Benjamin Kapp | |
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Born | 9 July 2002 |
Team | |
Curling club | CC Füssen, Füssen |
Skip | Marc Muskatewitz |
Third | Benjamin Kapp |
Second | Felix Messenzehl |
Lead | Johannes Scheuerl |
Alternate | Mario Trevisiol |
Curling career | |
Member Association | Germany |
World Championship appearances | 3 (2019, 2022, 2024) |
European Championship appearances | 2 (2019, 2023) |
Other appearances | World Mixed Championship: 1 (2019), Winter Youth Olympics: 1 (2020 - mixed, mixed doubles) World Junior Championship: 3 (2022, 2023, 2024) |
Medal record |
Benjamin "Benny" Kapp (born 9 July 2002) is a German curler. [1]
At the international level, he is a 2022 and 2023 World Junior Curling Championships silver medalist, as well as a 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship silver medallist.
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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2016–17 | Magnus Sutor | Benny Kapp | Willi Eitel | Chris Gregor | [2] | ||
2017–18 | Benny Kapp | Daniel Schmidt | Willi Eitel | Johannes Gabriel | [3] | ||
2018–19 | Benny Kapp | Felix Messenzehl | Willi Eitel | Johannes Scheuerl | [4] | ||
Marc Muskatewitz | Daniel Neuner | Ryan Sherrard | Dominik Greindl | Benjamin Kapp | Andy Kapp | WCC 2019 (8th) | |
2019–20 | Benny Kapp | Felix Messenzehl | Willi Eitel | Johannes Scheuerl | [5] | ||
Marc Muskatewitz | Sixten Totzek | Joshua Sutor | Dominik Greindl | Benjamin Kapp | Uli Kapp, Lukas Fritsch | ECC 2019 (7th) |
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Coach | Events |
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2019–20 | Andy Kapp | Pia-Lisa Schöll | Benny Kapp | Petra Tschetsch | WMxCC 2019 | |
Benny Kapp | Kim Sutor | Johannes Scheuerl | Zoe Antes | Andy Kapp | WYOG 2020 (8th) |
Season | Male | Female | Coach | Events |
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2016–17 [6] | Benny Kapp | Laura Mayrhans | ||
2017–18 [7] | Benny Kapp | Laura Mayrhans | ||
2018–19 [8] | Benny Kapp | Lena Kapp | ||
2019–20 | Benny Kapp | Mia Höhne [9] | ||
Benny Kapp | Sara Rigler | Andy Kapp [10] | WYOG 2020 (25th) |
His father is two-time European champion curler and coach Andy Kapp. The two were teammates at the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship where their team won the silver medal.
Andreas "Andy" Kapp 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 next year however, he finished only 7th, but at the 1994 World Championships he and his team won the bronze medal. The next year, Kapp would go on to win the bronze medal once again. Two years later, at the 1997 World Championships, Kapp achieved his best showing at a World Championship, as he led his team to a silver medal, losing to Sweden's Peja Lindholm in the final. Kapp would also win his second European championships in December that year, soon before the first ever official medal Olympics for curling in Nagano. He would have a disappointing 1998 Olympics though where as one of the top medal favorites he went 1-6, finishing in last place in the 8-team field.
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