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2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship
The 2011 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Capital One World Women's Curling Championship 2011 for sponsorship reasons) was held in Esbjerg, Denmark at the Granly Hockey Arena from March 19–27, 2011. The Swedish rink skipped by Anette Norberg won the final game over Canada's Amber Holland after a steal of two points in the tenth end. Qualification * (host country) * (defending champion) * (highest finisher from the Americas region at the 2010 World Championship) * *Top six teams from the 2010 European Curling Championships ** (winner) ** (runner-up) ** (third place) ** ** ** (defeated in World Challenge) *Top two teams from the 2010 Pacific Curling Championships ** (winner) ** (runner-up) Teams These are the confirmed teams. Round-robin standings ''Final Round-Robin Standings Round-robin results All times listed in Central European Time (UTC+1 UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esbjerg
Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from it is the fifth-largest city in Denmark, and the largest in West Jutland. Before a decision was made to establish a (now the second largest in Denmark) at Esbjerg in 1868 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 European Curling Championships – Women's Tournament
The women's tournament of the 2010 European Curling Championships took place from December 4 – 11, 2010. Winners of the Group C tournament in Howwood, Scotland will move on to the Group B tournament in Monthey. The top 6 women's teams at the 2010 ECC (aside from defending world champion Germany and host country Denmark), will represent their respective nations at the 2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark. Group A Teams Standings Results Draw 1 ''Saturday, December 4, 8:00'' Draw 2 ''Saturday, December 4, 16:00'' Draw 3 ''Sunday, December 5, 11:00'' Draw 4 ''Sunday, December 5, 20:00'' Draw 5 ''Monday, December 6, 12:00'' Draw 6 ''Monday, December 6, 20:00'' Draw 7 ''Tuesday, December 7, 15:00'' Draw 8 ''Wednesday, December 8, 10:00'' Draw 9 ''Wednesday, December 8, 20:00'' World Challenge =Challenge 1= ''Friday, December 10, 20:00'' =Challenge 2= ''Saturday, December 11, 09:30'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Xinna
Yu Xinna (born August 3, 1986, in Harbin Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...) is a Chinese female curler. She is a and a 2014 Pacific-Asian champion. Teams Women's Mixed doubles References External links * Living people 1986 births Sportspeople from Harbin Chinese female curlers Pacific-Asian curling champions Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhou Yan (curler)
Zhou Yan (; ; born September 30, 1982; usually referred to in the media as Yan Zhou) is a Chinese curler. She plays lead for the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu. Zhou curled in her first tournament after having only curled for 2 years, at the 2002 Pacific Curling Championships. At that time she played third for the team. Since then, she has played lead for the team in every tournament except for the , when she was the team lead. Zhou has won 3 Pacific Championships (, , ), and a World Championship () as a member of the team. Teammates 2008 Vernon World Championships 2009 Gangneung World Championships 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games Wang Bingyu, ''Skip'' Liu Yin, ''Third'' Yue Qingshuang, ''Second'' Liu Jinli Liu Jinli (; ; born March 16, 1989 in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang) is an internationally elite curler from China.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-curling/athletes/jinli-liu_ath1015314Za.html She curls out of the club in Heilongjiang and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yue Qingshuang
Yue Qingshuang (; born October 7, 1985, in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Qingshuang Yue) is a Chinese curler. She previously played second on the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu. Currently as a coach, Yue guided the Chinese wheelchair curling team to gold medals at the 2018 Winter Paralympics and 2022 Winter Paralympics. Biography Yue played in her first international tournament at the 2002 Pacific Curling Championships. Yue skipped the Chinese team, despite having just curled for two years. The team finished the tournament with an 0–8 record. Yue played in her second Pacific Championships in , this time as the team's second. The team had a much better showing, winning a silver medal. After that, she was promoted to the third position on the team, and subsequently won the 2005 Pacific Junior Curling Championships. They then finished 9th at the but improved on their record at the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship where th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Yin (curler)
Liu Yin (; born August 19, 1981 in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Yin Liu) is a Chinese curler from Harbin. For many years she played third on the Chinese national team skipped by Wang Bingyu. Curling career 2002–2009 Liu has played internationally for China since 2002, when she was an alternate on the team at the when she had only been curling for two years. In 2004, she was a full member of the team. She played third for the team at the , and then second at the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship, her first experience at World's. The team finished 7th. The following season, Liu was playing lead for the team for the , and then she played third once again at the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, where the team finished 5th. For the 2006–07 season, Liu threw last rocks for the team while Wang held the broom as skip. The season included their first Pacific Championship, an Asian Winter Games bronze medal and a disappointing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Bingyu
