Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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Curling
at the 2006 Winter Olympics
was held in the town of Pinerolo
, Italy
from February 13 to February 24. It proved to be the sleeper hit
in terms of television ratings
in Italy. According to a CBC
feature, curling at the 2006 Winter Games drew 5 million viewers, eclipsing ice hockey
and figure skating
. This, and the success of the Italian
men's curling team created a surge of interest in curling within Italy, where there was no previous tradition of the sport and only a few hundred players.
A few days before the 2006 Winter Games began, the IOC confirmed that the curling competition
at the 1924 Winter Olympics
was an official event, and not a demonstration event as many authoritative sources had previously claimed. However the IOC itself had never done so. This official confirmation was the culmination of an investigative campaign begun by the Glasgow
-based newspaper The Herald
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who won the first curling Olympic Gold medal in Chamonix
, France
in 1924. The winning team was selected by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club
, Perth
, the mother club of curling.
Defending champion skips Rhona Martin
of Great Britain & Northern Ireland and Pål Trulsen
of Norway returned to defend their gold medals. Joining Martin on the women's side were 2005 World champion
Anette Norberg
of Sweden, 2002 World Junior champion
Cassandra Johnson
of the United States of America, two-time world champion Dordi Nordby
of Norway, 1996 European champion
Mirjam Ott
of Switzerland, 2004 Canadian Mixed champion
Shannon Kleibrink
of Canada, 2005 European Junior Challenge champion Ludmila Privivkova
of Russia, three time Pacific Curling champion Ayumi Onodera
of Japan, 1994 European champion Dorthe Holm
of Denmark, and for the host country, 2003 World Junior bronze medalist Diana Gaspari
from Italy.
Joining Trulsen on the men's side was 2001 World Junior Champion Brad Gushue
of Canada with the help of two-time World champion Russ Howard
calling the shots, former World Junior champion and European champion David Murdoch
of Great Britain, two-time European champion Andy Kapp
of Germany, 2000 European champion and 2005 European mixed champion Markku Uusipaavalniemi
of Finland, 1993 World Championship bronze medalist Pete Fenson
of the United States of America, 1997 World Junior champion Ralph Stöckli
of Switzerland, three-time Pacific Curling champion Sean Becker
of New Zealand, three-time World Champion Peja Lindholm
of Sweden, and the host Italian team skipped by Joel Retornaz
.
In a close game, Sweden's Anette Norberg (1) edged out Norway's Dordi Nordby (4). The turning point of the game came in the eighth end when Sweden scored the only steal of the game. From this point on the Swedish team was ahead. Anette Norberg curled 85% while Dordi Nordby struggled, which was the difference in the game.
2 vs. 3
In the other semi-final, Canada's Shannon Kleibrink team (3) faced off against Mirjam Ott of Switzerland (2). After Ott scored 3 in the third end getting a split off a rock in front of the house, Kleibrink was unable to mount a come back. The Swiss team managed to keep in the lead for the rest of the game. Mirjam Ott curling 88% in the game ensured victory for the Swiss team, while Shannon Kleibrink struggled at 66%.
to hit an unthreatening rock out of the house on her last rock instead of a guard was followed by a great raise of a Swiss rock on to a small corner of the button by Swiss skip Mirjam Ott. This brought the Swiss within one point of a tie. They continued to claw back, and after ten ends the game was tied, so they had to go to another. In the 11th end, the Swiss played a good end, leaving Anette Norberg a difficult double take-out on her last rock to win the gold medal. Norberg was successful, leaving her stone in the house to win the game, and the gold medal, 7-6.
In a close game, where both teams played extremely well, the game came down to the last rock of the tenth end. Finland (1) had the hammer, and skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi had to put a rock right on the button to win the game. It was either that or a difficult hit and roll off a British (4) rock in the four-foot frozen to a Finnish rock. British skip David Murdoch had an excellent raise hit and roll to make the freeze on his last rock, but it was no match for Markku's draw—giving Finland the win.
