Martin Rios
{{Short description|Swiss curler (born 1981)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1981|5|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Riedern, Switzerland{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingworldcup.com/players/martin-rios |title=Martin Rios |website=CurlingWorldCup.com |access-date=9 September 2018 |archive-date=2 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602011843/https://www.curlingworldcup.com/players/martin-rios |url-status=dead}}
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| Mixed doubles partner = Jenny Perret
| Member Association = {{SUI}}
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = 4 ({{WMDCC|2012}}, {{WMDCC|2013}}, {{WMDCC|2017}}, {{WMDCC|2021}})
| European Championship appearances = 2 ({{EuCC|2007}}, {{EuCC|2008}})
| Olympic appearances = 2 (2018, 2022)
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{{MedalSport | Curling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{SUI}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Winter Olympics }}
{{MedalSilver | 2018 Pyeongchang | Mixed doubles }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Mixed Championship }}
{{MedalGold | 2011 Tårnby | }}
{{MedalBronze | 2014 Tårnby | }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Mixed Doubles Championship }}
{{MedalGold | 2012 Erzurum | }}
{{MedalGold | 2017 Lethbridge | }}
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Martin Rios (born 24 May 1981) is a Spanish-Swiss curler. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the mixed doubles tournament with partner Jenny Perret, winning a silver medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/curling/athlete-profile-n3034724-martin-rios.htm |title=Martin RIOS |work=Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420080303/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/curling/athlete-profile-n3034724-martin-rios.htm |archive-date=20 April 2018 |url-status=dead}} 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.
In addition to representing his native Switzerland, Rios has twice represented Spain internationally, at the 2007 and the 2008 European Curling Championships.
He currently serves as a national coach with the Swiss Curling Association.{{cite web |url=https://world-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pdf-documents/competition-CUR_1920_WJCC/2020-02-14-150856793Men's%20Entry%20List%20by%20Country.pdf |title=World Junior Curling Championships 2020 - Entry List by Country |website=world-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com}}
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External links
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- [https://www.swissolympicteam.ch/de/olympische-missionen/olympische-spiele/peking-2022/team/athletenportrait?athleteId=9026 Martin Rios] at the Swiss Olympic Association {{in lang|de}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220313140357/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1049812-martin-rios.htm Martin Rios] at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)
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Category:Swiss people of Spanish descent
Category:Spanish people of Swiss descent
Category:World mixed doubles curling champions
Category:European curling champions
Category:Swiss curling champions
Category:Olympic curlers for Switzerland
Category:Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
Category:Olympic medalists in curling
Category:Sportspeople from Glarus
Category:Swiss curling coaches
Category:Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade
Category:Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen
Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen
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