Marco Hösli

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Marco Hösli
Curler
Born (2000-05-15) 15 May 2000 (age 21)
Team
Curling clubCC Glarus[1]
SkipMarco Hösli
Third
Second
Lead
Career
Member Association  Switzerland
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing   Switzerland
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Liverpool
Silver medal – second place 2020 Krasnoyarsk

Marco Hösli (born 15 May 2000) is a Swiss curler from Ennenda.[2] He is a two-time World Junior silver medallist.

Career[]

Juniors[]

Hösli skipped Team Switzerland, which also included , and at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships. There, he led Switzerland to a 6–3 round robin record. This put them into the playoffs, where they had to play the undefeated Scotland team, skipped by Ross Whyte in the semifinal. Switzerland upset the Scots, putting them into the final against Canada, skipped by Tyler Tardi.[3] Canada beat Switzerland, forcing Hösli and his rink to settle for silver.[4]

The next season, Hösli played for Team Switzerland at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships, starting the event as the alternate on the team, which was originally skipped by . After the first four games, Hösli took over as skip. The team finished the round robin with a 5–4 record. In the playoffs, the team once again upset Scotland (this time skipped by ) in the semifinal, before losing to Canada (skipped by Jacques Gauthier) in the final.[5]

Men's[]

Hösli and his rink of Philipp Hösli, and Spiess played in the 2020 Swiss Men's Curling Championship, where they went 1–5.[6] The following season, the team won the World Curling Tour event.[7]

In 2021, Hösli added as his team's second, replacing Spiess, with Hausherr moving to lead on the team. In the Swiss men's national championships 2021, Hösli and his team won the bronze medal for third place.[citation needed] The team started the 2021–22 curling season by winning two of their first three World Curling Tour events, the Adelboden International[8] and the .[9][7]

Hösli will represent Switzerland at the 2021 Winter Universiade.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Team Bélvèdere". Curlingclub Glarus (in German).
  2. ^ "Marco Hösli". Sporthilfe (in German).
  3. ^ "Glarner Curler überraschen sich selbst". suedostschweiz.ch (in German).
  4. ^ "World Junior Curling Championships 2019". World Curling Federation.
  5. ^ "World Junior Curling Championships 2020". World Curling Federation.
  6. ^ "Hoesli 1-5 at 2020 SWISSCURLING Championship". CurlingZone.
  7. ^ a b "Hoesli". World Curling Tour.
  8. ^ "Fleury comes back to take Oakville Labour Day Classic; Jacobs wins on men's side". TSN.
  9. ^ "Koe wins Okotoks Classic; Carey wins with new team". TSN.
  10. ^ "First Swiss athletes announced for home 2021 Winter Universiade". Inside the Games.

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