Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel

Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel
Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel
Curler
	Schwarz-van Berkel at the 2026 Players' Championship
Born	Benoît Schwarz; 19 August 1991; Geneva, Switzerland
Team
Curling club	CC Genève ; Geneva, SUI
Skip	Yannick Schwaller
Fourth	Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel
Second	Sven Michel
Lead	Pablo Lachat-Couchepin
Alternate	Kim Schwaller
Curling career
Member Association	Switzerland
World Championship; appearances	9 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025)
European Championship; appearances	11 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Olympic; appearances	4 (2014, 2018, 2022, 2026)
Grand Slam victories	2 (2018 Canadian Open, 2025 Canadian Open)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing Switzerland
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
World Junior Championships

Benoît François Dominique Schwarz-van Berkel (né Schwarz; born 19 August 1991) is a Swiss curler. He currently throws fourth stones for skip Yannick Schwaller. He is a World Junior Champion, won a gold medal with the Swiss team at the 2013 European Curling Championships in Stavanger, and also has two Grand Slam of Curling titles at the Canadian Open in 2018 and 2025. Schwarz-van Berkel has also earned multiple medals at both the European Curling Championship and World Men's Curling Championship, and was part of the bronze medal winning Swiss team at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2026 Winter Olympics.