Rainer Schöpp is a German curler and curling coach. He is a former European mixed curling champion.

Career

Schöpp represented Germany in his junior years at the

World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1 ...

, with his best finish at the event in in sixth place. He represented Germany at his first and only

world championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

in 1988, finishing in sixth place with a 3–6 win–loss record. Schöpp has been most successful in representing Germany at the

European Mixed Curling Championship The European Mixed Curling Championship was a mixed curling tournament held annually in the autumn for European nations. The first tournament was held in 2005. The European Mixed Curling Championship was replaced with a World Mixed Curling Champi ...

. He won the title in

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, and posted three bronze-medal finishes in

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, and

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. Schöpp has also represented Germany at the

World Senior Curling Championships The World Senior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring curlers from around the world who are at least 50 years old. Matches at the World Senior Championships are played in 8 ends played instead of the 10 played in most i ...

. He finished in eleventh place in , and will skip the German team in .

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schopp, Rainer German male curlers Living people Date of birth missing (living people) German curling coaches Year of birth missing (living people)