Thomas Lips
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Thomas Lips is a Swiss
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
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

. Lips was a member of the Swiss team that won the 2006 European Curling Championships
2006 European Curling Championships
The 2006 European Curling Championships were held , 2006 at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.-Teams:-Session 1:December 9, 2006-Session 2:December 9, 2006-Session 3:December 10, 2006-Session 4:December 11, 2006...

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Lips started playing curling in 1977. He won a bronze medal at the 1991 European Curling Championships, playing lead for Daniel Model. He would not return the Euros until 2003. Playing third for Bernhard Werthemann, they finished fourth. They finished sixth at the 2004 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
2004 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
-Draw 2:April 18, 2004 08:00-Draw 3:April 18, 2004 16:00-Draw 4:April 19, 2004 08:30-Draw 5:April 19, 2004 19:00-Draw 6:April 20, 2004 14:00-Draw 7:April 21, 2004 08:30-Draw 8:April 21, 2004 19:00...

. In 2006, playing second for Andreas Schwaller, the team won the Euros, defeating Scotland in the final.

Lips currently skips his own team, which he took over in 2010, replacing Toni Müller, who will keep throwing last rocks. Prior to 2009, Lips played for Andreas Schwaller. In their first event, the 2010 Baden Masters
2010 Baden Masters
The 2010 Baden Masters was held September 10-12 in Baden, Switzerland. It was the first event of the Men's World Curling Tour for the 2010-11 curling season. The total purse of the event was 26,500 Swiss francs . The winning team was the hometown Thomas Lips rink which defeated the new Brad...

, the hometown Lips rink defeated the new Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue
Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland...

/Randy Ferbey
Randy Ferbey
Randy Ferbey is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion....

team in the final.

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