Oona Kauste (born 4 January 1988, in

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curler from

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. She is currently the

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of the Finnish National Women's team.

Career

Women's

Kauste has represented Finland in seven

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. She was an alternate at her first European Championships in 2009. The team, skipped by Ellen Vogt placed 8th. She played second and as a skip at the 2011 European Curling Championships, placing 12th. She returned the following year playing

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for Anne Malmi, placing 10th. She returned to the Euros at the

2013 European Curling Championships The 2013 European Curling Championships were held from November 22 to 30 at the Sørmarka Arena in Stavanger, Norway. Norway last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1990. The Group C competitions were held in October at the Tårnby Cu ...

playing second for Puustinen. The team finished in 11th place, winning the B Division, and promoting Finland to the A Division of the

2014 European Curling Championships The 2014 European Curling Championships were held November 22 to 29 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. Switzerland last hosted the European Curling Championships in 2010, when it was also held in Champéry. The Group C com ...

. There, the team finished with a 5–4 record, and a 6th-place finish. This qualified Finland for the

2015 World Women's Curling Championship The 2015 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the Zen-Noh World Women's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 14 to 22 at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo, Japan. It marks the second time that a wor ...

. At the 2015 Worlds, the team finished with a 2–9 record, in 11th place. Kauste took over as skip of the Finnish team in 2015, leading her team at the

2015 European Curling Championships The 2015 European Curling Championships were held from November 20 to 28 in Esbjerg, Denmark. Denmark last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1996 in Copenhagen. The Group C competitions were held during October in Champéry, Switzer ...

. There, the rink finished with a 6-3 round robin record, in a tie for third place. In the semifinals, she lost to Scotland's

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, but rebounded to win the bronze medal against Denmark's

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. This qualified the team to play 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 ...

. They were less successful there, finishing with a 1–10 record, in 11th place. Kauste skipped Finland at the 2018 Winter Olympics qualification event, but lost all six matches, failing to qualify her women's team for the Olympics. Kauste has won six

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s, winning in 2011 with Tiina Kölhi in 2012 as skip, 2013 with Anne Malmi, in 2014 and 2015 with Sanna Puustinen and in 2017 as a skip.

Mixed doubles

Kauste and partner Tomi Rantamäki represented Finland at both the

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and 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. In 2016, the pair won their group with a 6–0 record, and made it to the quarterfinals where they lost to Russia. They would eventually finish in 7th place. In 2017, they finished 5–2 in pool play, and again lost in the quarter-finals, this time to the Czechs. They would again finish 7th. Their pair of seventh-place finishes would qualify the team to represent Finland in the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

. There, they won just one game, and finished in last place. Kauste also played at the

2012 European Mixed Curling Championship The 2012 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 30 to October 6 at the Milli Piyango Curling Arena in Erzurum, Turkey. In the final, Scotland, skipped by Ewan MacDonald, defeated Sweden, skipped by Rickard Hallström, with a s ...

, playing

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for the Finnish team, skipped by her brother, Aku. There, she won a bronze medal.

Personal life

Kauste works as a hairdresser and makeup artist, and owns her own salon. She attended the International Maker Academy and the Omnia Vocational College.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kauste, Oona 1988 births Living people Finnish female curlers Finnish curling coaches Sportspeople from Espoo Sportspeople from Helsinki Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Finland 21st-century Finnish women