David Moeller Breaks Tooth While Biting Silver Medal

David Moeller, a member of Germany's Olympic team, had a terrific Valentine's Day. He won a silver medal at the luge event, joining countryman Felix Loch, who secured the gold. Unfortunately, Moeller may have taken the celebration a bit too far.

The luge slider was biting his silver medal for a photographer, but he evidently bit too hard. Moeller broke a tooth and was sent to the dentist.

Thankfully, the damage was not severe: "It wasn't too bad and it didn't hurt but it is annoying when you can't smile as you normally do," he explained. Scroll down for a photo of Moeller chewing on silver.

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Comments

[mapleaforever]

03:20 PM on 02/22/2010

At least he's sure now.

[petzl]

12:38 PM on 02/22/2010

"Mmmm, silvery!"

[fromdnorth]

02:34 PM on 02/21/2010

Send him home!

[tanya1111]

07:02 PM on 02/20/2010

Looks like he also bent the medal.

[yellowdoggie]

05:20 PM on 02/20/2010

In the words of Phyllis Diller, HA! Hahahaha!

[shthar]

04:59 PM on 02/20/2010

at least the medal looks better than those ones that had a giant hole in the middle.

[LMPE]

04:48 PM on 02/20/2010

The tooth is out there.

[PeterTheChanter]

02:56 PM on 02/20/2010

we must remember that Germany is the "Land of Chocolate".

[netzwerg]

08:38 AM on 02/20/2010

Haha, reminds me of when I broke a tooth biting on a ball of glass thinking it was candy. But our german socia.list-comm.unist healthcare too care of that, so no problem.

[cjm1000]

11:57 AM on 02/20/2010

wow, that's pretty stupid

[Truth Wins]

12:35 PM on 02/20/2010

Why? He just took a tiny jab at the rethugs.

[pitako8]

07:57 AM on 02/20/2010

I heard dentist used part of silver medal to patch up tooth.

[qaan]

07:38 AM on 02/20/2010

Not only did he break a tooth, but his face is now frozen like that.

[Hollywooddeed]

07:46 AM on 02/20/2010

He should have listened to what his mom told him!

[Adrian Richards]

06:06 AM on 02/20/2010

LOL Incisor not a Moeller

[Imasqre]

08:02 AM on 02/20/2010

lol!

[verticallychallenged]

04:01 PM on 02/20/2010

Ow! Well done! ;)

[youhavetobekiddingme]

05:59 AM on 02/20/2010

blame the Canadian medal makers

[Furby2]

11:13 AM on 02/20/2010

Olympic medals are a new weapon in our domestic terr orism arsenal. But you can't blame that poor German athlete. The medals are engraved with the motto "Bite me".

[Georgiapundit]

10:43 PM on 02/19/2010

Geez....You're not supposed to eat it! Those pot laced cookies sure do drive men wild...munchies on steroids for the German.

[quoveritas]

09:59 PM on 02/19/2010

Germans, they don't build them like they used to...

[DWGRadio]

11:27 PM on 02/19/2010

HA HA HA HA HA HA

[SiberianRat]

02:58 AM on 02/20/2010

LOL, well done! :-)