Sven Michel (curler)

Sven Michel
Sven Michel
Curler
Born	30 March 1988 (age 36); Brienz, Switzerland
Team
Curling club	CC Genève, ; Geneva, SUI
Skip	Yannick Schwaller
Fourth	Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel
Second	Sven Michel
Lead	Pablo Lachat
Alternate	Tom Winkelhausen
Mixed doubles; partner	Alina Pätz
Curling career
Member Association	Switzerland
World Championship; appearances	8 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)
World Mixed Doubles Championship; appearances	3 (2011, 2018, 2022)
European Championship; appearances	9 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Olympic; appearances	2 (2014, 2022)
Other appearances	European Mixed: 1 (2010) ; World Juniors: 2 (2006, 2007)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing Switzerland
World Championships
European Championships
World Mixed Doubles Championship
European Mixed Championship
World Junior Championships

Sven Michel (born 30 March 1988) is a Swiss curler from Matten.^[1] He won a gold medal for Switzerland at the 2013 European Curling Championships and skipped Switzerland at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career

As a junior curler, Michel won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships, playing third for Christian von Gunten.

Michel won a silver medal at the 2010 European Mixed Curling Championship, playing second for Claudio Pätz. Later in the season, he and partner Alina Pätz won the gold medal at the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Michel would then become one of the top skips in Switzerland, and would represent his country at the 2011 and 2012 European Curling Championships as skip. He also represented Switzerland at the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, Michel's first world championship appearance, placing 7th. Later that year, Michel led his country to a gold medal at the 2013 European Championships.

Michel's success led him to be selected by the Swiss Curling Association to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics. At the games, he led Switzerland to an 8th-place finish with a 3-6 record. More recently he competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics with the Swiss Men's team, finishing 7th.

Michel won his first World Curling Tour event in September 2011 when he won the 2011 Baden Masters. Since then he has also won the 2012 Baden Masters and the 2014 German Masters. Michel finished second in the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Geneva with Alina Pätz. The pair were defeated 7-9 in the final by Muirhead and Lammie of Scotland.^[2]

Personal life

Michel is employed as a bricklayer. He is in a relationship with fellow curler Alina Pätz.^[3]

Grand Slam record

Key
C	Champion
F	Lost in Final
SF	Lost in Semifinal
QF	Lost in Quarterfinals
R16	Lost in the round of 16
Q	Did not advance to playoffs
T2	Played in Tier 2 event
DNP	Did not participate in event
N/A	Not a Grand Slam event that season

Event	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25
Tour Challenge	N/A	N/A	N/A	Q	DNP	DNP	SF	Q	N/A	N/A	QF	QF	QF
Canadian Open	DNP	DNP	Q	Q	DNP	DNP	Q	Q	N/A	N/A	QF	QF
The National	Q	SF	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP	Q	QF	N/A	SF	Q	SF
Masters	Q	Q	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q	N/A	Q	QF	SF
Players'	DNP	Q	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	N/A	Q	DNP	F	Q
Champions Cup	N/A	N/A	N/A	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP	N/A	N/A
Elite 10	N/A	N/A	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

References

^ "sven michel". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
^ "Scotland win World Mixed Doubles Championship". World Curling Federation. 30 April 2022. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ Bornand, Pascal (23 April 2022). "Le couple glamour qui change la glace en or". 24 Heures (in French). p. 14.