Fanny Birgitta Josefin Sjöberg (born 5 November 1997) is a

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curler from Stockholm. She played lead on Team

Isabella Wranå Isabella Marianne Peggy Wranå (born 22 June 1997) is a Swedish curler. She is a former skip of the Swedish junior women's team, with whom she won a World Junior championship in 2017. In 2018, she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of F ...

from 2007 to 2021, at which point she decided to step back from competitive

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Career

Sjöberg played in the

World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1 ...

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and

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as a member of Team

. In 2014, her team of

, Jennie Wåhlin, Elin Lövstrand and

Almida de Val Almida Winquist de Val (born 12 September 1997) is a Swedish curler from Sundbyberg. She currently plays third and is vice skip on Team Isabella Wranå, also known as Team Panthera. With this team, she won a gold medal at the 2017 World Junior ...

had a fourth-place finish, after they lost in the bronze medal game to Russia. In 2015, she and teammates Wranå, Wåhlin,

Johanna Heldin Johanna Maria Heldin (born 29 August 1994) is a Swedish curler. Career Juniors Heldin played for Sweden at the 2012 Youth Olympics, throwing lead rocks for the team, which was skipped by Rasmus Wranå. The team finished fourth. She was paired ...

and Johanna Höglund again finished fourth after this time losing to Switzerland in the bronze medal game. She was back at the event in 2017 where her team won the gold medal, defeating Scotland's

Sophie Jackson Sophie Jackson (born 22 July 1996, in Dumfries) is a Scottish curler. She currently plays lead on Team Rebecca Morrison. Career Juniors Jackson twice skipped Team Scotland at the World Junior Curling Championships. Her first was in 2016, ...

in the final, and lost just two round robin games in the process. The next year the same team went undefeated in the round robin, but ended up losing to Canada's

Kaitlyn Jones Kaitlyn Jones (born March 21, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Juniors Born in Thompson, Manitoba, Jones curled out of Chilliwack, British Columbia, New Aiyansh, British Columbia and Ontario before moving to Regina, Sa ...

in the final. This team also represented Sweden at the

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, where they took home the bronze medal. Sjöberg represented Sweden one more time at the juniors in

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as alternate for Tova Sundberg. They placed sixth. As World Junior champions, the Wranå rink qualified for the

2017 Humpty's Champions Cup The 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup is the final Grand Slam of curling event of the 2016–17 curling season The 2016–17 curling season began in August 2016 and ended in April 2017. ''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament win ...

, Sjöberg's first

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event. The team did not qualify for the playoffs but did win one game. The team won their first

World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from J ...

event at the 2018 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. A month later, they won the Paf Masters Tour. Over the course of the 2018–19 season, the team played in four slams, failing to qualify in any of the four. They won one game at the

2018 Tour Challenge The 2018 Tour Challenge was held from November 6 to 11 at the Tournament Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario. This was the third Grand Slam of the 2018–19 curling season. In the men's Tier 1 competition, Brad Jacobs defeated Brendan Bottcher in ...

, one game at the

2018 National The 2018 BOOST National was held from December 11 to 16 at the Conception Bay South Arena in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador. This will be the fourth Grand Slam and second major of the 2018–19 curling season. The first all-Sc ...

, no games at the 2019 Canadian Open and one game at the

2019 Champions Cup The 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup was held from April 23 to 28 at the Merlis Belsher Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was the eighth and final Grand Slam event of the 2018–19 curling season. In the men's final, Brendan Bottcher defeated Kevi ...

. Also during this season, the team won the

2019 Winter Universiade The 2019 Winter Universiade (russian: Зимняя Универсиада 2019), the XXIX Universiade, was a multi-sport event for student and youth athletes which took place from 2 to 12 March 2019 in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk. The 2019 ...

. Team Wranå had a successful 2019–20 season, winning two tour events (the

Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic The North Grenville Curling Club Women's Fall Curling Classic (formerly the Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic and the Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic) is an annual women's bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in Kemptville, Ontario. I ...

and the Paf Masters Tour once again) and finishing second at the

Women's Masters Basel The Women's Masters Basel (formerly the RE/MAX Women's Masters Basel and the Credit Suisse Women's Masters Basel) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland ...

and the

Glynhill Ladies International The Glynhill Ladies International (formerly the Braehead Ladies International) is an annual bonspiel A bonspiel is a curling tournament, consisting of several games, often held on a weekend. Until the 20th century most bonspiels were held o ...

. They played in two slam events, winning one game at both 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 ...

and the

2019 National The 2019 BOOST National was held from December 10 to 15, at the Conception Bay South Arena in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was the third Grand Slam and second major of the 2019–20 season. In the men's final, Team Brad ...

. Due to the

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, Team Wranå only played in one tour event during the abbreviated 2020–21 season. The team competed at 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 ...

, where they missed the playoffs with a 1–2 record. In December, they played Team Hasselborg in the Sweden National Challenge, where they won by a score of 17–12. The

Swedish Women's Curling Championship The Swedish Women's Curling Championship ( sv, Svenska mästerskap i curling för damer, SM lag damer) is the national championship of women's curling in Sweden. It has been held annually since 1962. (web archive; champions from 1962 to 2007) List ...

was cancelled due to the pandemic, so Team Hasselborg was named as the Swedish Team for the

2021 World Women's Curling Championship The 2021 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2021 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held 30 April to 9 May at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The event was orig ...

. After the season, Sjöberg decided to step back from competitive curling.

Personal life

Her older brother

Axel Sjöberg Axel Sjöberg (; born 8 March 1991) is a Swedish former footballer. Career Early career Sjöberg began his career with Helenelunds IK in his hometown at age four before moving to the academy of Djurgårdens IF, long-time member of the Allsve ...

is her mixed doubles partner. Her father is

Bernt Sjöberg Bernt Sjöberg (born ) is a Swedish wheelchair curler. (look for "Sjöberg, Bernt") He participated in 2006 Winter Paralympic Games where Swedish team won bronze medals. Teams Private life His children also are a curlers: son Axel is a r ...

, a wheelchair curler who is 2006 Winter Paralympics bronze medallist.

Grand Slam record

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sjöberg, Fanny Swedish female curlers Living people 1997 births Curlers from Stockholm Universiade medalists in curling FISU World University Games gold medalists for Sweden Universiade bronze medalists for Sweden Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Swedish curling champions World mixed curling champions