Urs Dick

Urs Dick (born 9 October 1960) is a former Swiss curler. He played skip position on the Swiss rink that won a gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. Later that year, he won a bronze medal at his first appearance at the 1992 European Curling Championships. He is also a Swiss mixed curling champion curler (1993)[1] and curling coach.

Urs Dick
Curler
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Born (1960-10-09) 9 October 1960
Team
Curling clubCC Solothurn-Wengi, Solothurn
Curling career
Member Association  Switzerland
European Championship
appearances		1 (1992)
Olympic
appearances		1 (1992)
Other appearancesWorld Junior Championships: 1 (1980)
Medal record
Curling
Winter Olympics
Gold medal – first place1992 Albertville (demonstration)
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Perth

Teams

Men's
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
1979–80 Rico SimenThomas KläyJürg DickUrs DickWJCC 1980 (7th)
1991–92 Urs DickJürgen DickRobert HürlimannThomas KläyPeter DäppenWOG 1992 (demo) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1992–93 Urs DickJürgen DickRobert HürlimannPeter DäppenECC 1992 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1994–95 Urs DickJürgen DickRobert HürlimannThomas Kläy[2]

Mixed
Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1992–93 Urs DickNicole StrausakRobert HürlimannTatjana StalderSMxCC 1993 1st place, gold medalist(s)[1]

Record as a coach of national teams
Year Tournament, event National team Place
20132013 World Junior Curling Championships  Switzerland (junior women)
8

Private life

His younger brother Jürgen "Jürg" Dick is also a curler and Urs's teammate in 1992 Olympic team.

References
  1. "Swiss Curling Association Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-20.(in German)
  2. Dick - 1995 Internationale Wettinger-Trophy - CurlingZone


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