2 vs. 3
In the other semi-final, Canada (2) outplayed the Americans (3) for most of the game propelling them to victory. The Americans kept it close for most of the game, always within a few points until the ninth end. With Canada having the hammer, USA skip Pete Fenson had a difficult draw to beat out four Canadian stones and get buried but half of the rock was left out in the open. Canada's skip Brad Gushue peeled off Fenson's rock on his last, giving Gushue five points, at which point the American team conceded.
skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi
missed an opportunity with the hammer in the 1st end, scoring only two points instead of three (0-2), Canada
dominated and scored two points with the hammer in the 2nd end (2-2) before stealing the next two ends with a point in each (4-2). Finland finally won a point with the hammer in the 5th end to reduce the deficit (4-3), but numerous Finnish mistakes led to Canada's scoring six points in the 6th end, which effectively won the match and secured the gold medal (10-3). Brad Gushue of Canada actually had the chance to score an unusual seventh point with the hammer, but his draw shot had too much weight and together with some furious sweeping at the house by the Finland skip, it passed through the house. As it is, six is very unusual as well, and Gushue blamed the miss on nerves.
However, Gushue's miss was of little consequence due to Canada's lead. By this time, Finland wanted to concede, but had to carry on until the 8th end before being allowed to do so. They finished 10-4 with no points in the 7th end and one point in the 8th end. It was Canada's first gold medal in men's curling after winning silver at Nagano in 1998
and Salt Lake City in 2002
. School children in Newfoundland and Labrador
, where four of the five Canadians are from, had the afternoon off from school to watch the game. Those four Newfoundlanders were the first to ever win a gold medal at the Olympics. Mark Nichols, Canada's third, played phenomenally with a 97% shooting percentage. His raise-triple take-out in the sixth end was a major factor in Canada's scoring the six-point rarity.
Tie-Breaker
Playoffs
Playoffs
on February 20-22 The second in Hamburg
on March 3-6 and the third weekend was played in Baden-Hills on March 11-13. Only the men's teams qualified for the Olympics.
Final standings
Playoffs
Playoffs
were held February 19-26, 2005 in McFarland, Wisconsin
. They double as the qualifying tournament to the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
and the 2005 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.
Results:
Tie-breaker
Playoffs
Tie-breaker
Playoffs
, Hokkaidō
. Two teams, from Nagano
(skipped by Yukako Tsuchiya) and Aomori
(skipped by Ayumi Onodera
) were eligible, with Aomori having the championship team. Therefore, Nagano had to win two games against Aomori to win, while Aomori needed to win either of the games.
team: the Olympics is the only event where Scotland is temporarily re-labelled as "Great Britain". The same point system of 12 points for the winner was used in 2005 World Championships even though the event was expanded to 12 teams from 10.
Men's
Women's
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...
at the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
was held in the town of Pinerolo
Pinerolo
Pinerolo is a town and comune in north-western Italy, 40 kilometres southwest of Turin on the river Chisone.-History:In the Middle Ages, the town of Pinerolo was one of the main crossroads in Italy, and was therefore one of the principal fortresses of the dukes of Savoy. Its military importance...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
from February 13 to February 24. It proved to be the sleeper hit
Sleeper hit
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in terms of television ratings
Audience measurement
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in Italy. According to a CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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feature, curling at the 2006 Winter Games drew 5 million viewers, eclipsing ice hockey
Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics
-Leading scorers:-Leading goaltenders:Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.-Awards:Antero Niittymäki was named the most valuable player and received the Directorate Award for best goaltender of the tournament. Directorate Awards also went to Teemu Selänne for best forward, and...
and figure skating
Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Four figure skating events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, at the Palavela venue.Lithuanian ice dancers Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas became the first figure skaters to compete at five Olympics....
. This, and the success of the Italian
Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Games and the third time overall . Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner...
men's curling team created a surge of interest in curling within Italy, where there was no previous tradition of the sport and only a few hundred players.
A few days before the 2006 Winter Games began, the IOC confirmed that the curling competition
Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics
The curling event at the 1924 Winter Olympics was contested only by men. It is the first curling event in Olympic history.In February 2006, a few days before the start of the 2006 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee ruled that the curling medals were part of the official Olympic...
at the 1924 Winter Olympics
1924 Winter Olympics
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France...
was an official event, and not a demonstration event as many authoritative sources had previously claimed. However the IOC itself had never done so. This official confirmation was the culmination of an investigative campaign begun by the Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
-based newspaper The Herald
The Herald (Glasgow)
The Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, and available throughout Scotland. As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 47,226, giving it a lead over Scotland's other 'quality' national daily, The Scotsman, published in Edinburgh.The 1889 to 1906 editions...
