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2022 Swiss Women's Curling Championship
The 2022 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, the national women's curling championship for Switzerland is being held from February 19 to February 26 in Thônex at the Trois-Chêne curling club. Team Tirinzoni are the defending champions and are returning from a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Olympics. There are seven teams competing to represent Switzerland at the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship. The event, due to team Tirinzoni's participation at the olympics, was a six-team single round-robin tournament with three teams qualifying for the playoffs and team Tirizoni as the fourth team in the playoffs. The playoffs teams qualified for a single round-robin tournament for seeding purposed for the playoffs. The playoffs consist of best-of-one semi finals, a best-of-one third place game, and a best-of-three championship round. Teams Tirinzoni defeated team Keiser in 2–1 in a best of three final. Teams These are the teams participating in the event: Round-robin standing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thônex
Thônex () is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It is situated in the east of the canton and shares a border with the French town of Ambilly. History In 1869 the municipality was created when Chêne-Thônex split into two independent municipalities Chêne-Bourg and Thônex.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 18 February 2011 Geography 
Thônex has an area, , of . Of this area, or 22.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 4.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, ...
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Selina Witschonke
Selina Witschonke (born December 17, 1998) is a Swiss curler originally from St. Moritz. She currently plays second on Team Silvana Tirinzoni. Career In 2016, Witschonke was named to the Swiss team for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer. Through the round robin, she led her team of third Henwy Lochmann, second Laura Engler and lead Philipp Hösli to a 6–1 record, finishing second in their pool. They then beat Sweden's Johan Nygren 7–3 in the quarterfinals before dropping the semifinal 7–5 to Canada's Mary Fay. They won the bronze medal with an 11–3 defeat over Russia's Nadezhda Karelina. In the mixed doubles discipline, Witschonke competed with Estonia's Jarl Guštšin. After winning their first two games, the team lost in the quarterfinals to China's Han Yu and Great Britain's Ross Whyte. Witschonke represented Switzerland at five consecutive World Junior Curling Championships from 2016 to 2020. In her first appearance, as alternate for the Elena Ster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Wüest
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Malin Da Ros
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Xenia Schwaller
Xenia Schwaller (born September 16, 2002) is a Swiss curler from Zürich. She currently skips her own team out of the Grasshopper Club Zürich. In 2024, she skipped her team to victory at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships, going undefeated at the event. Career Schwaller first represented Switzerland on the international stage at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival as third for Jan Iseli. At the festival, the Swiss team with second Maximilian Winz and lead Malin Da Ros posted an undefeated 6–0 record to qualify for the playoffs. They defeated Hungary in the semifinal before losing to Great Britain in the final, settling for silver. The next season, the same team returned to represent Switzerland as the host team at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Champéry. Drawing on their past experience, the squad again went undefeated in the round robin to reach the knockout round. However, in the quarterfinals, they gave up a steal of two in the eighth end to lose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aarau
Aarau (, ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The town is also the capital of the district of Aarau. It is German-speaking and predominantly Protestant. Aarau is situated on the Swiss plateau, in the valley of the Aare, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of the Jura Mountains, and is west of Zürich, south of Basel and northeast of Bern. The municipality borders directly on the canton of Solothurn to the west. It is the largest town in Aargau. At the beginning of 2010 Rohr became a district of Aarau. The official language of Aarau is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. Geography and geology The old city of Aarau is situated on a rocky outcrop at a narrowing of the Aare river valley, at the southern foot of the Jura mountains. Newer districts of the city lie to the south and east of the outcrop, as well as higher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langenthal
Langenthal is a town and a municipality in the district of Oberaargau in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Untersteckholz merged into the Langenthal. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Obersteckholz merged into Langenthal. Langenthal is an educational, cultural, and economic center for the region of Oberaargau. History Archeological evidence suggests that early settlements existed around 4000 B.C. in the Langenthal area. A Hallstatt necropolis with twelve grave mounds has been found at Unterhard. Remnants of two Roman villae have also been identified. Langenthal is first mentioned in 861, as ''marcha in Langatun'', referring to farming estates scattered along the Langete (a tributary of the Murg). The Old High German name ''Langatun'' is presumably composed of a hydronym ''langa-'' and the Gaulish element ''dunum'' "fort" (which had become productive as a suffix in toponyms). The re-interpretation of the name as includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Howald
Carole Howald (born 29 March 1993 in Langenthal) is a Swiss curler from Langenthal. She currently plays second on Team Silvana Tirinzoni. Career Howald joined the Binia Feltscher rink at lead 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. 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 left the team and Howald was promoted to third. The team almost made it to the World Championships that season, but were bested by Silvana Tirinzoni 8–7 in the final. Team Feltscher had a slow start to the 2019–20 season, failing to make the playof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 she aged out of juniors, she joined the Binia Feltscher rink for the 2018–19 season. She and Larissa Hari replaced Franziska Kaufmann who had retired from competitive curling and Irene Schori who formed her own team. Carole Howald moved from lead to third. Team Feltscher had a pretty successful first year together although they didn't win any events. They made the finals at the Women's Masters Basel and the Swiss Women's Curling Championship and finished fourth at the Schweizer Cup. They also had five quarterfinal appearances including qualifying at the 2018 Tour Challenge Tier 2 Grand Slam of Curling event. They ended their season at the 2019 WCT Arctic Cup but failed to advance to the playoffs. The Feltscher rink had a slow start t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lara Stocker
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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 Vancouver. They just missed winning a medal, finishing fourth. Schori has participated in both the 2008 and the 2009 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships with partner Toni Müller, and has taken gold at both of these championships. Schori and Müller were the heavy favorites to win in the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, but were eliminated by the China in an extra end in the quarterfinals. In an interview post-match, Schori stated that she and Müller would consider not attending next year to give a chance to other Swiss teams. Schori played with Silvana Tirinzoni from 2009–2012 before joining the Binia Feltscher rink. She won her first World Curling Tour event with the Tirinzoni rink in 2011 at the Red Deer Curling Classic. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
