Urs Dick

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Urs Dick
 
Born (1960-10-09) 9 October 1960 (age 62)
Team
Curling clubCC Solothurn-Wengi, Solothurn
Career
Member AssociationFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
European Championship
appearances
1 (1992)
Olympic
appearances
1 (1992)
Other appearances World Junior Championships: 1 (1980)
Medal record
Curling
Winter Olympics
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Albertville (demonstration)
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Perth

Urs Dick (born 9 October 1960) is a former Swiss curler. He played skip position on the Swiss rink that won a gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. Later that year, he won a bronze medal at his first appearance at the 1992 European Curling Championships. He is also a Swiss mixed curling champion curler (1993) [1] and curling coach.

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Teams

Men's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1979–80 Rico Simen Thomas Kläy Jürg Dick Urs Dick WJCC 1980 (7th)
1991–92Urs DickJürgen Dick Robert Hürlimann Thomas Kläy Peter Däppen WOG 1992 (demo) Gold medal icon.svg
1992–93Urs DickJürgen DickRobert HürlimannPeter Däppen ECC 1992 Bronze medal icon.svg
1994–95Urs DickJürgen DickRobert HürlimannThomas Kläy [2]

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1992–93Urs Dick Nicole Strausak Robert Hürlimann Tatjana Stalder SMxCC 1993 Gold medal icon.svg [1]

Record as a coach of national teams

YearTournament, eventNational teamPlace
2013 2013 World Junior Curling Championships Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (junior women)
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Private life

His younger brother Jürgen "Jürg" Dick is also a curler and Urs's teammate in 1992 Olympic team.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Swiss Curling Association Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-20.(in German)
  2. Dick - 1995 Internationale Wettinger-Trophy - CurlingZone