Jindřich Kitzberger (born 13 April 1981) is a
Czech curler. He currently throws lead stones for the
Jiří Snítil
Jiří Snítil (born 24 February 1975) is a curler from the Czech Republic. He currently skips the Czech Republic national team. He started curling at the age of 21.
Snítil has represented the Czech Republic in seven World Curling Champions ...
rink.
As a junior curler, Kitzberger played in two
World Junior Curling Championships. He played in the
1999 World Junior Curling Championships where he threw second stones for
Vit Nekovarik. The team finished in 9th place. The team returned the following year, and at the
2000 World Junior Curling Championships they had a worse showing, finishing last, in 10th place. This finish relegated the Czech Republic to the World Juniors B Pool, and Kitzberger would not return to the main event.
In 2003, he joined the Jirí Snítil rink as the team's third, and he played in his 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 ...
, where the rink finished in 15th. Kitzberger would go on to play in five European Championships with Snítil (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011), finishing 11th, 8th, 7th, 8th, 4th respectively before winning a bronze medal in 2012. Kitzberger played second in all of those events except for the 2008 European Championships where he threw third stones, and the 2012 Euros where he played lead.
Kitzberger would play in his first
World Curling Championships in 2008 as a member of the Snítil rink. At the
2008 World Men's Curling Championship, the rink would finish last, in 12th place. Kitzberger would return with the team to the Worlds in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013, finishing 11th, 8th, 12th, and TBD respectively. He played second in all four of those events.
References
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Living people
1981 births
Czech male curlers
21st-century Czech sportsmen
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