| Hans Burgener | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 April 1964 Grindelwald, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||
Curling career  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member Association |  Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||
| World Wheelchair Championship appearances | 3 (2017, 2019, 2020) | |||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic appearances | 2 (2018, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hans Burgener (born 25 April 1964) is a Swiss wheelchair curler. [1]
He participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics where Swiss team finished on sixth place.
At the national level, he is a 2018, 2019 and 2020 Swiss wheelchair curling champion.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | Felix Wagner | Marcel Bodenmann | Claudia Hüttenmoser | Beatrix Blaül | Hans Burgener | Stephan Pfister | WWhCC 2017 (8th) |
| 2017–18 | Felix Wagner | Claudia Hüttenmoser | Marcel Bodenmann | Beatrix Blaül | Hans Burgener | Stephan Pfister | SWhCC 2018  [2] |
| 2017–18 | Felix Wagner | Claudia Hüttenmoser | Marcel Bodenmann | Beatrix Blaül | Hans Burgener | Stephan Pfister | WPG 2018 (6th) |
| 2018–19 | Raymond Pfyffer | Philippe Bétrisey | Patrick Delacretaz | Françoise Jaquerod | Bernard Moriset | Hans Burgener | SWhCC 2019 |
| Raymond Pfyffer | Hans Burgener | Eric Decorvet | Françoise Jaquerod | Adelah Al Roumi | Stephan Pfister, Anne Gabriele Mittaz | WWhCC 2019 (5th) | |
| 2019–20 | Raymond Pfyffer | Hans Burgener | Françoise Jaquerod | Bernard Moriset | Patrick Delacretaz | SWhCC 2020 | |
| Raymond Pfyffer | Hans Burgener | Françoise Jaquerod | Eric Decorvet | Adelah Al Roumi | Stephan Pfister, Lukas Haggenmacher | WWhCC 2020 (11th) |
Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics was played at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio, in Pinerolo, 30 km southwest of Turin. Wheelchair curling was making its first appearance at the Paralympic Games and took the form of a mixed team event, open to athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body that required the everyday use of a wheelchair.
Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation, and is one of the sports in the Winter Paralympic Games.
Michael McCreadie is a Paralympian with successes in lawn bowls and wheelchair curling. He made his debut at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg as a swimmer. He won two bronze medals in lawn bowls at the 1976 Summer Paralympics. He also competed in swimming and wheelchair basketball at the same Games and captained the British wheelchair basketball team at the 1980 Summer Paralympics. After that he coached the British wheelchair basketball team at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Paralympics.
Tom Killin is a British multi-sport Paralympian. Killin was paralysed following a traffic accident at the age of 17.
Penny Ricker Greely is a three time Paralympian for Team USA. She competes as a wheelchair curler and competed as a sitting volleyball player. She played in the bronze medal-winning United States team in Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and competed in Wheelchair curling at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
The wheelchair curling competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held from 10 to 17 March 2018 at the Gangneung Gymnasium in Gangneung, South Korea. For the first time, twelve mixed teams will compete at the Winter Paralympics.
Wang Haitao is a Chinese wheelchair curler. He participated at the 2014, 2018 Winter Paralympics and 2022 Winter Paralympics, winning two gold medals in 2018 and 2022.
Viljo Jim Martin Pettersson Dahl is a Swedish wheelchair curler.
Claudia Hüttenmoser-Pfister is a Swiss wheelchair curler.
Radoslav Ďuriš is a Slovak wheelchair curler.
Dušan Pitoňák is a Slovak wheelchair curler.
Yrjö Tapani Jääskeläinen is a Finnish wheelchair curler.
Harry Pavel is a German wheelchair curler.
Peter Zaťko is a Slovak wheelchair curler.
Felix Wagner is a Swiss wheelchair curler.
Marcel Bodenmann is a Swiss wheelchair curler.
Beatrix Blauel-Thomann is a Swiss wheelchair curler.
Kirk Black is an American wheelchair curler.
Stephen Emt is an American wheelchair curler.
Switzerland competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022. In total, 12 athletes competed in four sports.
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