André Lange

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]

André Lange

Lange at the 2002 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1973-06-28) 28 June 1973 (age 51)[1] Ilmenau, Bezirk Suhl,  East Germany (now Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany)[2]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb)[1]
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
Medal record Representing  Germany Men´s Bobsleigh Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Four-man 2006 Turin Two-man 2006 Turin Four-man 2010 Vancouver Two-man 2010 Vancouver Four-man World Championships 2000 Altenberg Four-man 2003 Lake Placid Two-man 2003 Lake Placid Four-man 2004 Königssee Four-man 2005 Calgary Four-man 2007 St. Moritz Two-man 2008 Altenberg Two-man 2008 Altenberg Four-man 2000 Altenberg Two-man 2001 St. Moritz Four-man 2005 Calgary Two-man 2009 Lake Placid Four-man 2004 Königssee Two-man 2007 St. Moritz Four-man World Cup Championships 2000–01 Combined 2000–01 Four-man 2002–03 Combined 2002–03 Four-man 2003–04 Combined 2003–04 Four-man 2007–08 Combined 2007–08 Two-man 2007–08 Four-man 2001–02 Four-man 2008–09 Two-man 1998–99 Four-man 2000–01 Two-man 2001–02 Combined 2002–03 Two-man 2003–04 Two-man 2006–07 Combined 2006–07 Two-man 2008–09 Combined 2008–09 Four-man 2009–10 Four-man European Championships 2000 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man 2002 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man 2004 St. Moritz Four-man 2005 Altenberg Two-man 2006 St. Moritz Two-man 2007 Cortina Four-man 2009 St. Moritz Two-man 2010 Igls Four-man 2002 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man 2003 Winterberg Four-man 2003 Winterberg Two-man 2005 Altenberg Four-man 2006 St. Moritz Four-man 2008 Cesana Two-man 2010 Igls Two-man 2001 Königssee Four-man 2004 St. Moritz Two-man 2007 Cortina Two-man 2008 Cesana Four-man German Championships 2000 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man 2009 Winterberg Four-man World Junior Championships 1998 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man 1998 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man 1999 Altenberg Four-man Men´s Wok World Wok Racing Championships 2009 Winterberg Four-man 2010 Oberhof Four-man 2007 Innsbruck Four-man

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]

References

1. FIBT-Bobsleigh profile Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 3 December 2010
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "André Lange". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
3. "André Lange wird Rodeltrainer in Südkorea" [André Lange becomes luge coach in South Korea]. Sportschau (in German). 9 August 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
4. "André Lange wird Chef des Wintersportzentrum Oberhof" [André Lange becomes head of Winter Sports Centre Oberhof]. Volksstimme (Saxony-Anhalt) (in German). 16 April 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
5. "Ex-German Olympic bobsleigh champ named S. Korea luge coach". Yonhap. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

External links

• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985–2007
• List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
• List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985

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