Andreas "Kempfi" Kempf (born June 4, 1967) is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 curler from Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

. He currently plays lead for the German national team, skipped by Andy Kapp

Andy Kapp

Andreas "Andy" Kapp is a German curler from Unterthingau. After a number of unsuccessful 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...

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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

Holger Höhne

Holger "Holgi" Höhne is a German curler. He currently plays second for the German national team, skipped by Andy Kapp....

, on this five-player team. He won a bronze medal at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship

2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship

-Draw 2:April 2, 18:30-Draw 3:April 3, 09:30-Draw 4:April 3, 14:00-Draw 5:April 3, 18:30-Draw 6:April 4, 09:00-Draw 7:April 4, 15:00-Draw 8:April 4, 19:30-Draw 9:April 5, 09:00...

 and a silver at the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship

2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship

-Draw 2:March 31, 18:00-Draw 3:April 1, 08:30-Draw 4:April 1, 13:00-Draw 5:April 1, 19:30-Draw 6:April 2, 08:30-Draw 7:April 2, 13:00-Draw 8:April 2, 18:00-Draw 9:April 3, 08:30...

. 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

2008 European Curling Championships

The 2008 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held 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 a second straight gold medal over Norway's Thomas...

, which he went to as an alternate, but did not play any games. Third Uli Kapp

Uli Kapp

Ulrich "Uli" Kapp is a German curler from Munich. He currently plays third for his brother, Andy Kapp....

 did not go to the 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship

2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship

The 2009 Ford Men's World Curling Championship was held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from the 4th to the 12th of April, 2009 at the Moncton Coliseum...

, so Kempf was promoted to the team's lead.