Thomas Lips (born 27 February 1970) is a

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curler from Buchs, Zürich. Lips was a member of the Swiss team that won the

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Curling career

Lips started playing curling in 1977. He won a bronze medal at the 1991 European Curling Championships, playing lead for

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. He would not return the Euros until 2003. Playing third for

Bernhard Werthemann Bernhard Werthemann (born c. 1966) is a Swiss curler and curling coach. At the national level, he is a 2003 Swiss men's champion curler. Currently he is the coach of team Yannick Schwaller Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn ...

, they finished fourth. They finished sixth at the

2004 Ford World Men's Curling Championship The 2004 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2004 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at the Gavlerinken in Gävle, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of ...

. In 2006, playing second for Andreas Schwaller, the team won the Euros, defeating Scotland in the final. Lips currently skips his own team, which he took over in 2010, replacing Toni Müller, who will keep throwing last rocks. Prior to 2009, Lips played for Andreas Schwaller. In their first event, the

2010 Baden Masters The 2010 Baden Masters was held September 10-12 in Baden, Switzerland. It was the first event of the Men's World Curling Tour for the 2010-11 curling season. The total purse of the event was 26,500 Swiss francs (CHF). The winning team was the h ...

, the hometown Lips rink defeated the new Brad Gushue/ Randy Ferbey team in the final. Lips was the coach of Russian Women's National Team and the German National Curling Teams. In June 2017 he returned to Switzerland for replacing Allan Moore as the National Coach in the Swiss Curling Association.

Personal life

Lips is married.2019 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide: Team Switzerland

References

External links

* 1970 births Living people Swiss male curlers Swiss curling coaches European curling champions Swiss curling champions People from Dietikon District People from Dielsdorf District Sportspeople from the canton of Zürich {{Switzerland-curling-bio-stub