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Isabella Marianne Peggy Wranå (born 22 June 1997) is a
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curler. She is a former
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of the Swedish junior women's team, with whom she won a World Junior championship in 2017. In 2018, she was inducted into the
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.


Career


Juniors

Wranå has skipped the Swedish team in four
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, in
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and
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. In 2014, she led her team of
Jennie Wåhlin Jennie Frances Wåhlin (born 26 November 1997) is a Swedish curler from Huddinge. She was a longtime member of Team Isabella Wranå. She won a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics as alternate for the Anna Hasselborg team. In 2018 she was i ...
, Elin Lövstrand, Fanny Sjöberg and Almida de Val to a fourth-place finish, after they lost in the bronze medal game to Russia. In 2015, she and teammates Wåhlin,
Johanna Heldin Johanna Maria Heldin (born 29 August 1994) is a Swedish curler. She is currently the alternate on Team Anna Hasselborg. Career Juniors Heldin played for Sweden at the 2012 Youth Olympics, throwing lead rocks for the team, which was skipped by ...
, Sjöberg and
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again finished fourth after this time losing to Switzerland in the bronze medal game. She was back at it in 2017 when her and teammates Wåhlin, de Val and Sjöberg won the gold medal, defeating Scotland's
Sophie Jackson Sophie Jackson (born 22 July 1996, in Dumfries) is a Scottish curler. She currently plays lead and skips Team Rebecca Morrison. Career Juniors Jackson twice skipped Team Scotland at the World Junior Curling Championships. Her first was i ...
in the final, and lost just two round robin games in the process. The next year the same team went undefeated in the round robin, but ended up losing to Canada's
Kaitlyn Jones Kaitlyn Jones (born March 21, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Juniors Born in Thompson, Manitoba, Jones curled out of Chilliwack, British Columbia, New Aiyansh, British Columbia and Ontario before moving to Regina, S ...
in the final. This team also represented Sweden at the
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, where they took home the bronze medal.


