USA Luge names Germany’s André Florschütz as consultant

Lake Placid (RWH) USA Luge continued to re-shape its staff for the approaching Olympic season, when it announced the addition of André Florschütz, of Germany, as a technology consultant. The agreement runs through the 2019-2020 season. This was published by US Luge in Lake Placid, New York.

Florschütz teamed with Torsten Wustlich for a 2006 Olympic silver medal in doubles. They added three World Championship gold medals over an 18-year career that ended in 2010. Till 2013 he worked as a coach for the German federation.

The top U.S. doubles team of Matt Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman, who finished a team-high third in the final Viessmann World Cup doubles standings last season, rode a Florschütz-built sled in 2016-2017 to their best career ranking.