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Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
who won the first curling Olympic Gold medal in Chamonix
Chamonix
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics...
, France
France
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in 1924. The winning team was selected by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club
Royal Caledonian Curling Club
The Royal Caledonian Curling Club is the mother club of the sport of curling, and the governing body of curling in Scotland. The RCCC was founded on 25 July 1838 in Edinburgh, and granted its royal charter by Queen Victoria in 1843, after she had witnessed a demonstration of the sport played on...
, Perth
Perth, Scotland
Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire...
, the mother club of curling.
Rhona Martin
Rhona Martin MBE is a Scottish curler who has skipped the Scotland women's team at both the European and World Championships, but is most famous as the skip of the Great Britain team that claimed the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002.-Early career:For a long time best known in...
of Great Britain & Northern Ireland and Pål Trulsen
Pål Trulsen
Pål Trulsen is a Norwegian curler from Hosle in Bærum, and was the 2002 Olympic curling men's champion....
of Norway returned to defend their gold medals. Joining Martin on the women's side were 2005 World champion
2005 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2005 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 19-27, 2005 at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley, Scotland. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event to be held separately from the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship....
Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg is a Swedish curler from Nacka. She and her team are the current Olympic women's curling champions, having won the 2010 Women's Curling tournament in Vancouver...
of Sweden, 2002 World Junior champion
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...
Cassandra Johnson
Cassandra Johnson
Cassandra "Cassie" Potter is an American curler best known for skipping the United States Women's Curling Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2005 Women's World Curling Championships.-Biography:...
of the United States of America, two-time world champion Dordi Nordby
Dordi Nordby
Dordi Agate Nordby, , is a Norwegian right-handed curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gold medals and two European championship gold medals.Having made her international...
of Norway, 1996 European champion
European Curling Championships
The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations and hosted by the European Curling Federation. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December...
Mirjam Ott
Mirjam Ott
Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide...
of Switzerland, 2004 Canadian Mixed champion
Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada. It is considered as the highest level of mixed curling in the world, with the absence of a World Championships. However, a...
Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy...
of Canada, 2005 European Junior Challenge champion Ludmila Privivkova
Ludmila Privivkova
Liudmila Andreyevna Privivkova is a curler from Russia....
of Russia, three time Pacific Curling champion Ayumi Onodera
Ayumi Onodera
is a Japanese curler, born November 25, 1978 in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture, Hokkaidō.- History :Onodera is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics...
of Japan, 1994 European champion Dorthe Holm
Dorthe Holm
Dorthe Holm is a Danish curler from Kastrup.Holm skipped the Danish women's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The team were the only athletes Denmark sent to the games, as such Holm carried the flag for Denmark in the opening ceremonies.Holm has had a long curling career, which internationally...
of Denmark, and for the host country, 2003 World Junior bronze medalist Diana Gaspari
Diana Gaspari
Diana Gaspari is an Italian curler.Gaspari started playing curling in 1996. She plays in fourth position as a skip and is right-handed.-References:...
from Italy.
Joining Trulsen on the men's side was 2001 World Junior Champion Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue
Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland...
of Canada with the help of two-time World champion Russ Howard
Russ Howard
Russell W. "Russ" Howard, ONL is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, but originally from Midland, Ontario. His home club in Moncton is Curling Beausejour...
calling the shots, former World Junior champion and European champion David Murdoch
David Murdoch
David Murdoch is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. Murdoch and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith were the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions.-Background:...
of Great Britain, two-time European champion Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp
Andreas "Andy" Kapp is a German curler from Unterthingau. After a number of unsuccessful tournaments at the Junior, Olympic and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship. The next year however, he finished only 7th, but at the 1994 World Championships...
of Germany, 2000 European champion and 2005 European mixed champion Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Markku Uusipaavalniemi is a Finnish curler and politician.-Personal life:Uusipaavalniemi lives in Hyvinkää with his wife and three children. His older brother Jussi taught him how to curl.-Curling career:...
of Finland, 1993 World Championship bronze medalist Pete Fenson
Pete Fenson
Peter Fenson is an American curler, skip of the men's rink which represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The rink took the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal for the United States in curling...
of the United States of America, 1997 World Junior champion Ralph Stöckli
Ralph Stöckli
Ralph Stöckli is a Swiss curler from Lucerne.Stöckli began a successful curling career at the junior level, winning a bronze medal at the World Junior Curling Championships as an alternate in 1994. In 1996, he was the Swiss skip and they won a silver medal, losing to James Dryburgh of Scotland...
