Sven Michel | |
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Born | 30 March 1988 Brienz, Switzerland |
Team | |
Curling club | CC Genève, Geneva, SUI |
Skip | Yannick Schwaller |
Fourth | Benoît Schwarz |
Second | Sven Michel |
Lead | Pablo Lachat |
Alternate | Tom Winkelhausen |
Mixed doubles partner | Alina Pätz |
Curling career ![]() | |
Member Association | ![]() |
World Championship appearances | 8 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) |
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 3 (2011, 2018, 2022) |
European Championship appearances | 8 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
Olympic appearances | 2 (2014, 2022) |
Other appearances | European Mixed: 1 (2010) World Juniors: 2 (2006, 2007) |
Medal record |
Sven Michel (born 30 March 1988) is a Swiss curler from Matten. [1] He won a gold medal for Switzerland at the 2013 European Curling Championships and skipped Switzerland at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
As a junior curler, Michel won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships, playing third for Christian von Gunten.
Michel won a silver medal at the 2010 European Mixed Curling Championship, playing second for Claudio Pätz. Later in the season, he and partner Alina Pätz won the gold medal at the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Michel would then become one of the top skips in Switzerland, and would represent his country at the 2011 and 2012 European Curling Championships as skip. He also represented Switzerland at the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, Michel's first world championship appearance, placing 7th. Later that year, Michel led his country to a gold medal at the 2013 European Championships.
Michel's success led him to be selected by the Swiss Curling Association to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics. At the games, he led Switzerland to an 8th-place finish with a 3-6 record. More recently he competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics with the Swiss Men's team, finishing 7th.
Michel won his first World Curling Tour event in September 2011 when he won the 2011 Baden Masters. Since then he has also won the 2012 Baden Masters and the 2014 German Masters. Michel finished second in the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Geneva with Alina Pätz. The pair were defeated 7-9 in the final by Muirhead and Lammie of Scotland. [2]
Michel is employed as a bricklayer. He is in a relationship with fellow curler Alina Pätz. [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 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
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Tour Challenge | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q | DNP | DNP | SF | Q | N/A | N/A | QF | QF |
The National | Q | SF | DNP | Q | DNP | DNP | Q | QF | N/A | SF | Q | SF |
Masters | Q | Q | QF | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Q | N/A | Q | QF | SF |
Canadian Open | DNP | DNP | Q | Q | DNP | DNP | Q | Q | N/A | N/A | QF | QF |
Players' | DNP | Q | Q | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | Q | DNP | F | Q |
Champions Cup | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Q | DNP | DNP | N/A |
Elite 10 | N/A | N/A | Q | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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