Marie Kaldvee (born 23 January 1995 as Marie Turmann) is an Estonian curler from Järveküla,

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Career

Juniors

Turmann played for the Estonian team at the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics, playing

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on the team, which finished in last place. In the mixed doubles event, she was paired with Italy's Alessandro Zoppi. They would be eliminated after losing their only game. After playing in five European Junior Curling Challenges Turmann finally qualified for the

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in 2015. Turmann would

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the Estonian team there, with teammates Kerli Zirk, Kerli Laidsalu and Johanna Ehatamm. The team finished the event with a 2–7 round robin record, missing the playoffs. In her last year of junior eligibility, Turmann led Estonia to a fourth-place finish at the 2016 World Junior B Curling Championships.

Women's

At 15 years old, Turmann made her

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debut, playing

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for the Estonian team skipped by Küllike Ustav at the

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. The team finished seventeenth overall. Turmann again played for Estonia at the

2014 European Curling Championships The 2014 European Curling Championships were held November 22 to 29 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. Switzerland last hosted the European Curling Championships in 2010, when it was also held in Champéry. The Group C compet ...

, on a team skipped by

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. Despite being the team's official alternate, Turmann played in all twelve matches. The team played in the A division of the event, and finished in eighth place overall. In 2017, she won the Estonian women's curling championship. At the

2017 European Curling Championships The 2017 European Curling Championships was held from November 17 to 25 in St Gallen, Switzerland. The Group C competitions was held in May in Andorra. At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams will go to the 2018 Ford ...

she skipped the Estonian team for the first time. The team won third place in the B Division. The team won the Estonian Women's National Championship once again in 2018. At the

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, she led her team to a second-place finish in the B Division. This qualified Estonia for the

2019 World Qualification Event The 2019 World Qualification Event was held from January 18 to 23 at the Maniototo Curling International rink in Naseby, New Zealand. It was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with the New Zealand women's team taking one host berth and ...

for a chance to make it to the

2019 World Women's Curling Championship The 2019 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2019 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from 16 to 24 March at the Silkeborg Sportscenter in Silkeborg, Denmark. Qualification The following nat ...

. At the Qualification event, the team could not make the playoffs, finishing with a 3–4 record. In 2019, the team won their first

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event at the Tallinn Ladies International Challenger. A few weeks later, Turmann once again skipped the Estonian team at the 2019 European Curling Championships where her team got to compete in the A Division. They finished with a 2–7 record, which qualified them once again for the 2020 World Qualification Event. There, they just missed the playoffs with a 4–3 record. The team won two more national championships in 2020 and 2021. Due the

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, the field at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship was expanded to 14 teams, after the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship was cancelled. The 2021 event was originally planned to be hosted by Switzerland, giving that nation an automatic entry. This gave Europe an extra qualification spot for the 2021 Worlds, which was based on the results of the 2019 European Championship, the last Euros held before the pandemic. As they had finished 8th, this qualified Estonia and the Turmann rink for the 2021 Worlds, the first time Estonia would play at the World Championships. At the World Championships, Turmann led Estonia to a 1–12 record, in last place. Their lone win coming against Germany.

Mixed and mixed doubles curling

Turmann was a member of the Estonian team at the 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship, playing lead. The team finished 12th. Turmann and partner

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represented Estonia at the

2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 16 to 23 at the Karlstad Curling Arena in Karlstad, Sweden. The event was held in conjunction with the 2016 World Senior Curling Championships. Teams The teams are listed as ...

. The team finished in 2nd place in their group with a 5–1 record, and ended up losing to China in the quarterfinals and settled for a 6th-place finish. In 2018 Marie and partner

won Estonian nationals and represented Estonia at the

2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 21 to 28 at the Östersund Arena in Östersund, Sweden. The event was held in conjunction with the 2018 World Senior Curling Championships. Teams Round-robin standings ''Fi ...

. They went undefeated in group play, but lost in the round of 16 to Turkey. Turmann and Lill returned to represent Estonia at the

2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held in Stavanger, Norway from April 20 to 27, 2019. The event was held in conjunction with the 2019 World Senior Curling Championships. A record forty-eight nations competed in the event, i ...

. They again won their group, with a 6–1 record, and made it as far as the quarterfinals where they lost to the United States.

Personal life

Kaldvee is employed as an engineer. Her sister is teammate Liisa Turmann. In June 2021, she married fellow curler Tarvin Kaldvee, Mari and Tarvin as teammates won silver medals on 2017 Estonian mixed curling championship. Tarvin currently plays leadTarvin Kaldvee - CurlingZone
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, Estonian men's champion curler with entire team.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaldvee, Marie Living people 1995 births Estonian female curlers Estonian curling champions Curlers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Curlers from Tallinn Estonian engineers 21st-century Estonian sportswomen