Kurt Attinger

{{Short description|Swiss curler}}

{{Infobox curler

| name = Kurt Attinger

| gender = M

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| Curling club = CC Dübendorf, Dübendorf[http://www.ccd.ch/ Curling Club Dübendorf]{{in lang|de}}

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| Member Association = {{SUI}}

| World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMCC|1984}})

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| European Championship appearances = 1 ({{EuCC|1984}})

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{{MedalSport | Curling}}

{{MedalCompetition | {{WMCC||World Championships}}}}

{{MedalSilver | {{WMCC|1984|1984 Duluth}} | }}

{{MedalCompetition | {{EuCC||European Championships}}}}

{{MedalGold | {{EuCC|1984|1984 Morzine}} | }}

{{MedalCompetition | Swiss Men's Championship[http://www.ccflims.ch/fileadmin/downloads/saison_15_16/programmheft_curling_sm_2016_web.pdf Curling Schweizermeisterschaft - www.ccflims.ch - 3. bis 20. Februar 2016, Flims]{{in lang|de}} (at last page list of all Swiss curling champion teams: men's 1943—2015 and women's 1964—2015; before 2003 team line-ups shown in reverse order: alternate (if exists), lead, second, third, skip) }}

{{MedalGold | 1984 | }}

{{MedalSilver | 1980 | }}[https://www.ccd.ch/images/basic-pages/Erfolge_des_CCD.pdf Erfolge des Curling Club Dübendorf]{{in lang|de}}

{{MedalBronze | 1982 | }}

{{MedalBronze | 1983 | }}

{{MedalBronze | 1987 | }}

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Kurt Attinger was a Swiss curler. He played lead position on the Swiss rink that won the {{EuCC|1984|1984 European Curling Championships}} and a silver medal at the {{WMCC|1984|1984 World Men's Championship}}.

Teams

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scope="col"| Season

! scope="col"| Skip

! scope="col"| Third

! scope="col"| Second

! scope="col"| Lead

! scope="col"| Events

scope="row"| 1973–74

| Bernhard Attinger || Kurt Attinger || Ruedi Attinger || Louis Keller || SJCC 1974 {{Gold1}}
{{WJCC||WJCC}} 1974 {{Gold1}}
(unofficial)

scope="row"| 1979–80

| Peter Attinger Jr. || Bernhard Attinger || Mattias Neuenschwander || Kurt Attinger || SMCC 1980 {{Silver2}}

scope="row"| 1981–82

| Peter Attinger Jr. || Bernhard Attinger || Ruedi Attinger || Kurt Attinger || SMCC 1982 {{Bronze3}}

scope="row"| 1982–83

| Peter Attinger Jr. || Bernhard Attinger || Ruedi Attinger || Kurt Attinger || SMCC 1983 {{Bronze3}}

scope="row"| 1983–84

| Peter Attinger Jr. || Bernhard Attinger || Werner Attinger || Kurt Attinger || SMCC 1984 {{Gold1}}
{{WMCC|1984|WCC 1984}} {{Silver2}}

scope="row"| 1984–85

| Peter Attinger Jr. || Bernhard Attinger || Werner Attinger || Kurt Attinger || {{EuCC|1984|ECC 1984}} {{Gold1}}

scope="row"| 1986–87

| Peter Attinger Jr. || Werner Attinger || Martin Zürrer || Kurt Attinger || SMCC 1987 {{Bronze3}}

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) Felix 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzz.ch/article8EHZ6-1.424952 |title=40 Jahre Curling-Club Dübendorf: Die Attinger-Saga |publisher=Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG |date=2002-09-18 |accessdate=2017-09-14 }}{{in lang|de}} Bernhard's daughter, Sandra Ramstein-Attinger{{World Curling|check-wikidata=no|4678|Sandra Ramstein-Attinger}} is a competitive curler too. She played in three Women's Worlds with teams skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni and Binia Feltscher-Beeli.[https://curling-wetzikon.ch/sm2007/downloads/19SPZO_2302_V1_T.pdf Auf der Spur des Familienerfolgs - Curling Club Wetzikon]{{in lang|de}}

Kurt Attinger died in 2011 of cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/reisen/aktiv/familieneis/story/15402612 |title=Familien-Eis - News Reisen: Aktiv - tagesanzeiger.ch |date=February 6, 2018 |language=de }}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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