André Florschütz (born 6 August 1976 in

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) is a German

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r who competed from 1993 to 2010. Together with

Torsten Wustlich Torsten Wustlich (born 2 February 1977 in Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony) is a German former luger who competed from 1998 to 2010. Together with André Florschütz, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Tur ...

, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the

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. Florschütz also won nine medals at the

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with six golds (Men's doubles:

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; Mixed team: 2005, 2008,

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) and three silvers (Men's doubles:

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, 2009; Mixed team:

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). His best overall finish at the

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was fifth in the men's doubles event twice (

). Florschütz's best overall finish in the men's doubles

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was second three times (2000-1, 2003-4, 2004-5). His younger brother

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competes for

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in bobsleigh.

References

After Leitner/Resch and Grimette/Martin.
at the

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(30 March 2010 article accessed 30 March 2010.) * * * * *

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* 1976 births Living people People from Sonneberg Sportspeople from Bezirk Suhl German male lugers Lugers from Thuringia Olympic lugers for Germany Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in luge Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub