Christof Schwaller

Swiss curler and Olympic medalist

Christof Schwaller
Curler
Born (1966-10-03) 3 October 1966 (age 57)
Team
Curling clubCC St. Moritz
SkipChristof Schwaller
ThirdRobert Hürlimann
SecondChristoph Kaiser
LeadRolf Iseli
AlternatePierre Hug
Curling career
Member Association Switzerland
World Championship
appearances
5 (1995, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2010)
European Championship
appearances
4 (2000, 2001, 2004, 2008)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Curling Championships: 1 (2024)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Lausanne Team
World Senior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Gangneung

Christof Schwaller (born 3 October 1966) is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.[1]

He played for the Swiss team at the 1998 (as skip), 2001 (as skip) and 2005 world championships, with the silver medal in 2001 as the best achievement. He also won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

He was skip for the Swiss team that reached the bronze final at the 1988 World Junior Curling Championships in Füssen (finishing fourth).

His brother is Andreas Schwaller.[2] His son is Yannick Schwaller.[3]

Teammates

2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games

Andreas Schwaller, Skip

Markus Eggler, Second

Damian Grichting, Lead

Marco Ramstein, Alternate

References

  1. ^ "2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City, United States – Curling" Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback MachinedatabaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 20, 2008)
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Christof Schwaller". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Solothurn-Regio défend son titre de champion suisse en double mixte". Swiss Curling Association. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

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