Barbara Meier (curler)

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Barbara Meier
 
Team
Curling clubCC Bern & Bern Egghölzi Damen CC, Bern [1]
Career
Member AssociationFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
World Championship
appearances
4 (1983, 1985, 1986, 1989)
European Championship
appearances
3 (1983, 1987, 1988)
Olympic
appearances
1 (1988)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983 Moose Jaw
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Jönköping
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1983 Västerås
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Perth
Swiss Women's Championship [2]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989

Barbara Meier is a former Swiss curler.

She is a 1983 World women's champion and a 1985 World women's bronze medallist. [3]

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She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1982–83 Erika Müller Barbara Meyer Barbara Meier Cristina Wirz SWCC 1983 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1983 Gold medal icon.svg
1983–84Erika MüllerBarbara MeyerBarbara MeierCristina Wirz ECC 1983 Bronze medal icon.svg
1984–85Erika MüllerBarbara MeyerBarbara Meier Franziska Jöhr SWCC 1985 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1985 Bronze medal icon.svg
1985–86Erika Müller Irene Bürgi Barbara MeierCristina LestanderSWCC 1986 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1986 (6th)
1987–88Cristina LestanderBarbara Meier Christina Gartenmann Katrin Peterhans ECC 1987 (5th)
OG 1988 (demo) (7th)
1988–89Cristina LestanderBarbara Meier Ingrid Thulin Katrin Peterhans ECC 1988 Bronze medal icon.svg
SWCC 1989 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1989 (5th)

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References

  1. Curling Bern (in German)
  2. Curling Schweizermeisterschaft - www.ccflims.ch - 3. bis 20. Februar 2016, Flims (in German) (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)
  3. Barbara Meier on the World Curling Federation database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg