Holger "Holgi" Höhne (born 6 May 1970 in

Füssen Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu, situated one kilometre from the Austrian border. The town is known for violin manufacturing and as the closest transportation hub for the Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau ca ...

) is a German curler. He was a longtime member of the

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 ...

rink. Currently, he coaches the German national women's team. Höhne has been playing with Kapp since 1992. However, he was only the team's alternate until joining the team as a regular thrower in 1995 at the lead position. Höhne's first tournament as lead was the

1995 Ford World Curling Championships The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...

, were the team won a bronze medal. This was added to Höhne's bronze medal at the 1994 Worlds as an alternate and a gold at the 1992

European Curling Championships The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December. The tournament also acts as a qualifier for the Wor ...

. While playing lead for the team, Höhne won silver at the

1997 Ford World Curling Championships The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...

, a gold at the 1997 European Championships and a bronze 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 t ...

. He was also a member of the German team that finished eighth at the

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

and

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...

and sixth at the

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.Olympic results
/ref> Beginning in 2005, the German team experimented with a 5-player team where the three front-end players would alternate in games. This proved to be successful somewhat successful, winning a silver medal 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 ...

. While Höhne was officially listed as the team's alternate, he did play 10 matches. This team format was only used again the following season, with less success. They finished in 5th at the

2007 European Curling Championships The 2007 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Füssen, Germany December 1-8, 2007. Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, won the gold medal by beating Norway's Thomas Ulsrud 5-3 in the final. Norway had not lost a single game enteri ...

and 8th place at the

2008 World Men's Curling Championship The 2008 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 4–13, 2008 at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota in the USA. The 12-team tournament took place in the 11,643 seat hockey arena on the grounds of the University of Nor ...

. After the 2008 Worlds, the team reverted to the normal four-player team. Höhne was back as the team's lead for the 2008 European Championships, where he won a bronze medal. He played second for the team at 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. ...

in the absence of third Uli Kapp.

Personal life

Höhne is employed as an optometrist and is married. He coaches his daughter Mia Höhne on the German National Women's Team.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hohne, Holger Living people 1970 births German male curlers Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Germany Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics European curling champions German curling coaches German optometrists Sportspeople from Füssen