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2003 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
The 2003 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2003 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from April 5–13, 2003. Teams Round robin standings Round robin results Draw 1 ''April 5, 2003 13:00'' Draw 2 ''April 6, 2003 08:00'' Draw 3 ''April 6, 2003 18:00'' Draw 4 ''April 7, 2003 13:00'' Draw 5 ''April 8, 2003 08:00'' Draw 6 ''April 8, 2003 18:00'' Draw 7 ''April 9, 2003 13:00'' Draw 8 ''April 10, 2003 08:00'' Draw 9 ''April 10, 2003 18:00'' Playoffs Brackets Semi-final ''April 12, 2003 08:00'' Bronze medal game ''April 13, 2003 08:00'' Final ''April 13, 2003 12:30'' Top percentages References * {{World Curling Championships Curling Championship 2003 Curling competitions in Winnipeg World Men's Curling Championship World Men's Curling Championship The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrik Schmidt
Ulrik Schmidt (born 19 August 1962) is a Denmark, Danish curling, curler. He currently skips the Danish national team, while he throws third stones. Schmidt's first international appearance was at the 1984 World Junior Curling Championships, where he skipped the Danish team to a 9th-place finish. He was then picked up by Sören Bang to play lead at the 1987 European Curling Championships, placing fourth. He was the team's alternate at the 1991 Euros, skipped by Gert Larsen, placing 6th. Schmidt skipped his own team beginning in 1996. That season, he finished 5th at the European Championships and 6th at the 1997 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. Later that year, he won a silver medal at the 1997 European Championships, where he lost to Germany (skipped by Andy Kapp) in the final. Schmidt didn't return to international competition until the 1999 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, where he placed 6th. Later in the year, he won another silver at the Euros, losing to Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainer Beiter
Rainer Beiter (born 18 July 1978) is a German curler. At the national level, he is a German men's champion curler (2003; silver in 2001; bronze in 2004). Teams References External links * Living people 1978 births German male curlers German curling champions Place of birth missing (living people) {{Germany-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Lang
Andreas "Al" Lang (born 26 April 1979) is a German curler from Alterschrofen. He is the former third for Andy Kapp. Career Lang began his international career skipping the German junior team at the 1999 World Junior Curling Championships, where he finished 6th. He skipped the main German national team at the 2003 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, finishing in 9th place. In 2007, Lang moved to the Andy Kapp rink, playing second for him. He earned a silver medal at the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in his first international event with the team. Later that year, he finished 5th at the 2007 European Curling Championships. Later that season, Lang was promoted to the third position on the team, and placed 8th at the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship, but then won a bronze medal at the 2008 European Curling Championships. He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Träskelin
Tony Träskelin is a Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ... male curler. Teams References External links * Living people Finnish male curlers Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teemu Salo
Teemu Salo (born 11 February 1974) is a Finnish curler from Hyvinkää. He has played lead position for Markku Uusipaavalniemi since 2002. Salo won a silver medal as a member of Uusipaavaliemi's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He won a gold medal at the 2005 European Mixed Curling Championship playing second for Uusipaavalniemi. In 2009, he played for Kalle Kiiskinen at the World Curling Championships The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's a .... Teams References External links * 1974 births People from Hyvinkää Finnish male curlers Living people Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in curling Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Continental Cup of Curling participa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aku Kauste
Aku Kauste (born 17 November 1979) is a Finnish curler from Helsinki. He is currently the skip for the national team of Finland. Kauste is one of the most successful curling players in Finland, with over 20 medals in the Finnish Curling Championships (juniors, men's, mixed, mixed doubles). Career Kauste started curling in 1994 with his father Timo Kauste. In 1998, Kauste made his first international appearance at the World Junior Curling Championships. Kauste played in the 2002 and 2003 World Curling Championships with Team Finland, skipped by Markku Uusipaavalniemi. He has played in the European Curling Championships four times; in a team skipped by Uusipaavalniemi in 2002, and 2004 in a team skipped by Tomi Rantamäki in 2009, and as skip in 2012 where he won the Group B competitions, promoting Finland to the Group A competitions in 2013. Kauste skipped Team Finland at the 2012 European Mixed Curling Championship where Finland won bronze. The other players of the medal tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalle Kiiskinen
Kalle Kiiskinen (born 6 September 1975 in Hyvinkää) is a Finnish curler. In Juniors, Kiiskinen played for Perttu Piilo and won a silver medal as his third at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championships. Kiiskinen then joined up with Uusipaavalniemi, playing in his first World Curling Championships in 2002. He has played both second and third for Uusipaavalniemi. While never winning a medal at the worlds, at the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ..., Kiiskinen was a member of the Finnish team (skipped by Uusipaavalniemi) who won a silver medal. After parting ways with Uusipaavalniemi, Kalle was the skip of the Finnish team in the 2007 European Curling Championships External links * 1975 births Living people People from Hyvinkää ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Markku Uusipaavalniemi (born 23 November 1966 in Karkkila) is a Finnish curler and former politician. Curling career Uusipaavalniemi was the skip of Team Finland for the first time in the mid-1990s. Most (but not all) of Finland's curling medals have been achieved with Uusipaavalniemi as skip. Uusipaavalniemi's team won the European championship in 2000. He is also a two-time World Curling Championships bronze medalist (1998 and 2000) and two-time European Curling Championships bronze medalist (1999 and 2001). Uusipaavalniemi's Finland team disappointingly finished fifth at the 2002 Olympic tournament. In 2004, he and his somewhat altered Finland line-up pulled off the daunting task of securing qualification for the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championships from the 'B' competition at the European championships, where they languished following the country's relegation the previous season. To do this, they had to win the competition outright, and then overcome Russia in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The Helsinki urban area, city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the List of urban areas in Finland by population, most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research; while Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region, located to the north from Helsinki, is the second largest urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has History of Helsinki, close historical ties with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen (and surrounding commuter towns, including the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Hansen (curler)
Christian Hansen (born 26 May 1976) is a Danish curler. At the national level, he is a 2003 Danish men's champion. Teams References External links * Living people 1976 births Danish male curlers Danish curling champions {{Denmark-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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