Andi Schwaller

{{short description|Swiss curler and Olympic medalist}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport | [[Curling]]}} {{MedalCompetition | [[Curling at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] | Team }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Curling Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2001 World Curling Championships|2001 Lausanne]] | Team }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Curling Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold | [[2006 European Curling Championships|2006 Basel]] | A Group }} {{MedalSilver | [[2001 European Curling Championships|2001 Vierumäki]] | A Group }} {{MedalBronze | [[1993 European Curling Championships|1993 Leukerbad]] | A Group }} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Andreas "Andi" Schwaller''' (born 8 July 1970 in [[Recherswil]]) is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[curling|curler]]. He received a bronze medal at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]].

Schwaller started playing curling in 1982. He plays in fourth position as a skip and is right-handed.<ref>[http://ecc.curlit.com/CURLITBio/Bio.aspx?BioID=37&Name= Andi Schwaller], ecc.curlit.com</ref>

In 2001 he won a silver medal at the World Curling Championships, in his home country. He scored an upset victory over [[Randy Ferbey]] in the semifinals, before falling to [[Peja Lindholm]] in the final.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics he looked set to make the gold medal game, leading eventual gold medalist [[Pål Trulsen]] 6-3 after 8 ends in the semifinal. Trulsen though made a large comeback, stealing in the 10th end, and then coming up with the winning stolen point in the 11th when Schwaller wrecked on a guard. He recovered to win the bronze medal game over Sweden, skipped by Lindholm, gaining revenge from the previous years World Championship final result, and earning an Olympic medal.

His wife is [[Heike Schwaller]], his daughters are [[Xenia Schwaller]] and Zoe Schwaller.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karrys |first=George |date=2026-05-03 |title=World Seniors, Wheelchairs, Pinstripes and More |url=https://thecurlingnews.com/news/news/world-seniors-wheelchairs-pinstripes-and-more |access-date=2026-05-13 |website=The Curling News |language=en}}</ref> His brother is [[Christof Schwaller]].

== Teammates == '''[[Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games]]'''

[[Christof Schwaller]], ''Third''

[[Markus Eggler]], ''Second''

[[Damian Grichting]], ''Lead''

[[Marco Ramstein]], ''Alternate''

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