Kurt Attinger was a

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curler. He played

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position on the Swiss rink that won the and a silver medal at the .

Teams

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.,

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, Ruedi and

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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. Bernhard's daughter, Sandra Ramstein-Attinger is a competitive curler too. She played in three Women's Worlds with teams skipped by

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and

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. Kurt Attinger died in 2011 of cancer.German: "Vor sieben Jahren erlag Evis Mann einem Krebsleiden. Kurt war eines von sechs Kindern des Curling-Pioniers Peter Attinger"; English: "Seven years ago, Evis man died of cancer. Kurt was one of six children of curling pioneer Peter Attinger"

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* 2011 deaths Swiss male curlers European curling champions Swiss curling champions Deaths from cancer in Switzerland {{Switzerland-curling-bio-stub