| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 7 | +100 kg | 2004 | Athens, GRE | |
| 9 | +100 kg | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| World Championships | ||||
| 2 | +100 kg | 2011 | Paris, FRA | |
| 2 | +100 kg | 2010 | Tokyo, JPN | |
| 7 | +100 kg | 2009 | Rotterdam, NED | |
| 9 | Open | 2008 | Levallois-Perret, FRA | |
| 17 | Open | 2010 | Tokyo, JPN | |
| European Championships | ||||
| 3 | +100 kg | 2010 | Vienna, AUT | |
| 5 | +100 kg | 2009 | Tbilisi, GEO | |
| Grand Slam | ||||
| 2 | +100 kg | 2010 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | |
| 2 | +100 kg | 2009 | Moscow, RUS | |
| 3 | +100 kg | 2010 | Tokyo, JPN | |
Nickname
Tolzer Turn Over, the Bull of Gladbach. (welt.de, 20 Aug 2011)
Hobbies
Computer games, football. (andreastoelzer.de, 12 Oct 2011)
Occupation
Serves in the Army
Language(s) spoken
German
Club name
JC Monchengladbach, Monchengladbach, GER
Coach
Erik Goertz (Monchengladbach, GER) from 1997 (andreastoelzer.de, 12 Oct 2011)
Injuries
He had bacterial infection in his spine towards the end of 2009. The injury almost ended his career.
(rga-online.de, 17 Nov 2010)
He had a bacterial infection in his knee in 2003 and a shoulder fracture in 2005. In 2007 he could not compete at the world championships because of a muscle injury to his lower stomach. (nwjv.de, 11 Oct 2007)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He began the sport at age nine in Swisstal. (rga-online.de, 17 Nov 2010)
Reason for taking up this sport
His two older brothers took him with them to judo lessons and he liked it immediately. (rga-online.de, 17 Nov 2010)
Ambitions
To win a medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
(ersterjcmg.de, 19 Feb 2011)
Training
He sees video analysis as crucial and has a database with over 150 gigabytes of videos of his opponent's combats. (ersterjcmg.de, 19 Feb 2011)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Make a win out of a loss!" (andreastoelzer.de, 12 Oct 2011)
General
TOLZER "TURNOVER
A technique in judo is named after him, called the Tolzer-Umdreher [The Tolzer Invert or Tolzer Turn Over]. (ersterjcmg.de, 19 Feb 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004
