Thomas Florschuetz Announces Retirement

At the age of 40 and after two consecutive dry seasons of racing, Thomas Florschuetz decided to say enough is enough and to close his career & nbsp; from the pilot.

Thursday 3 December 2015 5 minutes reading time

The trentassettenne original Sonneberg early & ograve; to take its first steps into the world of bobsleigh in 2001 after practicing with his brother Andr & eacute; & nbsp; (3-time world champion in doubles) tobogganing. After a few seasons of apprenticeship, begin to arrive the first successes for bobbista of Thuringia. & Nbsp; In 2006 Florschuetz won both the European Cup rankings and open wide for him the doors of the World Cup. In his second season in the maximum circuit of the bob, the 'athlete of Sonneberg conquest in the two-man bobsleigh at Altenberg the first of the three medals' silver iridescent career, beginning actually to become a major player in the world series. But the point pi & ugrave; highest career of Thomas & raggiunger agrave; at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, when the pilot of Thuringia infiler & agrave; neck the 'Olympic silver in the two-man bobsleigh in pairs with brakeman & nbsp; Richard Adjei. & nbsp; & ugrave Two years more; Later Altenberg one of his favorite tracks, you Florschuetz laurer & agrave; European champion in two-man bobsleigh crossing the line ahead Maximilan Arndt, one of the drivers of the German team that emerging in the seasons following the render & agrave; hard to stay in the team Teutonic World Cup. After the disappointing Olympics in Sochi 2014, the German Federation clamoring to own technicians to implement a series of changes in the systems of training and selection of the rooster of the World Cup for allowing Germany to return to roar in a discipline where traditionally it has always achieved great results. Cos & Igrave; nell''autonno 2014 'head-coach Christoph Langen apply to the letter the new deal set by his federation and evaluation systems scientific & nbsp; of the state of form of its athletes, it takes important decisions excluding Senators Manuel Machata and Florschuetz same from the first team. & nbsp; The 'athlete of Thuringia no st & agrave; and try to regain the place at the national championships in 2014, but now his career & egrave; in downward while that of young Nico Walther, Johannes Lochner and Francesco Friedrich & egrave; in full the launch pad and the results obtained by the three during the last season confirmed the 'adequacy of the decision of the chief German coach. Finding himself cos & Igrave; unable to cope with the strong internal competition, Florschuetz decides cos & Igrave; hanging up his helmet at the proverbial nail, announcing the retirement from competition in Altenberg in the first weekend of the World Cup, where it is celebrated by their fans and by the President of the Federation Thomas Schwab, "With the retirement of Thomas Florschuetz our association does not lose only a great athlete but also an extremely leale.- explained continuing Schwab & nbsp; - We have to thank all of Thomas and his team brakeman for everything he gave us. I wish him many successes in his new military career. "