Kurt Attinger
Swiss curler
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Kurt Attinger was a Swiss curler. He played lead position on the Swiss rink that won the 1984 European Curling Championships and a silver medal at the 1984 World Men's Championship.
Switzerlandappearances1 (1984)
appearances1 (1984)
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| Curling club | CC Dübendorf, Dübendorf[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association | Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1984) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 1 (1984) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Teams
| 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] |
| 1979–80 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Kurt Attinger | SMCC 1980  |
| 1981–82 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Ruedi Attinger | Kurt Attinger | SMCC 1982  |
| 1982–83 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Ruedi Attinger | Kurt Attinger | SMCC 1983 |
| 1983–84 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Werner Attinger | Kurt Attinger | SMCC 1984 WCC 1984 |
| 1984–85 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Werner Attinger | Kurt Attinger | ECC 1984 |
| 1986–87 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Werner Attinger | Martin Zürrer | Kurt Attinger | SMCC 1987 |
Private life
Attinger grew up in a family of curlers. His father Peter Sr. is a 1972 Swiss men's champion. His brothers - Peter Jr., Bernhard, Ruedi and Werner 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 the skip of a team that won the Swiss men's silver in 2017 and bronze in 2016, with Peter Jr. coaching this team.[4] Bernhard's daughter, Sandra Ramstein-Attinger[5] is a competitive curler too. She played in three Women's Worlds with teams skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni and Binia Feltscher-Beeli.[6]
Kurt Attinger died in 2011 of cancer.[7]
