Benoît Schwarz

Benoît François Dominique Schwarz-van Berkel ( Schwarz; born 19 August 1991) is a Swiss curler. He currently throws fourth stones for skip Yannick Schwaller. He won a 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.

Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel
Born (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991
Geneva, Switzerland
Team
Curling clubCC Genève
Geneva, SUI
SkipYannick Schwaller
FourthBenoît Schwarz
SecondSven Michel
LeadPablo Lachat
AlternateTom Winkelhausen
Mixed doubles
partner
Silvana Tirinzoni
Curling career
Member Association Switzerland
World Championship
appearances
8 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)
European Championship
appearances
9 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Olympic
appearances
3 (2014, 2018, 2022)
Grand Slam victories1 (2018 Canadian Open)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2014 Beijing
2017 Edmonton
2019 Lethbridge
2021 Calgary
2023 Ottawa
European Championships
2013 Stavanger
2015 Esbjerg
2022 Östersund
2016 Renfrewshire
2017 St Gallen
2023 Aberdeen
World Junior Championships
2010 Flims
2011 Perth

Schwarz earned bronze medals at the 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023 World Men's Curling Championship. He was part of the bronze medal winning Swiss team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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