2009 World Junior Curling Championships
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The 2009 World Junior Curling Championships
was held from 5 March 2009 to 15 March 2009 in the newly completed Vancouver Olympic Centre, which will be the site for curling
during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
World Junior Curling Championships
The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988...
was held from 5 March 2009 to 15 March 2009 in the newly completed Vancouver Olympic Centre, which will be the site for curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Teams
| Country | Skip | Vice | Second | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Gallant Brett Gallant Brett Philip Gallant is a Canadian curler from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.Gallant is a former Canadian Junior Champion skip, having won the 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships on his fourth attempt. Gallant has won the last five provincial titles... |
Jamie Danbrook Jamie Danbrook Jamie Danbrook is a Canadian curler originally from Vernon, British Columbia. He currently plays lead for the Mark Bice team from Sarnia, Ontario.... |
Adam Casey | Anson Carmody | |
| Zang Jialiang Zang Jialiang Zang Jialiang is an internationally elite curler who trains out of Harbin, China.He made his world championship debut at the 2008 Grand Forks World Championships. Team China achieved their best result to date. In the round robin portion they achieved upset wins over Team Canada and Team Norway... |
Ji Yansong | Chen Luan | Li Guangxu | |
| Rasmus Stjerne | Mikkel Krause | Oliver Dupont | Troels Harry | |
| Konstantin Kampf | Marc Bastian | Alexander Kampf | Vincent Tremplin | |
| Kristian Rolvsjord | Steffen Mellemester | Steffen Walstad | Markus Høiberg | |
| Andrey Drosdov | Alexei Stukalskiy | Artem Boldusev | Valentin Demenkov | |
| Graeme Black | Thomas Sloan | Ally Fraser | Steven Mitchell | |
| Kristian Lindström | Oskar Eriksson Oskar Eriksson Oskar Eriksson is a Swedish curler.At the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships, Eriksson skipped Team Sweden to a silver medal, losing to the United States in the final, skipped by Chris Plys.... (skip) |
Alexander Lindström | Christoffer Sungdren | |
| David Bartschiger | Marc Pfister | Claudio Pätz | Enrico Pfister | |
| Chris Plys Chris Plys Christopher Plys is an American curler. Plys, who started to curl in 1998, used to curl with Aanders Brorson, Matt Perushek, and Matt Hamilton. He has been in six State Curling Championships, taking first in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009... |
Aanders Brorson Aanders Brorson Aanders Brorson , is an American curler. Brorson currently play lead for the Tyler George rink out of the Duluth Curling Club. Brorson was a member of the U.S. Junior national team consisting of Chris Plys, Matt Perushek, and Matt Hamilton that won a world championship in 2008... |
Matthew Perushek | Matthew Hamilton |
Standings
| Country | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | |
| 7 | 2 | |
| 7 | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | |
| 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | 5 | |
| 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 6 | |
| 1 | 8 |
Playoffs
Teams
| Country | Skip | Vice | Second | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaitlyn Lawes Kaitlyn Lawes Kaitlyn Lawes is a Canadian curler born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a two-time Canadian junior champion... |
Jenna Loder | Laryssa Grenkow | Breanne Meakin Breanne Meakin Breanne Meakin is a Canadian curler. She is a 4-time Manitoba Junior Champion and a one-time Canadian junior champion . She has won a silver medal at the World Junior Curling Championships. Meakin currently plays for lead Cathy Overton-Clapham.-Career:Meakin had a successful Junior career... |
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| Anna Kubeskova | Linda Klímová | Tereza Pliskova | Eliska Jalovcová | |
| Mette de Neergaard | Marie de Neergaard | Natascha Hinze Glenstrøm | Charlotte Thure Clemmesen | |
| Marie Coulot | Solène Coulot Solène Coulot Solène Coulot was a French curler.Coulot played third on her sister Marie's team from the Besançon Skating Club. In 2009, they won the French national championship. Coulot played in the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships for France, placing 9th... |
Anna Li | Manon Humbert | |
| Satsuki Fujisawa | Shiori Fujisawa | Okabe Yui | Shinoo Madoka | |
| Margarita Fomina Margarita Fomina Margarita Mikhailovna Fomina is a curler from Russia.She was part of Ludmila Privivkova's team that won the 2006 European Curling Championships.... |
Ekaterina Galkina Ekaterina Galkina Ekaterina Vladimirovna Galkina is a curler from Russia.At the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, she was part of Ludmila Privivkova's team... |
Anna Sidorova Anna Sidorova Anna Vladimirovna Sidorova is a curler from Russia.She was named late to the Russian Olympic Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Originally Olga Jarkova was named to the team; however, Jarkova was taken out at the last minute and Sidorova was added to the team... |
Daria Kozlova | |
| Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead is a Scottish curler. Muirhead is a four-time world junior champion, having won in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. She curls out of the Curling Club in Dunkeld, a small town just north of Perth.-World Junior Curling Championships:... |
Anna Sloan Anna Sloan Anna Sloan is a Scottish curler.Sloan plays third for Eve Muirhead's junior rink, but at the same time skips her own ladies rink. At the 2011 Scottish championship, Sloan defeated Muirhead's separate ladies rink on route to the national championship, defeating Hannah Fleming in the final... |
Vicki Adams | Sarah MacIntyre | |
| Anna Hasselborg Anna Hasselborg Anna Hasselborg is a Swedish curler. She is a former World Junior Champion skip.Hasselborg made her international debut at the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship, playing third for Niklas Edin, winning a bronze medal. In 2009, Hasselborg played in her first World Juniors, skipping Sweden to... |
Agnes Knochenhauer | Sofie Sidén | Zandra Flyg | |
| Marisa Winkelhausen | Martina Baumann (skip) | Fränziska Kaufmann | Isobel Kurt | |
| Alexandra Carlson | Tabitha Peterson | Tara Peterson | Sophie Brorson |
Standings
| Country | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2 | |
| 7 | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | |
| 6 | 3 | |
| 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | 5 | |
| 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 6 | |
| 2 | 7 |
Playoffs
External links
- http://www.vancouversun.com/Sports/Curling+Canadian+women+open+world+juniors+with+easy/1357957/story.html
- http://www.canada.com/sports/Canadian+skips+take+different+routes+world+championships/1354108/story.html
- http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2009/05/c6425.html
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