Peter Attinger Jr.

Peter Attinger Jr. (born 15 January 1951) is a former Swiss curler and curling coach. He was the skip of the Swiss rink that won two European Curling Championships (1976, 1984) and medals at the World Men's Championships of 1979, and 1984 (silver) and 1974 (bronze).

Peter Attinger Jr.
Curler
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Born (1951-01-15) 15 January 1951
Team
Curling clubCC Dübendorf, Dübendorf[1]
Curling career
Member Association  Switzerland
World Championship
appearances		4 (1972, 1974, 1979, 1984)
European Championship
appearances		2 (1976, 1984)
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 1974 Bern
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 West Berlin
Gold medal – first place 1984 Morzine
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 1987

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1971–72 Bernhard AttingerPeter Attinger Jr.Mattias NeuenschwanderJürg GeilerSJCC 1972 1st place, gold medalist(s)[3]
Ernst Bosshard (fourth)Peter Attinger Sr. (skip)Bernhard AttingerPeter Attinger Jr.SMCC 1972 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1972 (5th)
1972–73 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerMattias NeuenschwanderJürg GeilerSJCC 1973 1st place, gold medalist(s)[3]
1973–74 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerMattias NeuenschwanderJürg GeilerSMCC 1974 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1974 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1976–77 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerMattias NeuenschwanderRuedi AttingerECC 1976 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1977–78 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerMattias NeuenschwanderRuedi AttingerSMCC 1978 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1978–79 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerMattias NeuenschwanderRuedi AttingerSMCC 1979 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1979 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1979–80 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerMattias NeuenschwanderKurt AttingerSMCC 1980 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1980–81 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerMattias NeuenschwanderRuedi AttingerSMCC 1981 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1981–82 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerRuedi AttingerKurt AttingerSMCC 1982 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1982–83 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerRuedi AttingerKurt AttingerSMCC 1983 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1983–84 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerWerner AttingerKurt AttingerSMCC 1984 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1984 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1984–85 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerWerner AttingerKurt AttingerECC 1984 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1986–87 Peter Attinger Jr.Werner AttingerMartin ZürrerKurt AttingerSMCC 1987 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1991–92 Bernhard AttingerPeter Attinger Jr.Werner AttingerThomas GrendelmeierSMCC 1992 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2005 Peter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerMattias NeuenschwanderJürg GeilerSimon RothWSCC 2005 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2006 Peter Attinger Jr.Mattias NeuenschwanderBernhard AttingerTony KnobelFritz WidmerFritz WidmerWSCC 2006 (5th)
2013 Werner AttingerPeter Attinger Jr.Ronny MüllerTony KnobelBernhard AttingerWSCC 2013 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Private life

Peter 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 tem where Peter played and won his first national men's gold in 1972). His brothers - Bernhard, 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 son Felix is skip of team, he won Swiss men's silver in 2017 and bronze in 2016; Peter 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
  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. Erfolge des Curling Club Dübendorf(in German)
  4. "40 Jahre Curling-Club Dübendorf: Die Attinger-Saga". Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG, Schweiz. 2002-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-14.(in German)
  5. Sandra Ramstein-Attinger on the World Curling Federation database
  6. Auf der Spur des Familienerfolgs - Curling Club Wetzikon(in German)


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