Yannick Schwaller

Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil.

He currently skips his own team out of Geneva.

Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Championships.

In 2014, he led his team of Reto Keller, throwing fourth stones, Patrick Witschonke, Michael Probst and Romano Meier to a 6–3 round robin record.

They then beat Italy's Amos Mosaner in a tiebreaker to qualify for the playoffs.

There, they defeated Canada's Braden Calvert and Norway's Eirik Mjøen in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff and semifinal games respectively, qualifying for the final.

In the final, they won 6–5 over Scotland's Kyle Smith rink to become the World Junior champions, becoming just the fifth Swiss men's team to do so.

Schwaller returned to the World Juniors the following season with his same lineup in attempts to repeat as world champions.

The team fared better through the round robin at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing second overall with a 7–2 record.

They then lost to Canada's Calvert team in the 1 vs. 2 game, but bounced back with a win over Sweden's Fredrik Nyman to once again play in the World Junior final.

There, they were defeated 6–3 by the Canadian team, settling for silver.

Team Schwaller began competing on the World Curling Tour during the 2015–16 season and found success, reaching the playoffs in four of their events.

They made the semifinal round of the Curling Masters Champéry and the quarterfinals of the Swiss Cup Basel, as well as the finals of two regional Swiss events.

His team, now with Schwaller throwing the fourth stones, competed once more in the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships where they made the playoffs for a third straight year with a 6–3 record.

Despite beating Canada's Matt Dunstone in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game, they lost both the semifinal and bronze medal game to the United States' Korey Dropkin and Canada respectively, settling for fourth.

Out of juniors, Schwaller continued competing on the World Curling Tour skipping his team of Meier, Keller and Marcel Käufeler.

They did not have very much success in their first season together and Reto Keller was replaced by Michael Brunner for the 2017–18 season.

They won their first tour event at the 2017 Qinghai International, losing only one game en route to claiming the title.

They also reached the finals of both the DeKalb Superspiel and the Aberdeen International Curling Championship as well as the semifinals of the Oakville Fall Classic and the German Masters.

The team also had a strong performance at the 2018 Swiss Men's Curling Championship, finishing the round robin in first place with a 9–1 record.

They then won the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game to qualify for the final where they faced the Marc Pfister rink.

After beating Team Pfister in both the round robin and page playoff game, they lost 7–5 in the championship final, settling for second.

Team Schwaller won two more tour events during the 2018–19 season, the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and the Schweizer Cup.

Because of their success from the previous season, the team joined the elite ranks and competed in their first ever Grand Slam of Curling events.

They played in the 2018 Masters, 2018 National and the 2019 Champions Cup, however, missed the playoffs at all three events.

The team also played in three legs of the Curling World Cup.

In the second leg, they finished in seventh place with a 2–4 record.

In the third leg, they finished in fourth with a 4–2 record and in the grand final, they went 3–3.

At the Swiss Men's Championship, the team finished second in the round robin with a 6–1 record but was able to avenge that loss in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game by defeating the Peter de Cruz rink.

In the final, they once again played Team de Cruz where they lost in an extra end 8–7.

Also during the 2018–19 season, Schwaller and his team competed in the 2019 Winter Universiade.

There, they went 6–3 through the round robin and won their qualification game before losing both the semifinal and bronze medal games, settling for fourth.

Schwaller and his team began the 2019–20 season by winning two more tour events, the Baden Masters and the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic.

Later in the fall, the team was selected to represent Switzerland at the 2019 European Curling Championships.

There, they posted a 6–3 round robin record.

This qualified them for the playoffs where they beat Denmark's Mikkel Krause in the semifinals, before losing to Sweden's Niklas Edin rink in the final, settling for silver.

In Grand Slam play, the team competed in four events and reached the playoffs for the first time at the 2020 Canadian Open.

There, they lost out to Brad Gushue in the quarterfinals.

At the Swiss Championship, the team went 7–2 through the round robin and championship pools, qualifying them for the final against the de Cruz rink.

There, they won their first national title by defeating Team de Cruz 5–3.