André Lange

About André Lange

André Lange 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.

Career Success:

• 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).
  

André Lange Achievements

Medal Records:

Olympic Games

• Gold medal – 2002 Winter OlympicsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 2006 Winter OlympicsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 2006 Winter OlympicsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 2010 Winter OlympicsTwo-man
  
• Silver medal – 2010 Winter OlympicsFour-man
  

World Championships

• Gold medal – 2000 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 2003 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 2003 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 2004 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 2005 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 2007 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 2008 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 2008 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 2000 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Silver medal – 2001 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 2005 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Silver medal – 2009 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2004 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2007 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  

World Cup Championships

• Gold medal – 2000-01Combined
  
• Gold medal – 2000-01Four-man
  
• Gold medal – 2002-03Combined
  
• Gold medal – 2002-03Four-man
  
• Gold medal – 2003-04Combined
  
• Gold medal – 2003-04Four-man
  
• Gold medal – 2007-08Combined
  
• Gold medal – 2007-08Two-man
  
• Gold medal – 2007-08Four-man
  
• Silver medal – 2001-02Four-man
  
• Silver medal – 2008-09Two-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1998-99Four-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2000-01Two-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2001-02Combined
  
• Bronze medal – 2002-03Two-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2003-04Two-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2006-07Combined
  
• Bronze medal – 2006-07Two-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2008-09Combined
  
• Bronze medal – 2008-09Four-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2009-10Four-man
  

European Championships

• Gold medal – 2000 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 2002 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 2004 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 2005 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 2006 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 2007 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 2009 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 2010 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 2002 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Silver medal – 2003 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 2003 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Silver medal – 2005 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 2006 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 2008 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Silver medal – 2010 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2001 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2004 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2007 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Bronze medal – 2008 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  

German Championships

• Gold medal – 2000 German ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 2009 German ChampionshipsFour-man
  

World Junior Championships

• Gold medal – 1998 World Junior ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1998 World Junior ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 1999 World Junior ChampionshipsFour-man
  

World Wok Racing Championships

• Gold medal – 2009 World Wok Racing ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 2010 World Wok Racing ChampionshipsFour-man
  

Bronze medal – 2007 World Wok Racing ChampionshipsFour-man