Maria Wennerström (born 10 April 1985) is a Swedish curler. She currently throws second stones on a team skipped by

Margaretha Sigfridsson Margaretha Sigfridsson (born 28 January 1976) is a Swedish curler who in 2009 was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. Curling career Early career Sigfridsson skipped the Swedish team at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championship ...

Curling career

Juniors

Wennerström's junior career sent her to four straight

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, from 2003 to 2006. At the

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, she was the alternate for the Swedish team skipped by

Stina Viktorsson Stina Viktorsson (born 27 June 1985) is a Swedish curler from Umeå. She is a skip. Viktorsson had an accomplished Junior career in Sweden winning a bronze medal at the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships and a silver at the 2005 J ...

. Wennerström didn't play in any matches, and the team finished 4th. At the

2004 World Junior Curling Championships The 2004 World Junior Curling Championships were held in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada from 20 March 2004 to 28 March 2004. The venue was the Colisée de Trois-Rivières The Colisée de Trois-Rivières is an arena in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Ca ...

, Wennerström played lead for Viktorsson's team, and they improved on their 2003 record, by winning the bronze medal. At the

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, Wennerström was promoted, this time to play second for Viktorsson, and they had even more success, winning the silver medal, after losing in the final match against Switzerland's

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. The team would return to the World Juniors the following year, however at the

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, they could not improve on their record, finishing 8th overall.

Women's

After juniors, Wennerström would continue to play with Viktorsson when they participated in the

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, playing third on the team. The rink finished in 4th place. The following year, Wennerström was moved back to second on Viktorsson's rink when they played at the

2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship The 2008 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 22 to March 30, 2008 at the Wesbild Centre in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. This championship ...

. The team finished in 6th place at the event. The following year, they played in the

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with Wennerström throwing third rocks again. They would finish 6th. The team would find their most success the following year, when they won the gold medal at the

2010 European Curling Championships The 2010 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Champéry, Switzerland from December 3–11, 2010. The Group C matches took place from September 24–28 at the Greenacres Ice Rink in Howwood, Scotland. The winners of the Group ...

, defeating Scotland's

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in the final. Wennerström played second on that team. Wennerström left the Viktorsson rink in 2011 to play with Sigfridsson as her second. The team would find immediate success, winning the silver medal at the

2011 European Curling Championships The 2011 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from December 2 to 10.2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, losing to Switzerland's

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in the final. They had another successful Euro Championship, when they won the bronze medal at the

2012 European Curling Championships The 2012 European Curling Championships was held from December 7 to 15 at the Löfbergs Lila Arena and the Karlstad Curling Club in Karlstad, Sweden. The Group A competitions was held at the Löfbergs Lila Arena, while the Group B competitions wa ...

and a silver medal at the

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. For the 2013-14 curling season, the team won the gold medal at the

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, a silver medal at the

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and a 5th place finish at the

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. After their last world championship, the team finished 9th at the

2016 World Women's Curling Championship The 2016 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship presented by Meridian for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 19 to 27 at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Team S ...

. On the

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, Wennerström has won two WCT bonspiels with the Sigfridsson rink, the

2011 Credit Suisse Women's Masters Basel The 2011 Credit Suisse Women's Masters Basel were held from October 7 to 9 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Basel, Switzerland as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was Swiss franc, CHF32,050. The event was play ...

and the

2012 Women's Masters Basel The 2012 Women's Masters Basel were held from October 12 to 14 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Basel, Switzerland as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout format, and the purse for the event wa ...

. Wennerström has played in four

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events, but has failed to qualify for the playoffs in any of them. She played in the

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and the

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with Viktorsson, and the

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and

2012 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic The 2012 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic was held October 19 to 22 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was the second women's Grand Slam event of the 2012–13 curling season, and this edition of the event marked ...

s with Sigfridsson. In 2011 she was inducted into the

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Personal life

Wennerström is engaged and has two children (born 2015 and 2018).http://www.curling.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2016/03/WORLD-MON-ALL.pdf She lives in Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden.

References

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