Peter de Cruz

Peter Vincent de Cruz (born 4 January 1990) is a Swiss curler. He is an Olympic bronze medallist for Switzerland, having skipped his Swiss rink to a third place finish at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. While de Cruz is the skip of his team, he throws second stones.

Peter de Cruz
Curler
Born (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990
London, England
Team
Curling clubCC Genève
Geneva, SUI
SkipPeter de Cruz
FourthBenoît Schwarz
ThirdSven Michel
LeadValentin Tanner
AlternatePablo Lachat
Curling career
Member Association  Switzerland
World Championship
appearances		4 (2014, 2017, 2019, 2021)
European Championship
appearances		5 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021)
Olympic
appearances		2 (2018, 2022)
Grand Slam victories1 (2018 Canadian Open)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing   Switzerland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2014 Beijing
Bronze medal – third place2017 Edmonton
Bronze medal – third place2019 Lethbridge
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Calgary
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Esbjerg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Renfrewshire
Bronze medal – third place2017 St Gallen
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 Flims
Silver medal – second place2011 Perth

As a junior, De Cruz skipped the Swiss team at both the 2010 and 2011 World Junior Curling Championships. He won the gold medal in 2010, defeating Scotland, skipped by Ally Fraser. In 2011, he took Switzerland to the finals once again, but this time lost to Sweden (skipped by Oskar Eriksson) in the final.

De Cruz has won bronze medals at three World Curling Championship, in 2014, 2017 and 2019. He led Switzerland to a silver medal at the 2015 European Curling Championships and bronze medals at the 2017 and 2018 European Curling Championships.

De Cruz has won eight World Curling Tour events in his career, the 2011 and 2018 Curling Masters Champéry, the 2012 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix, the 2016 Baden Masters, the 2018 Meridian Canadian Open Grand Slam, the 2019 Swiss Cup Basel, the 2019 Schweizer Cup and the 2020 Adelboden International.

Personal life

De Cruz currently resides in Carouge, Canton of Geneva.[1]

Grand Slam record
Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Elite 10 N/A N/A DNP DNP QF DNP DNP N/A N/A N/A
Masters Q DNP Q DNP Q QF DNP Q N/A Q
Tour Challenge N/A N/A N/A Q DNP Q SF Q N/A N/A
National Q DNP Q DNP Q DNP Q QF N/A SF
Canadian Open Q Q DNP DNP DNP C Q Q N/A N/A
Players' DNP DNP DNP DNP QF DNP SF N/A Q DNP
Champions Cup N/A N/A N/A Q QF DNP DNP N/A Q DNP

References
  1. "Peter De Cruz". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
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