2011–12: Germany (Maximilian Arndt)
2012–13: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis)

World Cup champions in two-man bobsleigh

1984–85 (unofficial): West Germany (Anton Fischer)
1985–86 (unofficial): Soviet Union (Maris Poikans)
1986–87 (unofficial): West Germany (Anton Fischer)
1987–88 (unofficial): Soviet Union (Janis Kipurs)
1988–89 (unofficial): Switzerland (Gustav Weder)
1989–90 (unofficial): West Germany (Christian Schebitz)
1990–91: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe)
1991–92: Italy (Günther Huber)
1992–93: Italy (Günther Huber)
1993–94: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1995–96: Germany (Christoph Langen)
1996–97: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1997–98: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen)
1999–2000: Switzerland (Christian Reich)
2000–01: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2002–03: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
2003–04: Germany (Christoph Langen)
2004–05: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2005–06: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
2006–07: United States (Steve Holcomb)
2007–08: Germany (André Lange)
2008–09: Switzerland (Beat Hefti)
2009–10: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg)
2010–11: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2011–12: Switzerland (Beat Hefti)
2012–13: Canada (Lyndon Rush)

World Cup champions in four-man bobsleigh

1984–85 (unofficial): United States (Jeffrey Jost)
1985–86 (unofficial): Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser)
1986–87 (unofficial): United States (Matt Roy)
1987–88 (unofficial): Austria (Ingo Appelt) & Austria (Peter Kienast)
1988–89 (unofficial): Austria (Ingo Appelt)
1989–90 (unofficial): Canada (Chris Lori)
1990–91: Switzerland (Gustav Weder)
1991–92: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe)
1992–93: United States (Brian Shimer)
1993–94: Austria (Hubert Schösser)
1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1995–96: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe)
1996–97: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner)
1997–98: Germany (Harald Czudaj)
1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen)
1999–2000: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner)
2000–01: Germany (André Lange)
2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2002–03: Germany (André Lange)
2003–04: Germany (André Lange)
2004–05: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2005–06: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2006–07: Russia (Yevgeni Popov)
2007–08: Germany (André Lange)
2008–09: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2009–10: United States (Steve Holcomb )
2010–11: Germany (Manuel Machata)
2011–12: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2012–13: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)

Persondata
Name	Lange, Andre
Alternative names
Short description	Bobsledder
Date of birth	28 June 1973
Place of birth	Ilmenau, Thuringia
Date of death
Place of death

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