# Valentin Tanner > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Valentin_Tanner > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Valentin_Tanner.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Tanner > Source revision: 1337489625 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Swiss curler (born 1992) Valentin Tanner Curler Born (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 33) Geneva, Switzerland Team Curling club CC Genève Geneva, SUI Skip Peter de Cruz Fourth Benoît Schwarz Third Sven Michel Lead Valentin Tanner Alternate Pablo Lachat Curling career Member Association Switzerland World Championship appearances 4 (2014, 2017, 2019, 2021) European Championship appearances 5 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021) Olympic appearances 2 (2018, 2022) Grand Slam victories 1 (2018 Canadian Open) Medal record Men's curling Representing Switzerland Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team World Championships 2014 Beijing 2017 Edmonton 2019 Lethbridge 2021 Calgary European Championships 2015 Esbjerg 2016 Renfrewshire 2017 St Gallen World Junior Championships 2010 Flims 2011 Perth **Valentin Igor Fédéric Tanner** (born 2 October 1992) is a Swiss [curler](/source/Curling). He is [2018 Winter Olympics](/source/2018_Winter_Olympics) bronze medalist and a four-time world bronze medalist. ## Career Tanner is the long-time lead for [Peter de Cruz](/source/Peter_de_Cruz). The team played in two [World Junior Curling Championships](/source/World_Junior_Curling_Championships), winning gold at the [2010 World Junior Curling Championships](/source/2010_World_Junior_Curling_Championships) (defeating Scotland's [Ally Fraser](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ally_Fraser_(curler)&action=edit&redlink=1) in the final) and a silver at the [2011 World Junior Curling Championships](/source/2011_World_Junior_Curling_Championships) (losing to Sweden's [Oskar Eriksson](/source/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](/source/World_Curling_Tour), the team has won two events, the 2011 [Curling Masters Champéry](/source/Curling_Masters_Champ%C3%A9ry) and the [2012 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix](/source/2012_Challenge_Casino_de_Charlevoix). During the 2012-13 curling season, the team played in three [Grand Slam](/source/Grand_Slam_(curling)) events, the [2012 ROGERS Masters of Curling](/source/2012_The_Masters_Grand_Slam_of_Curling) (lost in a tie-breaker), the [2012 Canadian Open of Curling](/source/2012_Canadian_Open_of_Curling) (1-4) and the [National](/source/2013_The_National) (1-4). The next season they played in one Slam, the [2013 Canadian Open of Curling](/source/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](/source/Sven_Michel_(curler)) in the final.[1] Tanner won a bronze medal at the [2018 Winter Olympics](/source/2018_Winter_Olympics) as a part of team de Cruz. ## Personal life Tanner currently works as a bartender.[2] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Swiss Curling League Finals: Playoffs"](http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3380&eventtypeid=81&view=Playoffs&tp=0). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team Switzerland ## External links - [Valentin Tanner](https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/5910) at [World Curling](/source/World_Curling) - [Valentin Tanner](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/valentin-tanner) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) - [Valentin Tanner](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/138053) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Valentin Tanner](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/3000401532) at InterSportStats - [Valentin Tanner](https://www.swissolympicteam.ch/de/olympische-missionen/olympische-spiele/peking-2022/team/athletenportrait?athleteId=9017) at the [Swiss Olympic Association](/source/Swiss_Olympic_Association) (in German) - [Valentin Tanner](https://web.archive.org/web/20220313140051/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1049883-valentin-tanner.htm) at the [Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics](/source/Beijing_2022_Winter_Olympics) (archived) - [Valentin Tanner](https://www.instagram.com/valentintanner/) on [Instagram](/source/Instagram_(identifier)) v t e Canadian Open Champions (Men) Year: (country's/province's flag) champion skip 2001: Wayne Middaugh 2002: Kevin Martin 2003: Glen Despins 2005: Kevin Martin 2006: Jeff Stoughton 2007 (Jan.): Kevin Martin 2007 (Dec.): Kevin Martin 2009: Glenn Howard 2010: Kevin Martin 2011 (Jan.): Mike McEwen 2011 (Dec.): Mike McEwen 2012: Glenn Howard 2013: Kevin Koe 2014: Brad Gushue 2015: John Epping 2017: Brad Gushue 2018: Peter de Cruz 2019: Brendan Bottcher 2020: Brad Jacobs 2023: Brendan Bottcher 2024 (Jan.): Bruce Mouat 2024 (Nov.): Bruce Mouat 2025: Yannick Schwaller 2018: Switzerland (SUI) Benoît Schwarz, Claudio Pätz, Peter de Cruz, Valentin Tanner v t e World Junior Men's Curling Champions Year: (country's flag) champion skip 1975: Jan Ullsten 1976: Paul Gowsell 1977: Bill Jenkins 1978: Paul Gowsell 1979: Donald Barcome Jr. 1980: Andrew McQuistin 1981: Peter Wilson 1982: Sören Grahn 1983: John Base 1984: Al Edwards 1985: Bob Ursel 1986: David Aitken 1987: Douglas Dryburgh 1988: Jim Sullivan 1989: Peja Lindholm 1990: Stefan Traub 1991: Alan MacDougall 1992: Stefan Heilman 1993: Craig Wilson 1994: Colin Davison 1995: Tom Brewster 1996: James Dryburgh 1997: Ralph Stöckli 1998: John Morris 1999: John Morris 2000: Brad Kuhn 2001: Brad Gushue 2002: David Hamblin 2003: Steve Laycock 2004: Niklas Edin 2005: Kyle George 2006: Charley Thomas 2007: Charley Thomas 2008: Chris Plys 2009: Rasmus Stjerne 2010: Peter de Cruz 2011: Oskar Eriksson 2012: Brendan Bottcher 2013: Kyle Smith 2014: Yannick Schwaller 2015: Braden Calvert 2016: Bruce Mouat 2017: Lee Ki-jeong 2018: Tyler Tardi 2019: Tyler Tardi 2020: Jacques Gauthier 2022: James Craik 2023: Fei Xueqing 2024: Lukas Høstmælingen 2025: Stefano Spiller 2026: Caden Hebert 2010: Switzerland (SUI) Benoît Schwarz, Roger Gulka, Peter de Cruz, Valentin Tanner, Dominik Märki --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Valentin Tanner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Tanner) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Tanner?action=history)). 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