Andreas "Andi" Gees (born June 1, 1975) is a

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der who competed from 1999 to 2006. He earned two

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victories in the four-man event (December 2004 -

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, January 2005 -

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). Gees also finished fourth in the four-man event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in

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. He finished eighth in the four-man event at the

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