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| Born | 11 February 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | CC Bern Zähringer, [1] Bern, SUI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Michael Brunner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Anthony Petoud | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Romano Meier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Andreas Gerlach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 1 (2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael Brunner (born 11 February 1995 in St. Gallen, Switzerland) is a Swiss curler [3] from Appenzell. [4] He currently skips his own team out of Bern.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Michael Brunner | Romano Meier | Remo Herzog | Marcel Käufeler | Brigitte Brunner | SJCC 2012  | |
| 2012–13 | Michael Brunner | Romano Meier | Remo Herzog | Marcel Käufeler | Brigitte Brunner, Beat Brunner | SJCC 2013 (5th) | |
| 2013–14 | Romano Meier (fourth) | Michael Brunner (skip) | Kyrill Oehninger | Marcel Käufeler | Remo Herzog | Brigitte Brunner | SJCC 2014 |
| Sven Michel | Claudio Pätz | Sandro Trolliet | Simon Gempeler | Michael Brunner Robert Hürlimann | Robert Hürlimann | SMCC 2014  | |
| 2014–15 | Michael Brunner | Marc Wagenseil | Remo Herzog | Lars Nielsen | Raymond Krenger | Brigitte Brunner | SJCC 2015 |
| 2015–16 | Stefan Staehli (fourth) | Michael Brunner | Neal Schwenter | Simon Biedermann (skip) | |||
| 2016–17 | Michael Brunner | Stefan Staehli | Neal Schwenter | Chahan Karnusian | |||
| Marc Pfister | Enrico Pfister | Raphael Märki | Simon Gempeler | Michael Brunner Hans Blaser | Robert Hürlimann Christoph Zysset | SMCC 2017 | |
| 2018–19 | Yannick Schwaller | Michael Brunner | Romano Meier | Marcel Käufeler | Simon Gloor (WUG) | Bernhard Werthemann (CWC/2, CWC/final, SMCC), Thomas Lips (CWC/2), Pius Matter (CWC/3, WUG, SMCC) | CWC/2 (6th) CWC/3 (4th) WUG 2019 (4th) SMCC 2019 CWC/final (5th) |
| 2019–20 | Yannick Schwaller | Michael Brunner | Romano Meier | Marcel Käufeler | Lucien Lottenbach | Bernhard Werthemann | ECC 2019 SMCC 2020  |
| 2020–21 | Yannick Schwaller | Michael Brunner | Romano Meier | Marcel Käufeler | SMCC 2021 | ||
| 2021–22 | Yannick Schwaller | Michael Brunner | Romano Meier | Marcel Käufeler | SMCC 2022 , WCC 2022 | ||
| 2022–23 | Michael Brunner | Romano Meier | Anthony Petoud | Marcel Käufeler | SMCC 2023 | ||
| 2023–24 | Michael Brunner | Anthony Petoud | Romano Meier | Andreas Gerlach |
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 2011–12 | Michael Brunner | Elena Stern | Romano Meier | Lisa Gisler | WYOG 2012 | ||
| 2012–13 | Michael Brunner | Corina Mani | Nicolas Stolz | Tanja Berner | Sina Wettstein Adonia Brunner Kyrill Oehninger | SMxCC 2013 (9th) | |
| 2014–15 | Michael Brunner (fourth) | Briar Hürlimann | Yannick Schwaller (skip) | Céline Koller | SMxCC 2015 | ||
| 2016–17 | Michael Brunner (fourth) | Briar Hürlimann | Yannick Schwaller (skip) | Céline Koller | SMxCC 2017 | ||
| 2017–18 | Yannick Schwaller | Elena Stern | Michael Brunner | Céline Koller | Sebastian Stock | WMxCC 2017 (21st) | |
| Michael Brunner (fourth) | Briar Hürlimann | Yannick Schwaller (skip) | Céline Koller | Raymond Krenger | SMxCC 2018 |
| Season | Male | Female | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Michael Brunner | Nicole Muskatewitz | Brigitte Brunner [5] | WYOG 2012 |
| 2015–16 | Michael Brunner | Céline Koller | SMDCC 2016 (5th) |
He started curling in 2001 when he was 6 years old. [3]
| Key | |
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| C | Champion |
| F | Lost in Final |
| SF | Lost in Semifinal |
| QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
| R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
| Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
| T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
| DNP | Did not participate in event |
| N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
| Event | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
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| Tour Challenge | DNP | Q | N/A | N/A | Q | T2 |
| The National | Q | Q | N/A | Q | QF | DNP |
| Masters | Q | Q | N/A | Q | Q | DNP |
| Canadian Open | DNP | QF | N/A | N/A | DNP | Q |
| Players' | DNP | N/A | Q | Q | DNP | |
| Champions Cup | Q | N/A | Q | DNP | DNP | N/A |
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