Benoît Schwarz

Benoît François Dominique Schwarz (born 19 August 1991) is a Swiss curler.^[1] He currently throws fourth stones for the Peter de Cruz rink. He won gold medal with the Swiss team at the 2013 European Curling Championships in Stavanger and a bronze medal at the 2014 World Men's Curling Championship in Beijing. He competed at the 2012 and 2013 World Curling Championships, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as an alternate.^[2] In 2017, he earned a bronze medal at the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship in Edmonton, Canada. He was the team member of Swiss Curling team in 2018 Winter Olympics.

Benoît Schwarz
Curler
Born	(1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 31) Geneva, Switzerland
Team
Curling club	CC Genève Geneva, SUI
Skip	Yannick Schwaller
Fourth	Benoît Schwarz
Second	Sven Michel
Lead	Pablo Lachat
Mixed doubles partner	Silvana Tirinzoni
Career
Member Association	Switzerland
World Championship appearances	6 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021)
European Championship appearances	8 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
Olympic appearances	3 (2014, 2018, 2022)
Grand Slam victories	1 (2018 Canadian Open)
Medal record Men's curling Representing  Switzerland Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team World Championships 2014 Beijing 2017 Edmonton 2019 Lethbridge 2021 Calgary European Championships 2013 Stavanger 2015 Esbjerg 2022 Östersund 2016 Renfrewshire 2017 St Gallen World Junior Championships 2010 Flims 2011 Perth

Personal life

As of 2020, Schwarz was a business administration student.^[3] He lives in Zürich.^[4]

References

1. 2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team Switzerland
2. . sochi2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
3. 2020 Continental Cup Media Guide: Team de Cruz
4. "2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 30, 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• Benoît Schwarz at World Curling Federation 
• Benoît Schwarz at Olympics.com 
• Benoît Schwarz at Olympedia