André Florschütz
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.
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| Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 1976 Sonneberg, Bezirk Suhl,  East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport |  Luge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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". Archived from the original on February 10, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2007.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- "Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge". Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
- "Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton". Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- "Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton". Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
- "List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978". Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
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