Esther NEUENSCHWANDER

Historical Results

“I work and curl, that’s all I do.” (Athlete, 18 Oct 2021)

Athlete, Accountant

Graduated in 2009 with a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Zurich.

Father, Mattias. Mother, Heidi. Brothers, Ueli (older) and Florian (younger). Sister, Anna (older).

German, English

Aarau CC

Team: Pierre Charette (CAN)
National: Sebastien Stock (GER)

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Father Mattias Neuenschwander (Curling): Two-time World Championship medallist, winning silver (1979) and bronze (1974), and European champion in 1976, as a teammate with his brother-in-laws Peter and Bernhard Attinger. Back-to-back World Senior Championship bronze medallist, skipping the side in 2004, before re-joining the Attinger's in 2005.

Uncle Peter Attinger (Curling): Three-time World Championship medallist in four appearances, winning two silver (1979, 1984) and a bronze (1974), and twice European champion (1976, 1984) as skip. Two-time World Senior Championship bronze medallist (2005, 2013).

Uncle Bernhard Attinger (Curling): Three-time World Championship medallist winning two silver (1979, 1984) and a bronze (1974), and twice European champion (1976, 1984), playing third stones under his brother Peter, and European bronze medallist in 1988 as skip. Two-time World Senior Championship bronze medallist (2005, 2013), after re-joining his brother.

2006 World Championship in Grande Prairie vs. United States (8-1 Loss)

2021: Broke ligaments in her right foot, but did not require surgery. Suffers from occasional swelling.

Began curling at age 10 in Dubendorf, with her sister.

“I wasn’t good at any other sport. I stuck with curling and got better. It’s basically the only thing I can do well. I got into a good team in juniors and then joined Silvana’s team after juniors. I slipped into it.” (Athlete, 18 Oct 2021)

Win an Olympic medal. (Athlete, 18 Oct 2021)

Trains with her teammates once a week on Wednesdays. Other days of the week are spent training alone or in pairs.

Winning gold at the 2021 World Championship in Calgary. “We won most of our games and we won our position percentages, so we were kind of the all-star team, which I’m really proud of.” (Athlete, 18 Oct 2021)

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Her skip, Silvana Tirinzoni (SUI), PyeongChang 2018 Olympian, two-time world champion and three-time European Championship medallist. (Athlete, 18 Oct 2021)

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