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 in ...

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) is a German curler living in

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

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 19 ...

and a bronze medal the following year. In 1995 he played third for

Daniel Herberg Daniel Herberg (born 7 March 1974) is an internationally elite curler from Germany. Daniel Herberg was born in Oberstdorf, West Germany. He has been selected as the Alternate for Team Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Vanc ...

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

European Curling Championships The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December. The tournament also acts as a qualifier for the Worl ...

after three previous tries. They defeated

Peja Lindholm Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm (born 2 June 1970 in Östersund, Sweden) is a retired Swedish curler. Before Niklas Edin, many regarded him as the best European skip ever. Over his two-decade curling playing career, Lindholm won three World Champ ...

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 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

. 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