Andreas "Kempfi" Kempf (born 4 June 1967) is a German
curler from
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
. 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 rink, but moved to the Kapp rink in 2005. He shared the lead duties with
Holger Höhne, 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 t ...
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 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. ...
, so Kempf was promoted to the team's lead.
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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