Martin Rios (born 24 May 1981) is a Spanish-Swiss curler. He competed in the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

in the mixed doubles tournament with partner

Jenny Perret Jenny Sarah Perret (born 23 December 1991) is a Swiss curler from Lyss. She and partner Martin Rios won the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The pair also represented Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics where they won a silver ...

, winning a silver medal. He is two-time (2012, 2017) World Mixed Doubles Champion and 2011 European Mixed Champion. At the 2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship he was partnered with

Nadine Lehmann Nadine Lehmann (born 9 August 1990) is a Swiss curler from Richigen. She is the former third for the Alina Pätz rink and with this rink won the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship. Career Lehmann was an alternate on the 8th place Swiss ...

and at the

2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 22 to 29 at the Lethbridge Curling Club in Lethbridge, Canada. The event was held in conjunction with the 2017 World Senior Curling Championships. Teams Round-robin standin ...

he was paired with Perret. Rios also won a bronze medal at the

2014 European Mixed Curling Championship The 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 13 to 20 at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark. Sweden, skipped by Patric Mabergs, won their first European Mixed title after defeating Norway, skipped by Steffen Walst ...

. In addition to representing his native Switzerland, Rios has twice represented Spain internationally, at the

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and the

2008 European Curling Championships The 2008 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held at Swedbank Arena in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden December 6–13, 2008. In a rematch of the men's A-Group final from the 2007 European Curling Championships, David Murdoch led Scotland to ...

. He currently serves as a national coach with the Swiss Curling Association.https://world-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pdf-documents/competition-CUR_1920_WJCC/2020-02-14-150856793Men's%20Entry%20List%20by%20Country.pdf

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* 1981 births Living people Swiss male curlers Swiss people of Spanish descent Spanish people of Swiss descent Spanish male curlers World mixed doubles curling champions European curling champions Swiss curling champions Olympic curlers of Switzerland Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in curling People from Glarus Swiss curling coaches Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics {{Switzerland-curling-bio-stub