Wang Bingyu (; ; born October 7, 1984 in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Bingyu "Betty" Wang) is a Chinese curler. In 2009, she became the first non Northern American or European skip to win a World Championship. Curling career 2001-2008 Wang began curling in 2001. By 2004, she played in her first international event- skipping the Chinese team at the World Junior B Curling Championships. She skipped China at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships, earning a silver medal. In 2005, she won gold at the Pacific Junior Curling Championships, but finished in 9th place at that year's World Junior Curling Championships. At her first World Curling Championships later that year, she skipped China to a 7th-place finish with a 4–7 record. At the 2005 Pacific Curling Championships, she earned another silver medal. In 2006, she won another gold medal at the Pacific Junior Championships, but the team did not play at the World Juniors that year; instead anoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbin
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest city by metropolitan population (urban and rural together) in Northeast China. Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities and seven counties, and is the eighth most populous Chinese city according to the 2020 census. The built-up area of Harbin (which consists of all districts except Shuangcheng and Acheng) had 5,841,929 inhabitants, while the total metropolitan population was up to 10,009,854, making it one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. Harbin, whose name was originally a Manchu word meaning "a place for drying fishing nets", grew from a small rural settlement on the Songhua River to become one of the largest cities in Northeast China. Founded in 1898 with the coming of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolene Campbell
Jolene Campbell (born Jolene McIvor on August 12, 1981) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She currently skips her own team out of Winnipeg. Curling career Junior career Born in Saskatoon, Campbell won a provincial junior title in 2002, skipping a team consisting of Teejay Surik, Janelle Lemon and Maegan Strueby. At the 2002 Canadian Junior Curling Championships she led Saskatchewan to a third-place finish, after losing in the semifinal to Prince Edward Island's Suzanne Gaudet. 2007–2012 Campbell and her team of Sherry Linton, Allison Slupski and Marcia Gudereit, would win the Schmirler Curling Classic in 2007. Campbell was the alternate for the Amber Holland rink. She played in three Scotties to date as a member of the team, going 6-5 in 2010 and 2012 and winning it in 2011. The team won a silver medal at the 2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship in Denmark. Campbell was seven months pregnant at the time At the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Kalenchuk
Heather Mary Yvonne Kalenchuk (born Heather Seeley, March 14, 1984) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She previously played lead for Amber Holland. Career Juniors Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Kalenchuk won the 2002 provincial high school mixed championship. In 2003, 2004 and 2005, she played in the provincial junior championship, but did not win. In 2005 and 2007, Kalenchuk played at the University national championships. 2005–2012 In 2008, the team won their only Grand Slam event, the 2008 Players' Championships. In 2009 the team would earn a spot in the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, after defeating Marie-France Larouche in the C Qualifier. The team would finish round robin with a 4–3 record, tied for third place. They would lose the second tiebreaker to Krista McCarville in an extra end. Together the team played in their first Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2008 and again in 2009. They would not find success until the 2010 Saskatchewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tammy Schneider
Tammy Schneider (born November 12, 1982, in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Kronau, Saskatchewan. She currently plays third for her sister, Kim. Career Juniors Schneider grew up in the small village of Kronau, Saskatchewan, outside of Regina. She and her sister and teammate Kim were the daughters of 1990 provincial champion lead Larry Schneider. In 1998, Schneider won a silver medal at the Saskatchewan Winter Games. Schneider played in three Saskatchewan junior championships, but never won. In 2003, she was invited to play as the alternate for team Canada at the 2003 World Junior Curling Championships. Schneider played in just one match, but the team (skipped by Marliese Miller won a gold medal. In 2004 and 2005 she would play in the University national championships. 2004–2012 After juniors, Schneider played for Cindy Street, playing in the 2004 and 2005 women's provincial championship. For the 2005/06 season Schneider would leave to play with Amber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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