Andreas "Kempfi" Kempf (born 4 June 1967) is a German curler from

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. He currently plays lead for the German national team, skipped by

Andy Kapp Andreas "Andy" Kapp (born 8 December 1967) is a German curler from Unterthingau. After a number of several tournaments at the Junior, Olympic and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship. The ...

. Kempf originally played lead for the

Roland Jentsch Roland Jentsch is a former German curler. He is a former European men's curling champion (1991) and two-time German men's curling champion (1989, 1998; silver in 1988; bronze in 1991, 1996). His two daughters Daniela Jentsch and Analena Jentsc ...

rink, but moved to the Kapp rink in 2005. He shared the lead duties with

Holger Höhne Holger "Holgi" Höhne (born 6 May 1970 in Füssen) is a German curler. He was a longtime member of the Andy Kapp rink. Currently, he coaches the German national women's team. Höhne has been playing with Kapp since 1992. However, ...

, on this five-player team. He won a bronze medal at the

2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship The 2005 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 2–10, 2005 at the new Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. The tournament was th ...

and a silver at the

2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship The 2007 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from March 31 to April 8. Team Canada skipped by Glenn Howard won the go ...

. For the 2008-09 season, the team reverted to a four-player team. Kempf would be the odd man out for the

2008 European Curling Championships The 2008 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held at Swedbank Arena in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden December 6–13, 2008. In a rematch of the men's A-Group final from the 2007 European Curling Championships, David Murdoch led Scotland to ...

, which he went to as an alternate, but did not play any games. Third

Uli Kapp Ulrich "Uli" Kapp (born 14 April 1971 in Füssen) is a retired German curler from Übersee. Career Kapp has played third for his brother Andy Kapp since 1992. Together, they have won European Curling Championships (1992 and 1997), two silver m ...

did not go to the

2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship The 2009 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship presented by Atlantic Lottery for sponsorship reasons) was held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from April 4–12, 2009, at the Moncton Coliseum. T ...

, so Kempf was promoted to the team's lead.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kempf, Andreas 1967 births Living people German male curlers Olympic curlers for Germany Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics 21st-century German people