Michael Brunner

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Michael Brunner
Born (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29)
Team
Curling clubCC Bern Zähringer, [1]
Bern, SUI
Skip Michael Brunner
Third Anthony Petoud
Second Romano Meier
Lead Andreas Gerlach
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
World Championship
appearances
1 (2022)
European Championship
appearances
1 (2019)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Helsingborg
Swiss Men's Championship [2]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Thun
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Geneva-Thônex
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Schaffhausen
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Flims
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Thun
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Arlesheim
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Geneva-Thônex
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Flims
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Geneva-Thônex

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.

Contents

Teams

Men's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2011–12Michael Brunner Romano Meier Remo Herzog Marcel Käufeler Brigitte Brunner SJCC 2012 Bronze medal icon.svg
2012–13Michael BrunnerRomano MeierRemo HerzogMarcel KäufelerBrigitte Brunner, Beat Brunner SJCC 2013 (5th)
2013–14Romano Meier (fourth)Michael Brunner (skip) Kyrill Oehninger Marcel KäufelerRemo HerzogBrigitte BrunnerSJCC 2014 Bronze medal icon.svg
Sven Michel Claudio Pätz Sandro Trolliet Simon Gempeler Michael Brunner
Robert Hürlimann
Robert Hürlimann SMCC 2014 Silver medal icon.svg
2014–15Michael Brunner Marc Wagenseil Remo Herzog Lars Nielsen Raymond Krenger Brigitte BrunnerSJCC 2015 Bronze medal icon.svg
2015–16 Stefan Staehli (fourth)Michael Brunner Neal Schwenter Simon Biedermann (skip)
2016–17Michael BrunnerStefan StaehliNeal Schwenter Chahan Karnusian
Marc Pfister Enrico Pfister Raphael Märki Simon GempelerMichael Brunner
Hans Blaser
Robert Hürlimann
Christoph Zysset
SMCC 2017 Bronze medal icon.svg
2018–19 Yannick Schwaller Michael BrunnerRomano MeierMarcel 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 Silver medal icon.svg
CWC/final (5th)
2019–20Yannick SchwallerMichael BrunnerRomano MeierMarcel Käufeler Lucien Lottenbach Bernhard Werthemann ECC 2019 Silver medal icon.svg
SMCC 2020 Gold medal icon.svg
2020–21Yannick SchwallerMichael BrunnerRomano MeierMarcel KäufelerSMCC 2021 Silver medal icon.svg
2021–22Yannick SchwallerMichael BrunnerRomano MeierMarcel KäufelerSMCC 2022 Gold medal icon.svg, WCC 2022
2022–23Michael BrunnerRomano Meier Anthony Petoud Marcel KäufelerSMCC 2023 Silver medal icon.svg
2023–24Michael BrunnerAnthony PetoudRomano Meier Andreas Gerlach SMCC 2024 Bronze medal icon.svg
2024–25Michael BrunnerAnthony PetoudRomano MeierAndreas Gerlach

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2011–12Michael Brunner Elena Stern Romano Meier Lisa Gisler WYOG 2012 Gold medal icon.svg
2012–13Michael Brunner Corina Mani Nicolas Stolz Tanja Berner Sina Wettstein
Adonia Brunner
Kyrill Oehninger
SMxCC 2013 (9th)
2014–15Michael Brunner (fourth) Briar Hürlimann Yannick Schwaller (skip) Céline Koller SMxCC 2015 Gold medal icon.svg
2016–17Michael Brunner (fourth)Briar HürlimannYannick Schwaller (skip)Céline KollerSMxCC 2017 Gold medal icon.svg
2017–18 Yannick Schwaller Elena SternMichael BrunnerCéline Koller Sebastian Stock WMxCC 2017 (21st)
Michael Brunner (fourth)Briar HürlimannYannick Schwaller (skip)Céline Koller Raymond Krenger SMxCC 2018 Silver medal icon.svg

Mixed doubles

SeasonMaleFemaleCoachEvents
2011–12Michael Brunner Nicole Muskatewitz Brigitte Brunner [5] WYOG 2012 Gold medal icon.svg
2015–16Michael Brunner Céline Koller SMDCC 2016 (5th)

Personal life

He started curling in 2001 when he was 6 years old. [3]

Grand Slam record

Key
CChampion
FLost in Final
SFLost in Semifinal
QFLost in Quarterfinals
R16Lost in the round of 16
QDid not advance to playoffs
T2Played in Tier 2 event
DNPDid not participate in event
N/ANot a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Tour Challenge DNP Q N/AN/A Q T2 Q
Canadian Open DNP QF N/AN/ADNP Q
The National Q Q N/A Q QF DNP
Masters Q Q N/A Q Q DNP
Players' DNPN/A Q Q DNPDNP
Champions Cup Q N/A Q DNPDNPN/AN/A

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References

  1. "Level 2: SM Männer / CS hommes 2023/24". Swiss Curling.
  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. 1 2 Teamplayer - Team Bern Schwaller Archived 2019-06-21 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  4. "Team Schwaller". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  5. "2012 Youth Olympic Games - Curling- Mixed Doubles - Entry List By Event" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2019-06-02.