Andreas Schwaller
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Andreas "Andi" Schwaller (born 8 July 1970 in Recherswil) is a
Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...
curler. Schwaller started playing curling in 1982. He plays in fourth position as a skip and is right-handed. In 2001 he won a silver medal at the World Curling Championships, in his home country. He scored an upset victory over
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in the semifinals, before falling to Peja Lindholm in the final. At the 2002 Winter Olympics he looked set to make the gold medal game, leading eventual gold medalist
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6-3 after 8 ends in the semifinal. Trulsen though made a large comeback, stealing in the 10th end, and then coming up with the winning stolen point in the 11th when Schwaller wrecked on a guard. He recovered to win the bronze medal game over Sweden, skipped by Lindholm, gaining revenge from the previous years World Championship final result, and earning an Olympic medal. His brother is Christof Schwaller, his daughter is Xenia Schwaller.


Teammates

2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games Christof Schwaller, ''Third'' Markus Eggler, ''Second'' Damian Grichting, ''Lead'' Marco Ramstein, ''Alternate''


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* 1970 births Living people Swiss male curlers Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in curling Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland European curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants Swiss curling champions {{Switzerland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub