Ulrich "Uli" Kapp (born 14 April 1971 in

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) is a retired

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curler from

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Career

Kapp has played third for his brother

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 ...

since 1992. Together, they have won

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(1992 and 1997), two silver medals at the

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(1997, 2007) and three bronze medals (1994, 1995 and 2005). He competed for Germany at the

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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 ...

, finishing in eighth place on both occasions. Kapp had to have season-ending knee surgery after 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 thus could not attend 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 ...

with the rest of his team. He retired from professional curling in 2009. Kapp has worked as a curling commentator for

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for over 10 years.

Personal life

Kapp has two children. He has a

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and works as a sport business consultant. He enjoys reading, travelling, biking, and gardening.

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