Valentin Tanner
{{Short description|Swiss curler (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Valentin Tanner
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|10|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Geneva, Switzerland
| Curling club = CC Genève
Geneva, SUI
| Fourth = Benoît Schwarz
| Third = Sven Michel
| Skip = Peter de Cruz
| Lead = Valentin Tanner
| Alternate = Pablo Lachat
| Member Association = {{SUI}}
| World Championship appearances = 4 ({{WMCC|2014}}, {{WMCC|2017}}, {{WMCC|2019}}, {{WMCC|2021}})
| European Championship appearances = 5 ({{EuCC|2015}}, {{EuCC|2016}}, {{EuCC|2017}}, {{EuCC|2018}}, {{EuCC|2021}})
| Olympic appearances = 2 (2018, 2022)
| Grand Slam victories = 1 (2018 Canadian Open)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's Curling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{SUI}} }}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Pyeongchang|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Beijing|}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Edmonton|}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Lethbridge|}}
{{MedalBronze | 2021 Calgary | }}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Esbjerg|}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Renfrewshire|}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 St Gallen|}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Flims|}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Perth|}}
}}
Valentin Igor Fédéric Tanner (born 2 October 1992) is a Swiss curler. He currently plays lead for the Peter de Cruz team from Geneva.
Career
Tanner is the long-time lead for de Cruz. The team played in two World Junior Curling Championships, winning gold at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships (defeating Scotland's Ally Fraser in the final) and a silver at the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships (losing to Sweden's Oskar Eriksson in the final). 2011 was the final year of junior eligibility for de Cruz. Even though Tanner could have played another two years of juniors, he stuck with de Cruz to play in men's events.
On the World Curling Tour, the team has won two events, the 2011 Curling Masters Champéry and the 2012 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix. During the 2012-13 curling season, the team played in three Grand Slam events, the 2012 ROGERS Masters of Curling (lost in a tie-breaker), the 2012 Canadian Open of Curling (1-4) and the National (1-4). The next season they played in one Slam, the 2013 Canadian Open of Curling (3-3).
In 2014, the de Cruz rink won their first Swiss championship, by defeating the Swiss Olympic team of Sven Michel in the final.{{Cite web |url=http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3380&eventtypeid=81&view=Playoffs&tp=0 |title=Swiss Curling League Finals: Playoffs}}
Personal life
Tanner currently works as a bartender.2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team Switzerland
References
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External links
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- [https://www.swissolympicteam.ch/de/olympische-missionen/olympische-spiele/peking-2022/team/athletenportrait?athleteId=9017 Valentin Tanner] at the Swiss Olympic Association {{in lang|de}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220313140051/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1049883-valentin-tanner.htm Valentin Tanner] at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)
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{{Footer Canadian Open (curling) Champions (Men)}}
{{Footer World Junior Curling Champions (men)}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Geneva
Category:Swiss curling champions
Category:Continental Cup of Curling participants
Category:Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic curlers for Switzerland
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in curling