of Switzerland, three-time Pacific Curling champion Sean Becker
Sean Becker
Sean Peter Becker is a New Zealand curler.-Career:Becker was the skip for New Zealand teams which won three Pacific Curling Championships in 1998, 2003, and 2004. He also skipped for the New Zealand team in the 2004 and 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, finishing in 8th place with a 5-6...
of New Zealand, three-time World Champion Peja Lindholm
Peja Lindholm
Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm is a Swedish curler. He is a three-time world champion skip, winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He is also a two-time European champion and a former world junior champion .Lindholm announced his retirement from curling following the 2007 European Curling Championships...
of Sweden, and the host Italian team skipped by Joel Retornaz
Joël Retornaz
Joël Thierry Retornaz is an Italian curler. He was in 2006 the leader of the Italian men's curling team.Retornaz gained sudden notoriety in Italy in occasion of the 2006 Winter Olympics...
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| Fixtures and Results |
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| Women's: Teams - Standings - Schedule - Percentages Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Semi-finals - Bronze medal game - Gold medal game |
| Men's: Teams - Standings - Schedule - Percentages Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Semi-finals - Bronze medal game - Gold medal game |
| Olympic qualifying |
| External links |
Medalists
Teams
| Nation | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Club |
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| |Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy... |
Amy Nixon Amy Nixon Amy Nixon is a Canadian curler. At the age of four she moved with her family to Regina, Saskatchewan, where she grew up. She moved to Calgary in 1995, where she now resides. Nixon is an alumnus of the University of Calgary with three degrees in kinesiology, women's studies and law... |
Glenys Bakker Glenys Bakker Glenys Bakker is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.Bakker played second for Shannon Kleibrink's bronze medal winning team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.... |
Christine Keshen Christine Keshen Christine Keshen is a Canadian curler from Invermere, British Columbia)Keshen played lead for Team Canada, skipped by Shannon Kleibrink at the 2006 Winter Olympics.... |
Sandra Jenkins Sandra Jenkins Sandra Jenkins is a Canadian curler from Salmon Arm, British Columbia.... |
Calgary Winter Club, Calgary | |
| |Dorthe Holm Dorthe Holm Dorthe Holm is a Danish curler from Kastrup.Holm skipped the Danish women's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The team were the only athletes Denmark sent to the games, as such Holm carried the flag for Denmark in the opening ceremonies.Holm has had a long curling career, which internationally... |
Denise Dupont Denise Dupont Denise Dupont is a Danish curler. She throws third rocks for the Danish national team, skipped by Angelina Jensen.... |
Lene Nielsen Lene Nielsen Lene Nielsen is a Danish curler.Nielsen played in her first international events in 2004, as an alternate for the Madeleine Dupont rink. Even though she was an alternate, she played many games. At the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships, the team finished 6th and at the 2004 Ford World Women's... |
Malene Krause | Maria Poulsen Maria Poulsen Maria Poulsen is a Danish curler. She currently plays lead for the Lene Nielsen rink.Poulsen was the lead on the Denise Dupont rink that finished 9th place at the 2001 World Junior Curling Championships. At the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships, the rink, now skipped by Madeleine Dupont... |
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Hvidovre Hvidovre Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden near Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 22 km², and has a total population of 49,380... |
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| |Rhona Martin Rhona Martin Rhona Martin MBE is a Scottish curler who has skipped the Scotland women's team at both the European and World Championships, but is most famous as the skip of the Great Britain team that claimed the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002.-Early career:For a long time best known in... |
Jackie Lockhart Jackie Lockhart Jacqueline "Jackie" Lockhart is a Scottish curler who has competed prolifically in major international competitions for Scotland, and for the Great Britain team that competes at the Olympic Winter Games.Having made her international debut at the 1983 European Championships, she went on to claim a... |
Kelly Wood Kelly Wood Kelly Wood is a Scottish curler who has represented her home country and Great Britain and Northern Ireland on an International and Olympic scale.... |
Lynn Cameron Lynn Cameron Lynn Cameron is a Scottish curler, and member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team taking part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.2006 was her 1st appearance as an Olympian... |
Deborah Knox Deborah Knox Deborah "Debbie" Knox is a Scottish curler from Lochgelly.Knox was a member of the gold medal winning team at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She played third for Rhona Martin. She was also a member of the team again at the 2006 Winter Olympics as an alternate, however the team did not medal.-References:... |
Greenacres CC, Howwood | |
| |Diana Gaspari Diana Gaspari Diana Gaspari is an Italian curler.Gaspari started playing curling in 1996. She plays in fourth position as a skip and is right-handed.-References:... |
Giulia Lacedelli Giulia Lacedelli Giulia Lacedelli is an Italian curler.Lacedelli started playing curling in 1986. She plays in third position as a vice skip and is right-handed.- References :... |
Rosa Pompanin | Violetta Caldart Violetta Caldart Violetta Caldart is an Italian curler.Caldart started playing curling in 1992. She plays in first position and is right-handed.-References:... |
Eleonara Alvera | New Wave CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene... |
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| |Ayumi Onodera Ayumi Onodera is a Japanese curler, born November 25, 1978 in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture, Hokkaidō.- History :Onodera is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics... |
Yumie Hayashi Yumie Hayashi is a Japanese curler, born April 5, 1978 in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.- History :Hayashi is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the Games she threw third under skip Ayumi Onodera.- References :... |
Mari Motohashi Mari Motohashi is a Japanese curler, born June 10, 1986 in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture, Hokkaidō.- History :Motohashi was a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the 2006 Games she threw Second under skip Ayumi Onodera. She also competed with Team... |
Moe Meguro Moe Meguro is a Japanese curler, born November 20, 1984 in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.- History :Moe Meguro won her first medal at the international level at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships winning the gold medal. She played lead under skip Yumie Hayashi.... |
Sakurako Terada Sakurako Terada is a Japanese curler, born May 17, 1984 in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.- History :Terada is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the Games she was the alternate under skip Ayumi Onodera.- References :... |
Aomori CC Team Aomori Team Aomori , also called the Curling Musume is the women's curling team of Aomori, Japan. The Team is Japanese Champions 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. It was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics.-References:* *... , Aomori Aomori, Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the city had an estimated population of 302,068 and a density of 366 persons per km². Its total area was 824.52 km².- History :... |
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| |Dordi Nordby Dordi Nordby Dordi Agate Nordby, , is a Norwegian right-handed curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gold medals and two European championship gold medals.Having made her international... |
Marianne Haslum Marianne Haslum Marianne Haslum is a Norwegian curler.At major championships, she won bronze medals in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2002, and silver in 1997 and 2004... |
Marianne Rørvik Marianne Rørvik Marianne Rørvik is a Norwegian curler. She is the skip of the Norwegian national women's team.Rørvik has played in nine straight World Junior Curling Championships, winning gold in 2004 playing third for Linn Githmark. In 2002, she was added as an alternate player on the Dordi Nordby rink... |
Camilla Holth Camilla Holth Camilla Holth is a Norwegian curler. She won a silver medal at the 2004 World Curling Championships.-References:... |
Charlotte Hovring | Snarøen CC, Bærum Bærum is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city.... |
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| |Ludmila Privivkova Ludmila Privivkova Liudmila Andreyevna Privivkova is a curler from Russia.... |
Nkeiruka Ezekh | Olga Jarkova Olga Jarkova Olga Nikolayevna Jarkova is a Russian curler.Jarkova has been curling for Russia internationally since 1999, when she threw fourth stones for Nina Golovtchenko at the World Junior Challenge where they won silver. She threw third stones that year at a disappointing last place finish in the World... |
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... |
Yana Nekrasova | Сombined team | |
| |Anette Norberg Anette Norberg Anette Norberg is a Swedish curler from Nacka. She and her team are the current Olympic women's curling champions, having won the 2010 Women's Curling tournament in Vancouver... |
Eva Lund Eva Lund Eva Lund is a Swedish curler. , .Born in Stockholm, Sweden, as Eva Eriksson, she lives in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, with her husband and Swedish national curling coach Stefan Lund and her son Adam and daughter Anna... |
Cathrine Lindahl Cathrine Lindahl Cathrine Lindahl is a Swedish curler from Östersund.Lindahl plays second for her sister Anette Norberg's team... |
