Andreas "Al" Lang (born 26 April 1979) is a German curler from Alterschrofen. He is the former third for

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 ...

Career

Lang began his international career skipping the German junior team at the

1999 World Junior Curling Championships The 1999 STAR CHOICE World Junior Curling Championships were held at Z-Hallen in Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of ...

, where he finished 6th. He skipped the main German national team at the 2003 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, finishing in 9th place. In 2007, Lang moved to the Andy Kapp rink, playing second for him. He earned 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 ...

in his first international event with the team. Later that year, he finished 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 ente ...

. Later that season, Lang was promoted to the third position on the team, and placed 8th 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 North ...

, but then won a bronze medal at 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 ...

. He competed at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May Doan Nancy GreeneWayne Gr ...

for Germany, finishing in sixth position.Olympic results
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Andreas German male curlers 1979 births Living people Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Germany Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) People from Villingen-Schwenningen 21st-century German people