Rico Simen

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Rico Simen
Curler
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Born (1962-01-12) 12 January 1962 (age 61)
Team
Curling clubCC Lausanne Olympique, Lausanne [1]
Career
Member AssociationFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
European Championship
appearances		1 (1994)
Olympic
appearances		1 (1988; demo)
Other appearances World Junior Championships: 3 (1980, 1981, 1982)
Medal record
Curling
Winter Olympics
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Calgary (demonstration)
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Sundsvall
Swiss Men's Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Biel/Bienne
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Bern

Enrico "Rico" Simen (born 12 January 1962) is a former Swiss curler.

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He played third on the Swiss rink that won a silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. He was also a silver medallist at the 1994 European Curling Championships, and is a silver (1994) and bronze (1997) medallist at the Swiss Men's Curling Championship, [2] and a two-time Swiss junior champion curler (1980, 1981). [3]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
1979–80Rico Simen Thomas Kläy Jürg Dick Urs Dick WJCC 1980 (7th)
Rico SimenThomas KläyJürg Dick Mario Gross SJCC 1980 Gold medal icon.svg
1980–81Rico SimenThomas KläyJürg DickMario Gross WJCC 1981 (6th)
SJCC 1981 Gold medal icon.svg
1981–82Rico SimenYves HugentoblerJürg DickMario Gross WJCC 1982 (5 место)
1987–88 Hansjörg Lips Rico Simen Stefan Luder Peter Lips Mario Flückiger WOG 1988 (demo) Silver medal icon.svg
1994–95Hansjörg LipsStefan LuderPeter LipsRico Simen Björn Schröder Michael Müller ECC 1994 Silver medal icon.svg

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References

  1. ↑ Curling Club Lausanne Olympique (in French)
  2. ↑ Enrico Simen | Profil - Once an Olympian - always an Olympian | swiss olympians
  3. ↑ "Swiss Curling Association Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-20.(in German)


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