Anna Svärd Anna Svärd Anna Maria Le Moine , is a Swedish curler. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, she was the lead for the Swedish team who won the gold-medal after a thrilling final game... |
Ulrika Bergman Ulrika Bergman Ulrika Bergman is a Swedish curler from Solna. She is currently the alternate for the World and Olympic Champion Anette Norberg team. She was the fourth player for Margaretha Lindahl in four straight world junior championships from 1993 to 1996. Their best finish was in 1995 when they won the... |
Härnösands CK Härnösand Härnösand Härnösand is a locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 18,003 inhabitants in 2005. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape rises just some miles north of Härnösand... |
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Binia Beeli | Valeria Spälty Valeria Spälty Valeria Spälty is a Swiss curler.Spälty started curling in 1992. She plays second for Mirjam Ott and is right-handed.... |
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Manuela Kormann Manuela Kormann Manuela Kormann is a Swiss curler.Kormann started playing curling in 1986. She plays in third position or as a skip and is right-handed.-References:... |
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Maureen Brunt Maureen Brunt Maureen Brunt is an American curler. She began curling at the age of 5 at the Portage Curling Club, a few short blocks from her home.-Career:... |
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Standings
| Nation | Skip | W | L | PF | PA | Ends Won |
Ends Lost |
Blank Ends |
Stolen Ends |
Shot Pct. |
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| |Anette Norberg Anette Norberg Anette Norberg is a Swedish curler from Nacka. She and her team are the current Olympic women's curling champions, having won the 2010 Women's Curling tournament in Vancouver... |
7 | 2 | 61 | 54 | 41 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 79% |
| |Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide... |
7 | 2 | 74 | 44 | 37 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 75% |
| |Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy... |
6 | 3 | 68 | 51 | 39 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 75% |
| |Dordi Nordby Dordi Nordby Dordi Agate Nordby, , is a Norwegian right-handed curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gold medals and two European championship gold medals.Having made her international... |
6 | 3 | 73 | 54 | 45 | 32 | 5 | 16 | 73% |
| |Rhona Martin Rhona Martin Rhona Martin MBE is a Scottish curler who has skipped the Scotland women's team at both the European and World Championships, but is most famous as the skip of the Great Britain team that claimed the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002.-Early career:For a long time best known in... |
5 | 4 | 55 | 54 | 31 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 76% |
| |Ludmila Privivkova Ludmila Privivkova Liudmila Andreyevna Privivkova is a curler from Russia.... |
5 | 4 | 57 | 60 | 41 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 77% |
| |Ayumi Onodera Ayumi Onodera is a Japanese curler, born November 25, 1978 in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture, Hokkaidō.- History :Onodera is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics... |
4 | 5 | 53 | 59 | 36 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 72% |
| |Cassandra Johnson Cassandra Johnson Cassandra "Cassie" Potter is an American curler best known for skipping the United States Women's Curling Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2005 Women's World Curling Championships.-Biography:... |
2 | 7 | 58 | 66 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 9 | 73% |
| |Dorthe Holm Dorthe Holm Dorthe Holm is a Danish curler from Kastrup.Holm skipped the Danish women's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The team were the only athletes Denmark sent to the games, as such Holm carried the flag for Denmark in the opening ceremonies.Holm has had a long curling career, which internationally... |
2 | 7 | 47 | 69 | 27 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 72% |
| |Diana Gaspari Diana Gaspari Diana Gaspari is an Italian curler.Gaspari started playing curling in 1996. She plays in fourth position as a skip and is right-handed.-References:... |
1 | 8 | 44 | 79 | 33 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 66% |
Draw 1 - Monday, February 13, 1400
Note: hammers denote the team that had the last stone in the first end.Draw 2 - Tuesday, February 14, 0900
Draw 3 - Tuesday, February 14, 1900
Draw 4 - Wednesday, February 15, 1400
Draw 5 - Thursday, February 16, 0900
Draw 6 - Thursday, February 16, 1900
Draw 7 - Friday, February 17, 1400
Draw 8 - Saturday, February 18, 0900
Draw 9 - Saturday, February 18, 1900
Draw 10 - Sunday, February 19, 1400
Draw 11 - Monday, February 20, 0900
Draw 12 - Monday, February 20, 1900
Semi-finals - Wednesday, February 22, 1400
1 vs. 4In a close game, Sweden's Anette Norberg (1) edged out Norway's Dordi Nordby (4). The turning point of the game came in the eighth end when Sweden scored the only steal of the game. From this point on the Swedish team was ahead. Anette Norberg curled 85% while Dordi Nordby struggled, which was the difference in the game.
