Patrik Loertscher

Patrik Loertscher
birthday	19th March 1960 (age 60)
Career
nation	Switzerland
society	Lausanne-Olympique CC
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 2 × 3 × EM medals 1 × 0 × 1 ×
winter Olympics gold 1998 Nagano World Curling Championship bronze 1980 Moncton gold 1981 London silver 1982 Garmisch-Partenkirchen silver 1989 Milwaukee bronze 1996 Hamilton bronze 1999 Saint John European Curling Championship gold 1981 Grindelwald bronze 1982 Kirkcaldy
last change: end of career

Patrik Lörtscher (born March 19, 1960 ) is a Swiss curler . He took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics for Switzerland and became Olympic champion there . In addition, he became both European and world champions in 1981.

Career

He took 1980 as part of the team to Skip Jürg Tanner at the World Cup in 1980 in part and acted as lead. The team finished second in the so-called Round Robin, tied with Norway. These two teams faced each other in the only semi-final. With a 6: 9 defeat, the Swiss team had to be content with bronze.

A year later, from March 23 to 29, he took part in the 1981 World Cup in London, Canada, again as part of the team around Skip Jürg Tanner, where he was second. In the Round Robin the team took fourth place and qualified for the semifinals and there they could surprisingly beat the team from Canada 7: 4. In the final, the Swiss faced the United States around Skip Bob Nichols . With the 2-1 victory, the team secured the second world championship title in curling after 1975. He also took part in the European Championships in 1981 in Grindelwald , Germany, in December . With first place in Group A, the team from Switzerland around Jürg Tanner, in which Patrik Lörtscher was second again, qualified for the semifinals, where Denmark was beaten 5-1. In the final, the Swiss faced the team from Sweden led by Skip Göran Roxin , the team from Switzerland prevailed 8: 6 and secured the European title.

At the 1982 World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , he took part as part of the team led by Skip Jürg Tanner and was again second. After the round robin they finished third, tied with three other teams, so the team had to go into the tie-breaker. There the Swiss were able to prevail against Italy and qualify for the semi-finals against Germany. The Swiss prevailed against Team Skip Keith Wendorf with a 7-4 victory. In the final they were defeated by the record world champions Canada just 9: 7 and had to be content with silver.

At the 1989 World Cup in Milwaukee , he took part as part of the team around Skip Patrick Hürlimann and served as second. With fourth place in the Round Robin, the Swiss team qualified for the semi-finals. There the team eliminated the Norwegians and now faced Canada again in the final. The team from Switzerland lost again just 4: 5 to the Canadians and had to be content with the silver medal.

Again as part of the team around Skip Patrick Hürlimann, he took part in the 1996 World Cup and was third. After the Round Robin they finished third and qualified for the semifinals. There they lost to Scotland 5: 4 and had to be content with the game for 3rd place. There the Swiss faced the Norwegians around Skip Eigil Ramsfjell . With the 9: 6 victory, the Swiss secured the bronze medal.

As part of the team led by Skip Patrick Hürlimann, he qualified for the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano and was nominated for the Winter Games by the Swiss Olympic Committee. He acted there as third. After finishing second behind the team from Canada in the group stage, they qualified for the semi-finals. There the team from Norway around Skip Eigil Ramsfjell was beaten 7: 8. In the final you met the Canadian team around Skip Mike Harris . The clear 3: 9 victory secured the Olympic victory. After the Olympic Winter Games, he took part in the 1999 World Championships as part of the team around Skip Patrick Hürlimann , where he only acted as a substitute. The Swiss team secured third place there.

Web links

• Patrik Lörtscher on Worldcurling.org (English)
• Patrik Lörtscher in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )