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2024 Cortina Curling Cup
The 2024 Cortina Curling Cup was held from January 11 to 13 at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round-robin format with a € 20,000 purse. In the final, the Turkish women's team, led by Dilşat Yıldız won their first tour title, defeating Zürich's Xenia Schwaller 6–4 in the championship game. Yıldız, with Öznur Polat, İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu, Berfin Şengül and İclal Karaman opened the scoring with two in the first and took two more in the fourth to maintain a two point lead. After Schwaller got two back in the sixth, the Turkish team scored a single in the seventh before stealing one in the eighth for the victory. Coming in as the eighth seeds, Team Yıldız finished 3–1 through the round robin to qualify for the quarterfinals, which included an upset victory over the host Stefania Constantini rink. In the playoffs, they beat Germany's Emira Abbes 9–3 in the quarters before defeating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cortina D'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomites, Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite (river), Boite river, in an alpine valley, it is a summer and winter sport resort known for its skiing trails, scenery, accommodation, shops and après-ski scene, and for its jet set and Italian aristocratic crowd. In the Middle Ages, Ampezzo fell under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Aquileia (State), Patriarchate of Aquileia and of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1420 it was conquered by the Republic of Venice. From 1508, it then spent much of its history under Habsburg rule, briefly undergoing some territorial changes under Napoleon, before being returned to the Austrian Empire (later Austria-Hungary), which held it until 1918. From the nineteenth century, Ampezzo became a notable regional centre for crafts. The local handmade products were a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Rørvik
Marianne Rørvik (born 2 August 1983) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo. She is the skip of the Norwegian national women's team. Rørvik has played in nine straight (1997–2005) World Junior Curling Championships, winning gold in 2004 playing third for Linn Githmark. In 2002, she was added as an alternate player on the Dordi Nordby rink. In 2005, she played second for the team, which included a trip to the 2006 Winter Olympics and a fourth-place finish. In 2006, she was promoted as the team's third, and finally with the retirement of Nordby in 2008, she got to skip the national team. Personal life Rørvik is in a relationship with fellow curler Torger Nergård Torger Nergård, also spelled Nergaard (born 12 December 1974) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo."Torger Nergaard, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 Februar ... and is mother of two children Karine (b. 2010) & Thale (b. 2013). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Min-ji (curler)
Kim Min-ji (born August 16, 1999) is a South Korean curler. She currently plays third on the Gyeonggi Province curling team skipped by Gim Eun-ji. She is a 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling champion. Career Kim skipped the South Korean junior team at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships. She led her team of Kim Hye-rin, Yang Tae-i, Oh Su-yun and Lee Ji-young to a bronze medal finish. After finishing the round robin with a 7–2 record, the team lost to Hungary (skipped by Dorottya Palancsa) in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game, but went on to beat the Hungarians in a re-match in the bronze medal game, after Hungary lost in the semifinal. Kim began skipping a team on the World Curling Tour in 2016. She won her first tour event by claiming the 2016 Hub International Crown of Curling. Kim, and teammates Kim Hye-rin, Yang and Kim Su-jin represented Korea at the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships. The team posted a 5–4 round robin record, tied with Switzerland for fourth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Romei
Angela Romei (born February 20, 1997) is an Italian curler from Pinerolo.2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide She currently plays second on the Italian National Women's Curling Team skipped by Stefania Constantini Stefania Constantini (born April 15, 1999) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo. She currently skips the Italian National Women's Curling Team. She has played in three World Championships (2018, 2021, and 2022), five European Championshi .... Personal life As of 2020, Romei is a student. References External links * 1997 births Living people Italian female curlers People from Monopoli People from Pinerolo Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Bari Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Turin 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Mathis
