Andy Böhme
Born: 26.04.1970
Andy Böhme
CURRENT
I finished my sporting career in February 2003. I currently run my own alternative medicine practice
and am a partner in the Fitness Therapie Zentrum Mühldorf.
Greatest successes
1999 World Championship silver, Altenberg
2000 World Championship Gold, Innsbruck/Igls
1998 - German Champion, Altenberg
1998/1999 - 1st place in the WC overall ranking
1999/2000 - 1st place in the WC overall ranking
Family
single, no children
Motto
Change what you can change, accept what you cannot change and try to distinguish between the two.
Your Oberhof
Oberhof is my home, this is where I grew up. From birth through kindergarten, school, KJS, my first own flat and Bundeswehr sports support group. Here I had optimal training conditions and learned to love the Oberhof weather :-).
What was your sporting career like?
I was at the cross-country skiing training centre from my first year at school.
1982-1986 I was at the KJS Oberhof.
From 1992, after a trial run, skeleton racer as a hobby.
Then came the first successes and when I was nominated for the national team, Erich Enders put the training on the right track.
I became Thuringian Champion, German Champion, World Champion and overall World Cup winner.
Who are your role models?
Gerhard Grimmer
What was the most emotional moment of your sporting career?
When the national anthem was played for me at my first World Cup victory.
What was the biggest sporting disappointment for you?
Not being there when skeleton was reinstated in the Olympic programme in Salt Lake City in 2002.
What are your goals for the future?
To stay healthy and to cope with life with joy.
... because Oberhof has a long winter sports tradition and tries to preserve and maintain it.
