Valentin Tanner

{{Short description|Swiss curler (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox curler | name = Valentin Tanner | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|10|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Geneva]], Switzerland | Curling club = [[Club de curling de Genève|CC Genève]]<br>[[Geneva|Geneva, SUI]] | Fourth = [[Benoît Schwarz]] | Third = [[Sven Michel (curler)|Sven Michel]] | Skip = [[Peter de Cruz]] | Lead = '''Valentin Tanner''' | Alternate = [[Pablo Lachat]] | Member Association = {{SUI}} | World Championship appearances = 4 ({{WMCC|2014}}, {{WMCC|2017}}, {{WMCC|2019}}, {{WMCC|2021}}) | European Championship appearances = 5 ({{EuCC|2015}}, {{EuCC|2016}}, {{EuCC|2017}}, {{EuCC|2018}}, {{EuCC|2021}}) | Olympic appearances = 2 ([[Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2018]], [[Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2022]]) | Grand Slam victories = 1 ([[2018 Meridian Canadian Open|2018 Canadian Open]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[curling]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{SUI}} }} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalBronze|[[2018 Winter Olympics|2018 Pyeongchang]]|[[Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[World Curling Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2014 World Men's Curling Championship|2014 Beijing]]|}} {{MedalBronze|[[2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|2017 Edmonton]]|}} {{MedalBronze|[[2019 World Men's Curling Championship|2019 Lethbridge]]|}} {{MedalBronze | [[2021 World Men's Curling Championship|2021 Calgary]] | }} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Curling Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2015 European Curling Championships|2015 Esbjerg]]|}} {{MedalBronze|[[2016 European Curling Championships|2016 Renfrewshire]]|}} {{MedalBronze|[[2017 European Curling Championships|2017 St Gallen]]|}} {{MedalCompetition|[[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2010 World Junior Curling Championships|2010 Flims]]|}} {{MedalSilver|[[2011 World Junior Curling Championships|2011 Perth]]|}} }}

'''Valentin Igor Fédéric Tanner''' (born 2 October 1992) is a Swiss [[Curling|curler]]. He is [[2018 Winter Olympics]] bronze medalist and a four-time world bronze medalist.

==Career== Tanner is the long-time lead for [[Peter de Cruz]]. The team played in two [[World Junior Curling Championships]], winning gold at the [[2010 World Junior Curling Championships]] (defeating Scotland's [[Ally Fraser (curler)|Ally Fraser]] in the final) and a silver at the [[2011 World Junior Curling Championships]] (losing to Sweden's [[Oskar Eriksson]] in the final). 2011 was the final year of junior eligibility for de Cruz. Even though Tanner could have played another two years of juniors, he stuck with de Cruz to play in men's events.

On the [[World Curling Tour]], the team has won two events, the 2011 [[Curling Masters Champéry]] and the [[2012 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix]]. During the 2012-13 curling season, the team played in three [[Grand Slam (curling)|Grand Slam]] events, the [[2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling|2012 ROGERS Masters of Curling]] (lost in a tie-breaker), the [[2012 Canadian Open of Curling]] (1-4) and the [[2013 The National|National]] (1-4). The next season they played in one Slam, the [[2013 Canadian Open of Curling]] (3-3).

In 2014, the de Cruz rink won their first Swiss championship, by defeating the Swiss Olympic team of [[Sven Michel (curler)|Sven Michel]] in the final.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3380&eventtypeid=81&view=Playoffs&tp=0 |title=Swiss Curling League Finals: Playoffs}}</ref>

Tanner won a bronze medal at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] as a part of team de Cruz.

==Personal life== Tanner currently works as a bartender.<ref>2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team Switzerland</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Sports links}} *[https://www.swissolympicteam.ch/de/olympische-missionen/olympische-spiele/peking-2022/team/athletenportrait?athleteId=9017 Valentin Tanner] at the [[Swiss Olympic Association]] {{in lang|de}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20220313140051/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1049883-valentin-tanner.htm Valentin Tanner] at the [[Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics]] (archived) *{{Instagram}}

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