Kurt Attinger was a Swiss curler. He played lead position on the Swiss rink that won the and a silver medal at the .
Teams Season Skip Third Second Lead Events 1973–74 Bernhard Attinger Kurt Attinger Ruedi Attinger Louis Keller SJCC 1974 1974 (unofficial) 1979–80 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Mattias Neuenschwander Kurt Attinger SMCC 1980 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 1984–85 Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Werner Attinger Kurt Attinger 1986–87 Peter Attinger Jr. Werner Attinger Martin Zürrer Kurt Attinger SMCC 1987
Private life Attinger grew up in a family of curlers. His father Peter Sr. is a 1972 Swiss men's champion. His brothers - Peter Jr., Bernhard, Ruedi and Werner are curlers too. They won Swiss and European championships and Worlds medals when they played on Peter Jr.'s team. His nephew (Peter Jr.'s son) Felix is the skip of a team that won the Swiss men's silver in 2017 and bronze in 2016, with Peter Jr. coaching this team. Bernhard's daughter, Sandra Ramstein-Attinger is a competitive curler too. She played in three Women's Worlds with teams skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni and Binia Feltscher-Beeli.Auf der Spur des Familienerfolgs - Curling Club Wetzikon
Kurt Attinger died in 2011 of cancer.German: "Vor sieben Jahren erlag Evis Mann einem Krebsleiden. Kurt war eines von sechs Kindern des Curling-Pioniers Peter Attinger"; English: "Seven years ago, Evis man died of cancer. Kurt was one of six children of curling pioneer Peter Attinger"
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