| Player Percentages | |||
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| Anna Svärd Anna Svärd Anna Maria Le Moine , is a Swedish curler. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, she was the lead for the Swedish team who won the gold-medal after a thrilling final game... |
86% | Camilla Holth Camilla Holth Camilla Holth is a Norwegian curler. She won a silver medal at the 2004 World Curling Championships.-References:... |
71% |
| Cathrine Lindahl Cathrine Lindahl Cathrine Lindahl is a Swedish curler from Östersund.Lindahl plays second for her sister Anette Norberg's team... |
79% | Marianne Rørvik Marianne Rørvik Marianne Rørvik is a Norwegian curler. She is the skip of the Norwegian national women's team.Rørvik has played in nine straight World Junior Curling Championships, winning gold in 2004 playing third for Linn Githmark. In 2002, she was added as an alternate player on the Dordi Nordby rink... |
86% |
| Eva Lund Eva Lund Eva Lund is a Swedish curler. , .Born in Stockholm, Sweden, as Eva Eriksson, she lives in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, with her husband and Swedish national curling coach Stefan Lund and her son Adam and daughter Anna... |
93% | Marianne Haslum Marianne Haslum Marianne Haslum is a Norwegian curler.At major championships, she won bronze medals in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2002, and silver in 1997 and 2004... |
79% |
| Anette Norberg Anette Norberg Anette Norberg is a Swedish curler from Nacka. She and her team are the current Olympic women's curling champions, having won the 2010 Women's Curling tournament in Vancouver... |
86% | Dordi Nordby Dordi Nordby Dordi Agate Nordby, , is a Norwegian right-handed curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gold medals and two European championship gold medals.Having made her international... |
68% |
| Total | 86% | Total | 76% |
2 vs. 3
In the other semi-final, Canada's Shannon Kleibrink team (3) faced off against Mirjam Ott of Switzerland (2). After Ott scored 3 in the third end getting a split off a rock in front of the house, Kleibrink was unable to mount a come back. The Swiss team managed to keep in the lead for the rest of the game. Mirjam Ott curling 88% in the game ensured victory for the Swiss team, while Shannon Kleibrink struggled at 66%.
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| Michèle Moser Michèle Moser Michèle Moser is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.-References:... |
74% | Christine Keshen Christine Keshen Christine Keshen is a Canadian curler from Invermere, British Columbia)Keshen played lead for Team Canada, skipped by Shannon Kleibrink at the 2006 Winter Olympics.... |
84% |
| Valeria Spälty Valeria Spälty Valeria Spälty is a Swiss curler.Spälty started curling in 1992. She plays second for Mirjam Ott and is right-handed.... |
70% | Glenys Bakker Glenys Bakker Glenys Bakker is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.Bakker played second for Shannon Kleibrink's bronze medal winning team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.... |
61% |
| Binia Beeli | 70% | Amy Nixon Amy Nixon Amy Nixon is a Canadian curler. At the age of four she moved with her family to Regina, Saskatchewan, where she grew up. She moved to Calgary in 1995, where she now resides. Nixon is an alumnus of the University of Calgary with three degrees in kinesiology, women's studies and law... |
65% |
| Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide... |
88% | Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy... |
66% |
| Total | 75% | Total | 69% |
Bronze medal game - Thursday, February 23, 1300
Canada scored four in the first end after Dordi Nordby, the Norwegian skip flopped her rock over on a heavy freeze attempt and was removed by Shannon Kleibrink, the Canadian skip on her last rock. With three other Canadian rocks in the house, Canada scored four. Canada never looked back, scoring four more points in the fifth end en route to an 11-5 thrashing of Norway.| Player Percentages | |||
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| Christine Keshen Christine Keshen Christine Keshen is a Canadian curler from Invermere, British Columbia)Keshen played lead for Team Canada, skipped by Shannon Kleibrink at the 2006 Winter Olympics.... |
83% | Camilla Holth Camilla Holth Camilla Holth is a Norwegian curler. She won a silver medal at the 2004 World Curling Championships.-References:... |
92% |
| Glenys Bakker Glenys Bakker Glenys Bakker is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.Bakker played second for Shannon Kleibrink's bronze medal winning team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.... |
