Andreas Barucha

{{Short description|German bobsledder (born 1979)}}

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| name = Andreas Barucha

| residence = Potsdam, Brandenburg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|4|2}}

| birth_place = Potsdam, Brandenburg,
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Andreas Barucha (born 2 April 1979 in Potsdam) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 1999. He won a gold in the mixed team event at the 2009 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. His best finish at the FIBT World Championships was seventh in the four-man event at Calgary in 2005.

Barucha's best World Cup finish was second three times in the four-man event (2005, 2006, 2009).

He finished fourth in the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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