Benoît Schwarz

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Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel
Born (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 32)
Team
Curling clubCC Genève
Geneva, SUI
SkipYannick Schwaller
FourthBenoît Schwarz
SecondSven Michel
LeadPablo Lachat
AlternateTom Winkelhausen
Mixed doubles
partner
Silvana Tirinzoni
Curling career
Member Association Switzerland
World Championship
appearances
8 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)
European Championship
appearances
9 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Olympic
appearances
3 (2014, 2018, 2022)
Grand Slam victories1 (2018 Canadian Open)
Medal record

Benoît François Dominique Schwarz-van Berkel ( Schwarz; born 19 August 1991) is a Swiss curler.[1] He currently throws fourth stones for skip Yannick Schwaller. He won a gold medal with the Swiss team at the 2013 European Curling Championships in Stavanger and a bronze medal at the 2014 World Men's Curling Championship in Beijing. He competed at the 2012 and 2013 World Curling Championships, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as an alternate.[2]

Schwarz earned bronze medals at the 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023 World Men's Curling Championship.[3] He was part of the bronze medal winning Swiss team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Personal life[edit]

Schwarz is married to Swiss swimmer, Martina van Berkel,[citation needed] and as of 2023 he was a business administration student.[4] Schwarz currently works for Swiss International Air Lines as a Network Planning Manager.[citation needed] He lives in Zürich.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team Switzerland
  2. ^ "Benoît Schwarz". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Switzerland claim World Men's bronze medals".
  4. ^ a b "2023 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved October 20, 2023.

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