Ruedi Attinger is a former Swiss curler. He played lead position on the Swiss rink that won two 1976 European Curling Championships and a silver medal at the 1979 World Men's Championship.
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| Curling club | CC Dübendorf, Dübendorf[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1979) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 1 (1976) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Teams edit
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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| 1973–74 | Bernhard Attinger | Kurt Attinger | Ruedi Attinger | Louis Keller | SJCC 1974  WJCC 1974 (unofficial)[3] |
| 1976–77 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Ruedi Attinger | ECC 1976
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| 1977–78 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Ruedi Attinger | SMCC 1978 
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| 1978–79 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Ruedi Attinger | SMCC 1979 WCC 1979
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| 1980–81 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Ruedi Attinger | SMCC 1981
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| 1981–82 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Ruedi Attinger | Kurt Attinger | SMCC 1982 
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| 1982–83 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Ruedi Attinger | Kurt Attinger | SMCC 1983
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Private life edit
Attinger grew up in a family of curlers. His father Peter Sr. is a 1972 Swiss men's champion. His brothers, Peter Jr., Werner, Bernhard and Kurt are curlers too. They won Swiss and European championships and Worlds medals when they played on Peter Jr.'s team. His nephew (Peter Jr.'s son) Felix is a skip of a team that won the Swiss men's silver in 2017 and bronze in 2016; Peter Jr. coached his team.[4] Bernhard's daughter Sandra Ramstein-Attinger[5] is a competitive curler too. She played on three Women's Worlds with teams skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni and Binia Feltscher-Beeli.[6]
References edit
- ^ Curling Club Dübendorf(in German)
- ^ 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)
- ^ a b Erfolge des Curling Club Dübendorf(in German)
- ^ "40 Jahre Curling-Club Dübendorf: Die Attinger-Saga". Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG, Schweiz. 2002-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-14.(in German)
- ^ Sandra Ramstein-Attinger on the World Curling database
- ^ Auf der Spur des Familienerfolgs - Curling Club Wetzikon(in German)
External links edit
- Ruedi Attinger at World Curling
- Top-Adresse im Curling(in German)
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