Peter Attinger Jr. (born 15 January 1951) is a former

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curler and curling

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. He was the

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of the Swiss rink that won two (, ) and medals at the s of , and (silver) and (bronze).

Teams

Private life

Peter Attinger grew up in a family of curlers. His father

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is a 1972 Swiss men's champion (he was skip of a tem where Peter played and won his first national men's gold in 1972). His brothers - Bernhard, Werner, Ruedi and

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- are curlers too, they won Swiss and European championships and Worlds medals when they played in Peter Jr.'s team. His son

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is skip of team, he won Swiss men's silver in 2017 and bronze in 2016; Peter coached his team. Bernhard's daughter Sandra Ramstein-Attinger is a competitive curler too, she played on three Women's Worlds with teams skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni and

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* Living people 1951 births Swiss male curlers European curling champions Swiss curling champions Swiss curling coaches {{Switzerland-curling-bio-stub