# Thomas Lips

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Swiss curler and coach

Thomas Lips Curler Born (1970-02-27) 27 February 1970 (age 56) Urdorf Team Curling club CC Baden Regio, Baden Curling career World Championship appearances 1 (2004) European Championship appearances 3 (1991, 2003, 2006) Medal record Curling European Championships 2006 Basel A Group 1991 Chamonix A Group European Mixed Championship 2011 Tårnby

**Thomas Lips** (born 27 February 1970) is a [Swiss](/source/Switzerland) [curler](/source/Curling) from [Buchs, Zürich](/source/Buchs%2C_Z%C3%BCrich). Lips was a member of the Swiss team that won the [2006 European Curling Championships](/source/2006_European_Curling_Championships).

## Curling career

Lips started playing curling in 1977.[1] He won a bronze medal at the 1991 European Curling Championships, playing lead for [Daniel Model](/source/Daniel_Model). He would not return the Euros until 2003. Playing third for [Bernhard Werthemann](/source/Bernhard_Werthemann), they finished fourth. They finished sixth at the [2004 Ford World Men's Curling Championship](/source/2004_Ford_World_Men's_Curling_Championship). In 2006, playing second for [Andreas Schwaller](/source/Andreas_Schwaller), the team won the Euros, defeating Scotland in the final.

Lips currently skips his own team, which he took over in 2010, replacing Toni Müller, who will keep throwing last rocks. Prior to 2009, Lips played for [Andreas Schwaller](/source/Andreas_Schwaller). In their first event, the [2010 Baden Masters](/source/2010_Baden_Masters), the hometown Lips rink defeated the new [Brad Gushue](/source/Brad_Gushue)/[Randy Ferbey](/source/Randy_Ferbey) team in the final.

Lips was the coach of Russian Women's National Team and the German National Curling Teams. In June 2017 he returned to Switzerland for replacing Allan Moore as the National Coach in the Swiss Curling Association.

## Personal life

Lips is married.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Thomas Lips](http://ecc.curlit.com/CURLITBio/Bio.aspx?BioID=846&Name=), ecc.curlit.com

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 2019 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide: Team Switzerland

## External links

- [Thomas Lips](https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/3077) at [World Curling](/source/World_Curling)

- [Thomas Lips](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/5000801) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Thomas Lips](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/3000401529) at InterSportStats

v t e European Men's Curling Champions Year: (country's flag) champion skip 1975: Knut Bjaanaes 1976: Peter Attinger Jr. 1977: Ragnar Kamp 1978: Jürg Tanner 1979: Jimmy Waddell 1980: Barton Henderson 1981: Jürg Tanner 1982: Mike Hay 1983: Amédéé Biner 1984: Peter Attinger Jr. 1985: Rodger Gustaf Schmidt 1986: Felix Luchsinger 1987: Thomas Norgren 1988: David Smith 1989: Hammy McMillan 1990: Mikael Hasselborg 1991: Roland Jentsch 1992: Andy Kapp 1993: Eigil Ramsfjell 1994: Hammy McMillan 1995: Hammy McMillan 1996: Hammy McMillan 1997: Andy Kapp 1998: Peja Lindholm 1999: Hammy McMillan 2000: Markku Uusipaavalniemi 2001: Peja Lindholm 2002: Sebastian Stock 2003: David Murdoch 2004: Sebastian Stock 2005: Pål Trulsen 2006: Andreas Schwaller 2007: David Murdoch 2008: David Murdoch 2009: Niklas Edin 2010: Thomas Ulsrud 2011: Thomas Ulsrud 2012: Niklas Edin 2013: Sven Michel 2014: Niklas Edin 2015: Niklas Edin 2016: Niklas Edin 2017: Niklas Edin 2018: Bruce Mouat 2019: Niklas Edin 2021: Bruce Mouat 2022: Bruce Mouat 2023: Bruce Mouat 2024: Marc Muskatewitz 2025: Niklas Edin 2006: Switzerland (SUI) Andreas Schwaller, Ralph Stöckli, Thomas Lips, Damian Grichting, Raphael Brütsch

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