Patrick Hürlimann
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| Born | July 9, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Championship appearances | 7 (1986, 1989, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 3 (1985, 1997, 1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Hürlimann (born July 9, 1963) is a Swiss curler, Olympic champion, and Vice-President of the World Curling Federation (WCF). He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[1] He has received three medals at the World Curling Championships as skip for the Swiss team.
As head of the Marketing and Communications Committee of the WCF, Patrick Hürlimann developed the system of points used for the ranking of nations that participate in international curling bonspiels.
In 2010, Hürlimann became Vice-President of the WCF.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" (Retrieved on March 18, 2008)
- ↑ World Curling Federation. "WCF Executive Board and Staff".
- ↑ thecurlingnews.com. "WCF dumps Canadian president bails on rules changes".