Werner Attinger

Werner Attinger is a former Swiss curler. He played second position on the Swiss rink that won the 1984 European Curling Championships and a silver medal at the 1984 World Men's Championship.

Werner Attinger
Curler
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Team
Curling clubCC Dübendorf, Dübendorf[1]
Curling career
Member Association  Switzerland
World Championship
appearances		1 (1984)
European Championship
appearances		4 (1984, 1988, 1996, 1998)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 1 (2013)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1984 Duluth
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1984 Morzine
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Perth
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Copenhagen
Swiss Men's Championship[2]
Gold medal – first place 1984
Silver medal – second place 1992 [3]
Silver medal – second place 1998
Bronze medal – third place 1987
Bronze medal – third place 1989
Bronze medal – third place 1990
Bronze medal – third place 1996
Bronze medal – third place 2001

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
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)
1988–89 Bernhard AttingerWerner AttingerMartin ZürrerMarcel SennECC 1988 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
SMCC 1989 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1989–90 Bernhard AttingerWerner AttingerMartin ZürrerMarcel SennSMCC 1990 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1991–92 Bernhard AttingerPeter Attinger Jr.Werner AttingerThomas GrendelmeierSMCC 1992 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1995–96 Felix LuchsingerWerner AttingerMarkus FoitekMarkus LuchsingerSMCC 1996 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1996–97 Felix LuchsingerWerner AttingerMarkus FoitekMarkus LuchsingerThomas GrendelmeierFrédéric JeanECC 1996 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1997–98 Felix LuchsingerWerner AttingerAndreas SchwallerThomas GrendelmeierSMCC 1998 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1998–99 Felix LuchsingerWerner AttingerThomas GrendelmeierMarkus LuchsingerMarkus FoitekFrédéric JeanECC 1998 (5th)
2000–01 Werner AttingerSacha KnobelMarkus ArnoldThomas KuhnChristian MoserSMCC 2001 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012–13 Werner AttingerPeter Attinger Jr.Ronny MüllerTony KnobelBernhard Attinger (WSCC)SSCC 2013 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WSCC 2013 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2014–15 Werner AttingerPeter Attinger Jr.Ronny MüllerTony KnobelSSCC 2015 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2015–16 Werner AttingerPeter Attinger Jr.Ronny MüllerTony KnobelSSCC 2016 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016–17 Werner AttingerPeter Attinger Jr.Ronald MüllerMarc BrüggerTony KnobelSSCC 2017 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Private life

Werner Attinger grew up in a family of curlers. His father Peter Attinger Sr. is a 1972 Swiss men's champion. His brothers - Peter Jr., Bernhard, 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.[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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