Carole Howald (born 29 March 1993 in

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) is a

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curler from

. She currently plays

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on Team

Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 ...

Career

Howald joined the

Binia Feltscher Binia Feltscher (born 13 October 1978 in Chur) is a Switzerland, Swiss retired Curling, curler from Flims. She was the Skip (curling), skip of the 2014 and 2016 World championship curling teams from Switzerland. From 2006 to 2013 she was known as ...

rink at

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in 2017. She previously played with Melanie Barbezat and with this rink won the 2014 Dumfries Curling Challenge. They played in three Grand Slams in her first season with the team, qualifying in one of them, the

2017 Boost National The 2017 BOOST National was held from November 14 to 19 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This was the third Grand Slam of Curling event of the 2017–18 curling season. Many of the top European teams on the World Curling Tour ...

. She got to play in her first official World Championship at the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship after being the alternate at her previous three appearances. The team struggled that week, failing to reach the playoffs after posting a 5–7 record. At the conclusion of the 2017–18 season,

Irene Schori Irene Schori (born 4 December 1983) is a Swiss curler from Bremgarten. She currently plays third on Team Michèle Jäggi. Career Schori was named to the Swiss Olympic Team in 2010. She served as the alternate for Mirjam Ott's team in Vancouve ...

left the team and Howald was promoted to third. The team almost made it to the World Championships that season, but were bested by

8–7 in the final. Team Feltscher had a slow start to the 2019–20 season, failing to make the playoffs in their first four events. Howald got to throw fourth rocks for the team at the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic with

Michèle Jäggi Michèle Jäggi (born 22 September 1987) is a Swiss curler. Jäggi has represented Switzerland as a junior curler, and is currently active on the World Curling Tour. Jäggi currently skips her own team. Career Jäggi is a former Swiss junior c ...

stepping in to skip the team. They finished with a 1-3 record. They played in just one slam event, the

2019 Tour Challenge The 2019 KIOTI TRACTOR Tour Challenge was held from November 5 to 10, at the Pictou County Wellness Centre in Westville Road, Nova Scotia. It was the second Grand Slam event of the 2019–20 season. In the men's tier 1 final, Brad Jacobs of ...

Tier 2 and lost in the quarterfinals. The Feltscher rink finished third at both the

2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite The 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite was held from December 5 to 10 in Xining, Qinghai, China. The total purse for the event was CNY 225,000. In the men's final, Team Ruohonen from the United States defeated Team van Dorp from th ...

and the

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. They picked it up in the second half of the season, however, qualifying in every event. They placed third at the

2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship The 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, Switzerland's national women's curling championship, was held from February 9 to 15 in Thun, Switzerland. The winning Elena Stern team was supposed to represent Switzerland at the 2020 World Women's Cu ...

. Binia Feltscher retired from competitive curling at the end of the season and the team disbanded. Howald and second

Stefanie Berset Stefanie Berset (born c. 1996), is a Swiss curler from Bern. She currently plays third on Team Michèle Jäggi. Career Berset played for the Jana Stritt rink in juniors, but never was able to win the Swiss Junior Curling Championships. When sh ...

joined the Irene Schori rink for the 2020–21 season. The team competed in two tour events during the abbreviated season, finishing third at the

2020 Schweizer Cup The 2020 Schweizer Cup (French: ''Cup Suisse'') was held from August 20 to 23 in Baden, Switzerland. The total purse for the event was 11,000 Swiss francs on both the men's and women's sides. Similar to the Canada Cup held in Canada, the Schwei ...

and reaching the quarterfinals of the

2020 Women's Masters Basel The 2020 Women's Masters Basel was held from September 18 to 20 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of 32,000 CHF. It was the ...

. Team Schori was one of four teams to compete in the

2021 Swiss Women's Curling Championship The 2021 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, Switzerland's national women's curling championship, was held from February 6 to 13 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland. The winning Silvana Tirinzoni rink then played against ...

, where they finished in last place with a 2–7 record after the triple round robin. To begin the 2021–22 season, Team Schori was invited to compete alongside the men's teams at the

2021 Baden Masters The 2021 Baden Masters was held from August 20 to 22 at the Curling Club Baden Regio in Baden, Switzerland as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of 35,000 CHF. It was the first men's event ...

. There, they finished with a 1–3 record, only beating

Magnus Nedregotten Magnus Victor Nedregotten (born 24 October 1990) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo. He currently plays third on Team Steffen Walstad. Career Juniors Nedregotten represented Norway in three World Junior Curling Championships. At the 2010 World J ...

of Norway. Elsewhere on tour, they won the

Part II Bistro Ladies Classic The Part II Bistro Ladies Classic (formerly the Listowel Women's Classic and the Listowel Women's Cash Spiel) is a bonspiel that is part of the women's Ontario Curling Tour. The event is an annual event held in November and takes place at the Wingh ...

over

Cathy Auld Catherine "Cathy" Auld (born December 3, 1971) is a Canadian curler from Toronto. She currently skips her own team out of Thornhill, Ontario. Career Auld was a longtime member of the Alison Goring rink. Auld played third for the team until 200 ...

and made it to two other event finals. They lost to

Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the bro ...

in the final of The Challenger and to

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in the St. Galler Elite Challenge final. They also had playoff appearances at the 2021 Women's Masters Basel,

Stu Sells Toronto Tankard The Stu Sells Toronto Tankard is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the High Park Club in Toronto, Ontario. The men's tournament, started in 2010, is held in a triple-knockout format, while the women's tournament, ori ...

and the

DeKalb Superspiel The DeKalb Superspiel is a curling bonspiel that takes place at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Manitoba. It was an event on the World Curling Tour until 2019 and the Manitoba Curling Tour, and also takes part in the Canadian Team Ranking ...

. Team Schori competed in one Grand Slam event, the 2021 National, where they finished with a winless 0–3 record. The team finished their season with a 2–3 record at the 2022 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, not advancing to the second round. Howald left the Schori rink at the end of the season. On May 12, it was announced that Howald would be joining the new

rink at second for the 2022–23 season. The team also included fourth

Alina Pätz Alina Pätz (born 8 March 1990 in Urdorf, Switzerland) is a Swiss curler. She currently throws fourth stones on Team Silvana Tirinzoni. She is a five-time world champion and was the alternate player for the Mirjam Ott rink, which represented ...

and lead Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann.

Personal life

Howald is a student, in the bachelors sciences in sport program.

Teams

References

External links

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