Bernhard Attinger (born 22 July 1953) is a former Swiss curler. He played third position on the Swiss rink that won two European Curling Championships (1976, 1984) and medals at the World Men's Championships in 1979 and 1984 (silver) and 1974 (bronze).

Bernhard Attinger
 
Born (1953-07-22) 22 July 1953 (age 70)
Team
Curling clubCC Dübendorf, Dübendorf[1]
Curling career
Member Association Switzerland
World Championship
appearances
4 (1972, 1974, 1979, 1984)
European Championship
appearances
3 (1976, 1984, 1988)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 3 (2005, 2006, 2013)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1979 Bern
Silver medal – second place 1984 Duluth
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Bern
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 West Berlin
Gold medal – first place 1984 Morzine
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Pert
Swiss Men's Championship[2]
Gold medal – first place 1972
Gold medal – first place 1974
Gold medal – first place 1979
Gold medal – first place 1984
Silver medal – second place 1978 [3]
Silver medal – second place 1980
Silver medal – second place 1981
Silver medal – second place 1992
Bronze medal – third place 1982
Bronze medal – third place 1983
Bronze medal – third place 1989
Bronze medal – third place 1990

He works as a vice-president of Curling Club Dübendorf[4] and as a vice-president of Dübendorf-based company "Rossweid Immobilien AG".[5]

Teams edit

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1971–72 Bernhard Attinger Peter Attinger Jr. Mattias Neuenschwander Jürg Geiler SJCC 1972  [3]
Ernst Bosshard (fourth) Peter Attinger Sr. (skip) Bernhard Attinger Peter Attinger Jr. SMCC 1972  
WCC 1972 (5th)
1972–73 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Mattias Neuenschwander Jürg Geiler SJCC 1973  [3]
1973–74 Bernhard Attinger Kurt Attinger Ruedi Attinger Louis Keller SJCC 1974  
WJCC 1974  
(unofficial)[3]
Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Mattias Neuenschwander Jürg Geiler SMCC 1974  
WCC 1974  
1976–77 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Mattias Neuenschwander Ruedi Attinger ECC 1976  
1977–78 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Mattias Neuenschwander Ruedi Attinger SMCC 1978  
1978–79 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Mattias Neuenschwander Ruedi Attinger SMCC 1979  
WCC 1979  
1979–80 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Mattias Neuenschwander Kurt Attinger SMCC 1980  
1980–81 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Mattias Neuenschwander Ruedi Attinger SMCC 1981  
1981–82 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Ruedi Attinger Kurt Attinger SMCC 1982  
1982–83 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Ruedi Attinger Kurt Attinger SMCC 1983  
1983–84 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Werner Attinger Kurt Attinger SMCC 1984  
WCC 1984  
1984–85 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Werner Attinger Kurt Attinger ECC 1984  
1988–89 Bernhard Attinger Werner Attinger Martin Zürrer Marcel Senn ECC 1988  
SMCC 1989  
1989–90 Bernhard Attinger Werner Attinger Martin Zürrer Marcel Senn SMCC 1990  
1991–92 Bernhard Attinger Peter Attinger Jr. Werner Attinger Thomas Grendelmeier SMCC 1992  
2004–05 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Mattias Neuenschwander Jürg Geiler Simon Roth WSCC 2005  
2005–06 Mattias Neuenschwander Bernhard Attinger Peter Attinger Jr. Anton Knobel SSCC 2006  [3]
Peter Attinger Jr. Mattias Neuenschwander Bernhard Attinger Tony Knobel Fritz Widmer Fritz Widmer WSCC 2006 (5th)
2006–07 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Christian Roth Anton Knobel SSCC 2007  [3]
2012–13 Werner Attinger Peter Attinger Jr. Ronny Müller Tony Knobel Bernhard Attinger WSCC 2013  
2017–18 Bernhard Attinger Jürg Wagenseil Werner Büchler Peter Jauch SSCC 2018 (15th)[6]

Private life edit

Bernhard Attinger grew up in a family of curlers. His father Peter Attinger Sr. is a 1972 Swiss men's champion (he was skip of a team where Bernhard played and won his first national men's gold in 1972). His brothers - Peter Jr., Werner, Ruedi and Kurt - are curlers too, they won Swiss and European championships and Worlds medals when they played in Peter Jr.'s team. His nephew (Peter Jr.'s son) Felix is skip of team, he won Swiss men's silver in 2017 and bronze in 2016; Peter Jr. coached his team.[7] Bernhard's daughter Sandra Ramstein-Attinger[8] is a competitive curler too, she played on three Women's Worlds with teams skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni and Binia Feltscher-Beeli.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ Curling Club Dübendorf(in German)
  2. ^ Curling Schweizermeisterschaft - www.ccflims.ch - 3. bis 20. Februar 2016, Flims(in German) (at last page list of all Swiss curling champion teams: men's 1943—2015 and women's 1964—2015; before 2003 team line-ups shown in reverse order: alternate (if exists), lead, second, third, skip)
  3. ^ a b c d e f Erfolge des Curling Club Dübendorf(in German)
  4. ^ "Kontakt Vize-Präsident - Curling Club Dübendorf" (in German). Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  5. ^ Rossweid Immobilien AG, Gockhausen | information complète(in German)
  6. ^ Senioren SM 2017-18 Rangliste(in German)
  7. ^ "40 Jahre Curling-Club Dübendorf: Die Attinger-Saga". Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG, Schweiz. 2002-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-14.(in German)
  8. ^ Sandra Ramstein-Attinger on the World Curling database
  9. ^ Auf der Spur des Familienerfolgs - Curling Club Wetzikon(in German)

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