Training predominantly on the Cresta Run, André competed at the FIBT World Championships 1982 and was awarded the Lord Trenchard Trophy and Auty Speed Cup for the fastest time recorded in the competition.

[3] André subsequently competed in men's singles at FIL European Luge Championships 1984[4] then at the 1984 Winter Olympics[1] in Sarajevo.

André returned as Luge Team Captain[2] for Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

He joined as a cadet attending Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth before obtaining a degree in Electrical Engineering from RNEC Manadon.

Notable participation includes a 1.5 nautical mile open water swim across The Solent in August 2013[6] and again in July 2014 raising money for The Rowans Hospice.