Christiaan Offringa is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 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...

 from the Curling Club Utrecht

Curling Club Utrecht

The Curling Club Utrecht is the second biggest curling club in the Netherlands.It is located in Utrecht and is home to the Praxis Hammerheads....

. He is the Skip of the second Dutch national team. He played lead for the Dutch Junior team at the 2001 and 2003 "B" World Junior Championships, finishing 7th both times on a team skipped by Mark Neeleman. Offringa made his 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...

 debut in 2005 when he played lead for Reg Wiebe

Reg Wiebe

Reg Wiebe is a Dutch curler from the Curling Club Utrecht. He is currently skip of the Dutch national team. Wiebe has played in six European Curling Championships, including a 10th place finish in the 1999 Championships as a third for Wim Neeleman. Wiebe has skipped the Dutch team to two European...

's 19th place team.

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