Emira Abbes (born 6 September 1996) is a German curler from Füssen. She currently skips the German National Women's Curling Team. She previously played

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on the team led by Daniela Jentsch.

Career

Abbes was a member of the German team at the

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, playing

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on a team skipped by

Maike Beer Maike Beer (born 7 June 1996 in HamburgDaniela Jentsch) in 2017. As the team's alternate, she played in the

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. The team was sitting at 5–4 with two games left. The Germans had a chance to qualify for the playoffs. Unfortunately, they would lose their last two games to Scotland and Czech Republic, ending their chance to reach the playoffs. That season, the German team was met with disappointment. They tried to qualify for the Olympic Games, at the 2018 Winter Olympic qualification event, but they finished with a record of 2–4, missing the playoffs. The next season, the team qualified for the Worlds after going 3–6 at the Euros. But the team struggled at the

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, finishing in twelfth with a 3–9 record. The following season, the German team would have success at the Europeans. The team reached the playoffs at Abbes first European Curling Championships with a 5–4 record. In the semifinal, they lost to the Swiss team Silvana Tirinzoni 6–4. In the bronze medal game though, the Germans turned things around. The team would win the game 7–4, winning them the bronze medal. It was her first medal at an international competition. Abbes also won her second tour event this season. Two months after the Europeans, the team won the

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. At the Worlds, her team of Daniela Jentsch,

Klara-Hermine Fomm Klara-Hermine Fomm also known as Klara Fomm (born 26 October 1999) is a German curler from Dresden. She currently skips her own team out of Füssen. Career Fomm was the alternate for the German team at the 2016 World Junior B Curling Champions ...

and

Analena Jentsch Analena Jentsch (born 28 May 1997) is a retired German curler from Füssen. She formerly played lead on the German National Women's Curling Team skipped by her sister Daniela Jentsch. Career When she was just 17, Jentsch participated in her fir ...

were sitting at 4–6 after their tenth game with two still to go. The team had another chance to clinch a playoff spot. But once again they lost their next game eliminating them from contention. The team did have a good final game though, beating eventual winners Switzerland 10–8 after scoring four in the last end. Team Jentsch's first event of the 2019–20 season was at the

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where they lost in the quarterfinals. They also had playoff appearances at the

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and the

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making the semifinals in both events. The German team also qualified for their first Grand Slam of Curling event, the 2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2 where they went 1–3, missing the playoffs. At the

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, the team did not qualify for the playoffs like in 2018, finishing the round-robin in fifth place with a 5–4 record. The team was set to represent Germany at the

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before the event got cancelled due to the

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. Team Jentsch represented Germany at the

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, which was played in a bio-secure bubble in

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due the ongoing pandemic. Abbes travelled with the team to Calgary, but tested positive for COVID-19 upon her arrival, along with teammate

. The two could not play with rest of the team (which played with just three players), and had to be isolated in their hotel rooms. At the Worlds, the German threesome finished in ninth place with a 6–7 record. The 2021–22 season began for Team Jentsch at the

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where they reached the semifinal round before losing to Rebecca Morrison. They also reached the semifinals of the 2021 Sherwood Park Women's Curling Classic where they were eliminated by

Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vic ...

. In October, the team won the Alberta Curling Series: Thistle tour event, defeating

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in the final. At the

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, Team Jentsch finished the round robin with a 6–3 record, qualifying for the playoffs again as the fourth seed. They then lost to Scotland's Eve Muirhead in the semifinal, however, were able to rebound to secure the bronze medal, once again defeating Russia's

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rink in the bronze medal game. The team's next event was the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event, where they attempted to qualify for the

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. After a slow start, they could not rebound in time to reach the qualification round, finishing in sixth place with a 3–5 record. In January, they competed in back-to-back tour events in Switzerland, reaching the semifinals of the

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and the final of the

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where they lost to Raphaela Keiser. Next for the team was the

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where they finished in ninth place with a 5–7 record. Because of their successful tour season, Team Jentsch had enough points to qualify for the year-end

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, their first top tier Grand Slam event. There, they finished with 2–3 record, just missing the playoff round. Team Jentsch began the 2022–23 season at the 2022 Euro Super Series where they defeated

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, skipping Team

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, 5–3 in the championship game. In the fall, the team played in two Grand Slam events, the

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and the

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, failing to qualify at both. Unlike 2021, the team could not qualify for the playoffs at the

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, finishing seventh overall with a 5–4 record. After failing to reach the playoffs in seven straight events, Team Jentsch turned things around in the new year. They won back-to-back titles at the 2023 New Year Medalist Curling and the

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after going on a twelve-game win streak. They also had quarterfinal appearances at the

and the 2023 International Bernese Ladies Cup. The team's final event of the season was the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship. After eight games, they sat tied for third in the standings with a good chance of making the playoffs. Unfortunately, however, they lost their final four round robin games, falling to tenth place with a 5–7 record. Following the 2022–23 season, both Daniela and Analena Jentsch retired from competitive curling. Abbes then took over as skip of the German team with a new lineup of Lena Kapp,

Mia Höhne Mia Höhne (born 29 September 2000) is a German curler from Füssen. She currently plays third on the German National Women's Curling Team skipped by Emira Abbes. Career Höhne skipped the German national junior women's curling team from 2016 ...

and

Maike Beer Maike Beer (born 7 June 1996 in Hamburg

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abbes, Emira Living people 1996 births German female curlers Sportspeople from Füssen Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade