Peter Attinger Jr.

Peter Attinger Jr. (born January 15, 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  ♂
Born	(1951-01-15) 15 January 1951
Team
Curling club	CC Dübendorf, Dübendorf[1]
Career
Member Association	Switzerland
World Championship appearances	4 (1972, 1974, 1979, 1984)
European Championship appearances	2 (1976, 1984)
Other appearances	World Senior Championships: 3 (2005, 2006, 2013)
Medal record Curling World Championships 1979 Bern 1984 Duluth 1974 Bern European Championships 1976 West Berlin 1984 Morzine Swiss Men's Championship[2] 1972 1974 1979 1984 1978 [3] 1980 1981 1992 1982 1983 1987

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
1971–72	Bernhard Attinger	Peter Attinger Jr.	Mattias Neuenschwander	Jürg Geiler			SJCC 1972 [3]
	Ernst Bosshard (fourth)	Peter Attinger, Sr. (skip)	Bernhard Attinger	Peter Attinger Jr.			SMCC 1972 WCC 1972 (5th)
1972–73	Peter Attinger Jr.	Bernhard Attinger	Mattias Neuenschwander	Jürg Geiler			SJCC 1973 [3]
1973–74	Peter Attinger Jr.	Bernhard Attinger	Mattias Neuenschwander	Jürg Geiler			SMCC 1974 WCC 1974
1976–77	Peter Attinger Jr.	Bernhard Attinger	Mattias Neuenschwander	Ruedi Attinger			ECC 1976
1977–78	Peter Attinger Jr.	Bernhard Attinger	Mattias Neuenschwander	Ruedi Attinger			SMCC 1978
1978–79	Peter Attinger Jr.	Bernhard Attinger	Mattias Neuenschwander	Ruedi Attinger			SMCC 1979 WCC 1979
1979–80	Peter Attinger Jr.	Bernhard Attinger	Mattias Neuenschwander	Kurt Attinger			SMCC 1980
1980–81	Peter Attinger Jr.	Bernhard Attinger	Mattias Neuenschwander	Ruedi Attinger			SMCC 1981
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
1991–92	Bernhard Attinger	Peter Attinger Jr.	Werner Attinger	Thomas Grendelmeier			SMCC 1992
2005	Peter Attinger Jr.	Bernhard Attinger	Mattias Neuenschwander	Jürg Geiler	Simon Roth		WSCC 2005
2006	Peter Attinger Jr.	Mattias Neuenschwander	Bernhard Attinger	Tony Knobel	Fritz Widmer	Fritz Widmer	WSCC 2006 (5th)
2013	Werner Attinger	Peter Attinger Jr.	Ronny Müller	Tony Knobel	Bernhard Attinger		WSCC 2013

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)

External links

• Peter Attinger Jr. on the World Curling Federation database