Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in the town of Pinerolo, Italy from February 13 to February 24. It proved to be the sleeper hit in terms of television ratings in Italy. According to a CBC feature, curling at the 2006 Winter Games drew 5 million viewers, eclipsing ice hockey and figure skating. This, and the success of the Italian men's curling team created a surge of interest in curling within Italy, where there was no previous tradition of the sport and only a few hundred players.
Mirjam Ott is a retired Swiss curler who lives in Laax, Switzerland. She is the 2012 World Curling Champion skip. She is the skip (captain) of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide.
Ralph Stöckli is a Swiss curler from Lucerne.
Ewan MacDonald is a Scottish curler. Representing Scotland, he is a three-time World Champion, playing second for Hammy McMillan in 1999 and playing third for David Murdoch in 2006 and 2009. He has also represented Great Britain at three Winter Olympics, in Salt Lake City 2002, Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010. He was previously married to fellow curler and the 2002 Olympic Gold medallist, Fiona MacDonald. In 2023, he was inducted into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame.
Andreas "Andi" Schwaller is a Swiss curler.
Damian Grichting is a Swiss curler.
Markus Eggler is a retired Swiss curler from Münchenstein.
Marco Ramstein is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Thomas Dufour is a French curler. He currently skips the French national team.
Sebastian Kraupp is a Swedish curler from Karlstad, Sweden. He currently coaches the Swedish men's junior team.
Kotomi Ishizaki is a Japanese curler from Sapporo.
Ann Swisshelm is a curler from Chicago. Swisshelm represented the United States in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2014 Sochi Olympics. She has also been known as Ann Swisshelm Silver.
Robert Hürlimann is a Swiss curler.
Heike Schwaller is a German-Swiss curler.
Rasmus Stjerne Hansen is a retired Danish curler. He is a former world junior champion and current Danish champion. He curls out of the Hvidovre Curling Club.
Benoît François Dominique Schwarz-van Berkel is a Swiss curler. 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.
Yannick Schwaller is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva.
Mikkel Munch Krause is a Danish curler from Hvidovre. He is a former World Junior champion.
Pablo Lachat-Couchepin is a Swiss curler from Bussigny, Switzerland. He currently plays lead on Team Yannick Schwaller.
Xenia Schwaller is a Swiss curler from Zürich. She currently skips her own team out of the Grasshopper Club Zürich. In 2024, she skipped her team to victory at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships, going undefeated at the event.
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