Women's

As World Junior champions, Wranå qualified for the
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, her first
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event. The team did not qualify for the playoffs but did win one game. The team won their first
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event at the 2018 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. A month later, they won the Paf Masters Tour. Over the course of the 2018–19 season, Wranå's team played in four slams, failing to qualify in any of the four. They won one game at the
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, one game at the
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, no games at the 2019 Canadian Open and one game at the 2019 Champions Cup. Also during this season, Wranå skipped her team to a gold medal at the
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. Team Wranå had a successful 2019–20 season, winning two tour events (the Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic and the Paf Masters Tour once again) and finishing second at the Women's Masters Basel and the Glynhill Ladies International. They played in two slam events, winning one game at both the
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and the
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. Due to the
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, Team Wranå only played in one tour event during the abbreviated 2020–21 season. The team competed at the 2020 Women's Masters Basel, where they missed the playoffs with a 1–2 record. In December, they played Team Hasselborg in the Sweden National Challenge, where they won by a score of 17–12. The
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was cancelled due to the pandemic, so Team Hasselborg was named as the Swedish Team for the
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. After the season, longtime lead Fanny Sjöberg stepped back from competitive curling and Maria Larsson joined the team as their new lead. In their first event of the 2021–22 season, Team Wranå reached the final of the 2021 Euro Super Series where they lost to Rebecca Morrison. They also reached the semifinals of the 2021 Women's Masters Basel before being eliminated by Denmark's
Madeleine Dupont Madeleine Kanstrup Dupont (born 26 May 1987 in Glostrup, Denmark) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen. She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004. She currently skips her own team with teammates Mathilde Halse, Jasmin Holtermann, My Larsen, a ...
. After missing the playoffs at the 2021 Masters, Team Wranå made the playoffs at a Grand Slam event for the first time at the
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before being eliminated in the quarterfinals by Kelsey Rocque. Elsewhere on tour, the team reached the semifinals of both the
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and the
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. At the Swedish Eliteserien in February, the team defeated
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to claim the event title. They also beat Sundberg in the final of the 2022
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in March. Team Wranå wrapped up their season at the
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Grand Slam where they once again qualified for the playoffs. They then lost to
Tracy Fleury Tracy Fleury (born Tracy Horgan; June 13, 1986) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season, and now plays third on the team. With Homan, she won the 2024 Scotties Tournament of ...
in the quarterfinal round. A highlight of the Players' Championship came when Wranå lost her broom during one of her shots in the game against
Krista McCarville Krista Lee McCarville (born Krista Lee Scharf on November 10, 1982) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the 2003 Winter Universiade silver medallist, a four-time Ontario p ...
, however, she was still able to deliver the stone. After the season,
Jennie Wåhlin Jennie Frances Wåhlin (born 26 November 1997) is a Swedish curler from Huddinge. She was a longtime member of Team Isabella Wranå. She won a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics as alternate for the Anna Hasselborg team. In 2018 she was i ...
stepped back from competitive curling and was replaced by Linda Stenlund. The revised lineup of the team saw Wranå and de Val continue at skip and third while Larsson moved up to second and Stenlund slotted in at lead. Team Wranå finished third at their second event of the 2022–23 season, the
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, defeating
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6–2. In September, the team competed in the European Qualifier best-of-seven series against Team Hasselborg, which they lost 4–1. They then had a quarterfinal finish at the 2022 Women's Masters Basel after a previously unbeaten record. In the first Slam of the season, the
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, they finished pool play with a 2–2 record, but then lost 7–2 in a tiebreaker to the newly formed
Kaitlyn Lawes Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes (born December 16, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to ...
rink. At the
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, they again went 2–2 to qualify for a tiebreaker, which they won 7–4 over
Hollie Duncan Hollie Duncan (born January 6, 1987, in Toronto, Ontario, as Hollie Nicol) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors As a bantam-aged curler, Duncan skipped her Unionville Curling Club ri ...
. Team Wranå then beat the World Champion
Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is a four-time women's world champion skip (, , , ) and five-time Grand Slam champion. She is a former world junior champion and reigning European champion. Tirinzo ...
rink in the quarters before losing to Team
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in the semifinal, marking the first time the team qualified for a Slam semifinal. They then lost in the final of the Sundbyberg Open to Team Hasselborg. The next Slam was the 2022 Masters, where the team missed the playoffs with a 1–3 record. The team began the New Year at the 2023 Canadian Open, where they qualified through the A side, defeating Team Hasselborg in the A final game. In the playoffs, they defeated
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in the quarterfinals before losing to
Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born Kerri Flett; October 3, 1987) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is a four-time women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to victory in the , , ...
in the semifinals. Team Wranå's next event was the 2023 International Bernese Ladies Cup where they went undefeated until the final where they fell to Team Tirinzoni. The following month, they played in the
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, finishing second behind Hasselborg. That same month, the team faced off against Hasselborg again for a chance to play in the
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. The two teams played in a best-of-seven series, with Hasselborg winning in seven games. In their next two events, they finished third at the Sun City Cup and won the Swedish Eliteserien. The team finished off their season at the 2023 Players' Championship. There, Wranå led her team to a 4–1 record in group play, earning a bye to the semifinals. In the playoffs, she defeated Einarson, and then Tirinzoni in the finals to claim the team's first ever Grand Slam title. After suffering defeats to Team Hasselborg in both of their first two tour events, Team Wranå turned things around at the European qualifier as they won the series 4–2, earning them the right to represent Sweden at the
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. In preparation for the Euros, the team played in the 2023 Players Open where they lost to Hasselborg in the final. They also played in two Slams, the
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and the
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, reaching the quarterfinals of the latter. In November, the team represented Sweden at the Europeans in
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. There, they finished third through the round robin with a 6–3 record, earning a spot in the playoffs. They then lost both the semifinal and bronze medal game to Italy and Norway respectively, finishing fourth. Back on tour, they reached the semifinals of the 2023 Western Showdown and the quarterfinals of the 2023 Masters and the 2024 International Bernese Ladies Cup. Days before the 2024 Swedish Women's Championship, Team Hasselborg was appointed to represent Sweden at the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship as they had accumulated more points than Team Wranå in their best five events. The team then lost the final of the Swedish Championship to Hasselborg. In February, Team Wranå won their sole event title of the season after an undefeated run at the Sun City Cup. To end the season, the team tried to defend their title at the 2024 Players' Championship. After a 4–1 record through the round robin, they beat Korea's
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in the semifinal before coming up short to Silvana Tirinzoni in a rematch of the 2023 final.


Mixed

Wranå also represented Sweden at the 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship, throwing
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rocks for the team, which was skipped by Patric Mabergs. The team would go on to win the gold medal. Wranå skipped the Swedish mixed team and threw third rocks at the
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. The team, which included Patric Mabergs,
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and Sofia Mabergs went undefeated in group play, but lost to Scotland in the quarterfinals. Wranå participates in
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with her brother
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. The two won their first mixed doubles tour event at the 2020 Mixed Doubles Bern event. In 2022, the pair represented Sweden at the
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in
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,
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. After a 7–2 round robin record, they lost to Germany's
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and
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in a qualification game, eliminating them in fifth place. Wranå and her brother Rasmus also represented Sweden at the
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as the hometown team, being held in
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. At the 2024 Championship, the team went 8–1 in the round robin and went on to win Wranå's first world adult championship title, beating Estonia's
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and
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8–4 in the final. The team however was unable to defend their championship, losing in the final of the 2025 Swedish Mixed Doubles Championship to
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and
Oskar Eriksson Oskar Ingemar Eriksson (born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. He currently plays third for the Niklas Edin rink. He is the first curler in history to win four Olympic medals – gold, silver, and two bronze – and the first to ...
.


Personal life

Wranå attended high school at Härnösands gymnasium. She lives in
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.


Grand Slam record


References


External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrana, Isabella Swedish female curlers Living people 1997 births Curlers from Stockholm World mixed doubles curling champions Winter World University Games medalists in curling FISU World University Games gold medalists for Sweden FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Sweden Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade 21st-century Swedish sportswomen