Peter Attinger Jr.
# Peter Attinger Jr.

Peter Attinger Jr. (born 15 January 1951) is a former Swiss curler and curling coach. He was the skip of the Swiss rink that won two European Curling Championships (1976, 1984) and medals at the World Men's Championships of 1979, and 1984 (silver) and 1974 (bronze).

## Teams

| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1971–72 | Bernhard Attinger | Peter Attinger Jr. | Mattias Neuenschwander | Jürg Geiler | | | SJCC 1972 |
| 1971–72 | Ernst Bosshard (fourth) | Peter Attinger Sr. (skip) | Bernhard Attinger | Peter Attinger Jr. | | | SMCC 1972 WCC 1972 (5th) |
| 1972–73 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Jürg Geiler | | | SJCC 1973 |
| 1973–74 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Jürg Geiler | | | SMCC 1974 WCC 1974 |
| 1976–77 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Ruedi Attinger | | | ECC 1976 |
| 1977–78 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Ruedi Attinger | | | SMCC 1978 |
| 1978–79 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Ruedi Attinger | | | SMCC 1979 WCC 1979 |
| 1979–80 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Kurt Attinger | | | SMCC 1980 |
| 1980–81 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Ruedi Attinger | | | SMCC 1981 |
| 1981–82 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Ruedi Attinger | Kurt Attinger | | | SMCC 1982 |
| 1982–83 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Ruedi Attinger | Kurt Attinger | | | SMCC 1983 |
| 1983–84 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Werner Attinger | Kurt Attinger | | | SMCC 1984 WCC 1984 |
| 1984–85 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Werner Attinger | Kurt Attinger | | | ECC 1984 |
| 1986–87 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Werner Attinger | Martin Zürrer | Kurt Attinger | | | SMCC 1987 |
| 1991–92 | Bernhard Attinger | Peter Attinger Jr. | Werner Attinger | Thomas Grendelmeier | | | SMCC 1992 |
| 2005 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Jürg Geiler | Simon Roth | | WSCC 2005 |
| 2006 | Peter Attinger Jr. | Mattias Neuenschwander | Bernhard Attinger | Tony Knobel | Fritz Widmer | Fritz Widmer | WSCC 2006 (5th) |
| 2013 | Werner Attinger | Peter Attinger Jr. | Ronny Müller | Tony Knobel | Bernhard Attinger | | WSCC 2013 |

## Private life

Peter Attinger grew up in a family of curlers. His father Peter Attinger Sr. is a 1972 Swiss men's champion (he was skip of a tem where Peter played and won his first national men's gold in 1972). His brothers - Bernhard, Werner, Ruedi and Kurt - are curlers too, they won Swiss and European championships and Worlds medals when they played in Peter Jr.'s team. His son Felix is skip of team, he won Swiss men's silver in 2017 and bronze in 2016; Peter coached his team. Bernhard's daughter Sandra Ramstein-Attinger is a competitive curler too, she played on three Women's Worlds with teams skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni and Binia Feltscher-Beeli.