Elena Antonia Mathis Falivena (born 31 August 1999 in Wetzikon, Switzerland) is a Swiss–Italian curler. At the national level, she is a three-time Swiss Junior champion curler. At the international level, she competed for Switzerland in three , and for Italy at the 2023 European Curling Championships. She moved from Switzerland to Italy in the summer of 2023 to play for the Italian National Women's Team, skipped by Stefania Constantini Stefania Constantini (born April 15, 1999) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo. She currently skips the Italian National Women's Curling Team. She has played in three World Championships (2018, 2021, and 2022), five European Championshi .... Personal life As of 2024, Mathis is a student. She lives in Bäretswil, Switzerland. Teams Switzerland Italy References External links * * * * * Living people 1999 births Sportspeople from the canton of Zürich Swiss female curlers Italian female curlers People from Wet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of . It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and Czechia to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in what is now Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Füssen
Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu, situated one kilometre from the Austrian border. The town is known for violin manufacturing and as the closest transportation hub for the Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles. As of , the town has a population of . History Füssen was settled in Roman times, on the Via Claudia Augusta, a road that leads southwards to northern Italy and northwards to Augusta Vindelicum (today's Augsburg), the former regional capital of the Roman province Raetia. The original name of Füssen was "Foetes", or "Foetibus" (inflected), which derives from Latin "Fauces", meaning "gorge", probably referring to the Lech gorge. In Late Antiquity Füssen was the home of a part of the Legio III Italica, which was stationed there to guard the important trade route over the Alps. Füssen later became the site of the "Hohes Schloss" (High Castle), the former summer residence of the prince-bishops of Augsburg. Below the Hohes Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maike Beer
Maike Beer (born 7 June 1996 in Hamburg (page 5) (web archive)) is a German curler. She currently plays on the German national women's curling team, skipped by Emira Abbes
Emira Abbes (born 6 September 1996) is a German curler from Füssen. She currently skips the Ge ...
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Lena Kapp
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Pia-Lisa Schöll
Pia-Lisa Schöll (born 28 March 1991 in Oberstdorf) is a German curler. She is currently the alternate on the German national women's curling team, skipped by Emira Abbes. Career Juniors Schöll played third for Germany, skipped by Frederike Templin at the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships, placing last (10th place). She played third for Germany in four European Junior Curling Challenges (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011), winning the event outright in 2008 (qualifying Germany for the 2008 World Juniors). Schöll skipped the German team at the 2011 Winter Universiade, leading her team of Franzi Fischer, Josephine Obermann and Ann-Kathrin Bastian to an 8th-place finish. Women's After her youth career, Schöll found success in mixed curling. She won a gold medal at the 2013 European Mixed Curling Championship, playing lead for Andy Kapp. She also played in the inaugural World Mixed Championship, again playing lead for Kapp's German team. The rink lost in the quarterfinals of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Höhne
Mia Höhne (born 29 September 2000) is a German curler from Füssen. She currently plays third on the German National Women's Curling Team skipped by Emira Abbes. Career Höhne skipped the German national junior women's curling team from 2016 to 2020. She never qualified for the World Junior Curling Championships through the World Junior B Curling Championships. She joined the women's rink of Daniela Jentsch as their alternate in 2019 and they went 5–7 at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship. Höhne was promoted to third on Team Jentsch when they represented Germany at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship, which was played in a bio-secure bubble in Calgary, Canada due the ongoing pandemic. The team had to play with just three players as second Klara-Hermine Fomm and alternate Emira Abbes tested positive for COVID-19 upon their arrival, and had to be quarantined. At the Worlds, the threesome of Daniela Jentsch, Höhne and Analena Jentsch finished in ninth place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling At The 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification
The curling competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics will feature a total of 30 teams. There will be 10 teams participating in each of the three disciplines: Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles. In the Men's and Women's events, each team will consist of 5 athletes, while the Mixed Doubles teams will have 2 athletes each. This means that a total of 120 athletes will be competing across all disciplines. Summary Final summary As the host country of the 2026 Winter Olympics, Italy will have teams participating in all three disciplines of curling. This marks Italy at the Winter Olympics, Italy's second participation in the Women's event, with their previous appearance dating back to the last time Italy hosted the Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in 2006. Men Women Mixed doubles Qualification timeline ''Source:'' Qualification system Qualification to the curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics will be determined through two methods. Nations will qualify ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
