Martin Rios (born 24 May 1981) is a Spanish-Swiss
curler. He competed in the
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...
in the
mixed doubles tournament with partner
Jenny Perret, 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 and at the
2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 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
2007 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.
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References
External links
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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
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