Sebastian Stock (born 15 November 1977 in

Immenstadt Immenstadt im Allgäu () is a town in Oberallgäu, the southernmost district of Bavaria, Germany, in the German Alps. First mentioned in a 1275 administrative tract, it was granted town privileges in 1360, which makes it one of the oldest towns i ...

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) is a German curler living in

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, Switzerland. He is currently the national coach of the Swiss Curling Association. Stock's junior career included a silver medal at the 1995

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and a bronze medal the following year. In 1995 he played third for Daniel Herberg and they lost to Tom Brewster, Jr.'s

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team in the final. Stock skipped the 1996 team. In 2002 Stock and his German team captured their first

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after three previous tries. They defeated

Peja Lindholm Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm (born 2 June 1970 in Östersund, Sweden) is a retired Swedish curler. Lindholm is currently a coach of the Chinese Curling Association.https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-prof ...

of Sweden in the final. Earlier that year Stock skipped Germany to a sixth-place finish at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soó ...

. In 2004, Stock lost to Lindholm in the finals of the 2004 Ford World Curling Championships. Later that year Stock captured his second European Championship once again defeating Lindholm.

Personal life

Stock is married and has two children.

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* 1977 births Living people People from Immenstadt Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) German male curlers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Continental Cup of Curling participants European curling champions German curling champions Swiss curling coaches People from Interlaken-Oberhasli District {{Germany-curling-bio-stub