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 .

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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., Bernhard, Ruedi and Werner 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)

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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 Sandra Ramstein-Attinger (born as Sandra Attinger, also known as Sandra Ramstein) is a Switzerland, Swiss curling, curler. At the national level, she is a 2010 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, Swiss women's champion. Teams Private life San ...

is a competitive curler too. She played in three Women's Worlds with teams skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni and

Binia Feltscher-Beeli Binia Feltscher (born 13 October 1978 in Chur) is a Swiss retired curler from Flims. She was the skip of the 2014 and 2016 World championship curling teams from Switzerland. From 2006 to 2013 she was known as Binia Feltscher-Beeli. Career Felt ...

. 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