Silvia Obrist

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Silvia Obrist
 
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World Wheelchair Championship
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1 (2002)

Silvia Obrist is a Swiss wheelchair curler. [1]

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SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2001–02 Urs Bucher Cesare Cassani Manfred Bolliger Therese Kämpfer Silvia Obrist Stephan Rauch WWhCC 2002 Gold medal icon.svg

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