Andy Kapp (lower left) and his team

Andreas "Andy" Kapp (born December 8, 1967) is a German curler from Füssen. After a number of unsuccessful tournaments at the Junior, Olympic and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship. The next year however, he finished only 7th, but at the 1994 World Championships he and his team won the bronze medal. The next year, Kapp would go on to win the bronze medal once again. Two years later, at the 1997 World Championships, Kapp achieved his best showing at a World Championship, as he led his team to a silver medal, losing to Sweden's Peja Lindholm in the final. Kapp would also win his second European championships that year. In the following years, Kapp slumped to disappointing placings in major championships before disappearing from the world curling scene in 2001. However, in 2005 Kapp was back, at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, and won a bronze medal after play-off losses to Scotland's David Murdoch and Canada's Randy Ferbey. December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Curling is a precision sport similar to bowls or bocce, but played on ice with polished heavy stones rather than plastic balls. ... The Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige  listen) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. ... Peja Lindholm (often anglicized as Peter Lindholm) is a Swedish curler from Östersund, Sweden. ... Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... Randy Ferbey (born May 30, 1959) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. ...

Team mates (as of 2005) 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Uli Kapp (third)
• Oliver Axnick (second)
• Holger Höhne (lead)
• Andreas Kempf (alternate)

Andy Kapp is not to be mistaken with the comic character Andy Capp. Andy Capp is a long-running comic strip character created by Reg Smythe, seen in the London Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror since August 5, 1957. ...