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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Born | 9 October 1960 | |||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | CC Solothurn-Wengi, Solothurn | |||||||||||||||||
Curling career ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
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European Championship appearances | 1 (1992) | |||||||||||||||||
Olympic appearances | 1 (1992) | |||||||||||||||||
Other appearances | World Junior Championships: 1 (1980) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Teams
editMen's
editSeason | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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1979–80 | Rico Simen | Thomas Kläy | Jürg Dick | Urs Dick | WJCC 1980 (7th) | |
1991–92 | Urs Dick | Jürgen Dick | Robert Hürlimann | Thomas Kläy | Peter Däppen | WOG 1992 (demo) |
1992–93 | Urs Dick | Jürgen Dick | Robert Hürlimann | Peter Däppen | ECC 1992 | |
1994–95 | Urs Dick | Jürgen Dick | Robert Hürlimann | Thomas Kläy | [2] |
Mixed
editSeason | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1992–93 | Urs Dick | Nicole Strausak | Robert Hürlimann | Tatjana Stalder | SMxCC 1993 [1] |
Record as a coach of national teams
editYear | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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2013 | 2013 World Junior Curling Championships | Switzerland (junior women) | 8
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Private life
editHis younger brother Jürgen "Jürg" Dick is also a curler and Urs's teammate in 1992 Olympic team.
References
edit- ^ a b "Swiss Curling Association Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-20.(in German)
- ^ Dick - 1995 Internationale Wettinger-Trophy - CurlingZone
External links
edit- Urs Dick at World Curling
- Urs Dick at Olympics.com
- Urs Dick at Olympedia
- Urs Dick | Profil - Once an Olympian - always an Olympian | swiss olympians(in German)