Pablo Lachat
| Pablo Lachat | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 20 October 2000 | |||||||||||||
| Team | ||||||||||||||
| Curling club | , Lausanne, SUI[1] | |||||||||||||
| Skip | Peter de Cruz | |||||||||||||
| Fourth | Benoît Schwarz | |||||||||||||
| Third | Sven Michel | |||||||||||||
| Lead | Valentin Tanner | |||||||||||||
| Alternate | Pablo Lachat | |||||||||||||
| Career | ||||||||||||||
| Member Association |  Switzerland | |||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (2021) | |||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 1 (2021) | |||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2022) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pablo Lachat (born 20 October 2000) is an Swiss curler from Bussigny, Switzerland.[1] He is currently the alternate on Team Peter de Cruz.
Career[]
Lachat won the Swiss Junior Curling Championships in 2020 with his team of , and . This qualified the team for the 2021 World Junior Curling Championships, however, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Lachat was the alternate for the Swiss National Men's Curling Team skipped by Peter de Cruz at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship.[3] At the Worlds, Team Switzerland finished the round robin with a 8–5 record which qualified them for the playoffs as the sixth seed. They then defeated the United States 7–6 in the qualification game before losing 11–3 to Sweden in the semifinal. They were able to defeat RCF (Russia) in the bronze medal game 6–5 to claim the bronze medal.[4] Because the team qualified for the playoffs, they earned Switzerland a berth into the 2022 Winter Olympics.[5]
Lachat was the alternate for the de Cruz rink once again for the 2021–22 season. At the start of the season, Team de Cruz won the 2021 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials, securing their spot as the Swiss representatives for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[6] Next, the team represented Switzerland at the 2021 European Curling Championships where they finished the round robin with a 5–4 record, failing to advance to the playoffs.[7]
Personal life[]
Lachat is currently a law student.[1]
Teams[]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17[8] | Florian
(Fourth) |
Gaëtan
Mancini |
Pablo
Lachat |
Theo
Kurz | |
| 2017–18 | Florian Mesot | Pablo
Lachat |
Anthony Petoud | Gaëtan | Theo
Kurz |
| 2018–19 | Florian
Mesot |
Pablo | Anthony
Petoud |
Gaëtan | Theo
Kurz |
| 2019–20 | Anthony
Petoud |
Jan Klossner (Skip) | Pablo Lachat | Theo Kurz | |
| 2020–21 | Anthony Petoud (Fourth) | Jan
Klossner |
Pablo Lachat | ||
| Benoît Schwarz (Fourth) | Sven Michel | Peter de Cruz (Skip) | Valentin Tanner | Pablo Lachat | |
| 2021–22 | Anthony Petoud (Fourth) | (Skip) | Pablo Lachat | Theo Kurz | |
| Benoît Schwarz (Fourth) | Sven Michel | Peter de Cruz (Skip) | Valentin Tanner | Pablo Lachat |
References[]
- ^ a b c "2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ Richard Gray (November 13, 2020). "Beijing 2022 test events replaced with adapted sports testing programme". World Curling Federation. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ Donna Spencer (March 31, 2021). "A team-by-team look at the men's world curling championship field". CBC. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ "2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ Jeffrey Au (April 9, 2021). "Switzerland qualify for final play-off spot and Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 berth". World Curling Federation. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ "OLYMPIC TRIALS WINNER!