Heike Schwaller is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 curler. She currently plays second for Binia Feltscher-Beeli

Binia Feltscher-Beeli

Binia Feltscher-Beeli is a Swiss curler.Feltscher-Beeli started playing curling in 1989. Since 2007, she plays skip and is right-handed.-References:...

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Schwaller has played most of her competitive career for Germany. In 1989, she played lead for Andrea Schöpp

Andrea Schöpp

Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich....

, and won a gold medal at the European Curling Championships

European Curling Championships

The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations and hosted by the European Curling Federation. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December...

. She was the alternate on the team that won a silver medal at the 1994 European Curling Championships, gold at the 1995 European Curling Championships, and a bronze at the 1996 European Curling Championships and 1997 European Curling Championships

1997 European Curling Championships

The 1997 European Curling Championships were held in Füssen, Germany December 6-13.-Group A:-Group B:-Group A:-Playoffs:-Group A:-Group B:-Group A:-Playoffs:-References:*...

. In all four events, she didn't play a single game, however. She was promoted the following year to second, and she won another gold medal at the 1998 European Curling Championships

1998 European Curling Championships

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Schwaller last played competitively for Germany at the 2002 Ford World Curling Championships. At the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

The 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada from March 20-28, 2010.-Qualification:...

, she played in her first international event for Switzerland.