73% | Marianne Rørvik Marianne Rørvik Marianne Rørvik is a Norwegian curler. She is the skip of the Norwegian national women's team.Rørvik has played in nine straight World Junior Curling Championships, winning gold in 2004 playing third for Linn Githmark. In 2002, she was added as an alternate player on the Dordi Nordby rink... |
70% |
| Amy Nixon Amy Nixon Amy Nixon is a Canadian curler. At the age of four she moved with her family to Regina, Saskatchewan, where she grew up. She moved to Calgary in 1995, where she now resides. Nixon is an alumnus of the University of Calgary with three degrees in kinesiology, women's studies and law... |
80% | Marianne Haslum Marianne Haslum Marianne Haslum is a Norwegian curler.At major championships, she won bronze medals in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2002, and silver in 1997 and 2004... |
72% |
| Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy... |
66% | Dordi Nordby Dordi Nordby Dordi Agate Nordby, , is a Norwegian right-handed curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gold medals and two European championship gold medals.Having made her international... |
56% |
| Total | 75% | Total | 73% |
Gold medal game - Thursday, February 23, 1730
Sweden held the lead for much of the game, but saw the Swiss team start to claw back late in the game. In the 8th end, a decision by Swedish skip Anette NorbergAnette Norberg
Anette Norberg is a Swedish curler from Nacka. She and her team are the current Olympic women's curling champions, having won the 2010 Women's Curling tournament in Vancouver...
to hit an unthreatening rock out of the house on her last rock instead of a guard was followed by a great raise of a Swiss rock on to a small corner of the button by Swiss skip Mirjam Ott. This brought the Swiss within one point of a tie. They continued to claw back, and after ten ends the game was tied, so they had to go to another. In the 11th end, the Swiss played a good end, leaving Anette Norberg a difficult double take-out on her last rock to win the gold medal. Norberg was successful, leaving her stone in the house to win the game, and the gold medal, 7-6.
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| Anna Svärd Anna Svärd Anna Maria Le Moine , is a Swedish curler. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, she was the lead for the Swedish team who won the gold-medal after a thrilling final game... |
61% | Michèle Moser Michèle Moser Michèle Moser is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.-References:... |
83% |
| Cathrine Lindahl Cathrine Lindahl Cathrine Lindahl is a Swedish curler from Östersund.Lindahl plays second for her sister Anette Norberg's team... |
82% | Valeria Spälty Valeria Spälty Valeria Spälty is a Swiss curler.Spälty started curling in 1992. She plays second for Mirjam Ott and is right-handed.... |
66% |
| Eva Lund Eva Lund Eva Lund is a Swedish curler. , .Born in Stockholm, Sweden, as Eva Eriksson, she lives in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, with her husband and Swedish national curling coach Stefan Lund and her son Adam and daughter Anna... |
69% | Binia Beeli | 80% |
| Anette Norberg Anette Norberg Anette Norberg is a Swedish curler from Nacka. She and her team are the current Olympic women's curling champions, having won the 2010 Women's Curling tournament in Vancouver... |
83% | Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide... |
85% |
| Total | 74% | Total | 78% |
Round Robin Final Player percentages
Minimum 6 games. Five best players from each position| Lead | Nation | % |
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| Christine Keshen Christine Keshen Christine Keshen is a Canadian curler from Invermere, British Columbia)Keshen played lead for Team Canada, skipped by Shannon Kleibrink at the 2006 Winter Olympics.... |
81 | |
| Lynn Cameron Lynn Cameron Lynn Cameron is a Scottish curler, and member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team taking part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.2006 was her 1st appearance as an Olympian... |
79 | |
| Marlene Krause | 79 | |
| 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... |
78 | |
| Anna Svärd Anna Svärd Anna Maria Le Moine , is a Swedish curler. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, she was the lead for the Swedish team who won the gold-medal after a thrilling final game... |
78 |
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| Nkeirouka Ezekh | 79 | |
| Valeria Spälty Valeria Spälty Valeria Spälty is a Swiss curler.Spälty started curling in 1992. She plays second for Mirjam Ott and is right-handed.... |
79 | |
| Cathrine Lindahl Cathrine Lindahl Cathrine Lindahl is a Swedish curler from Östersund.Lindahl plays second for her sister Anette Norberg's team... |
78 | |
| Mari Motohashi Mari Motohashi is a Japanese curler, born June 10, 1986 in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture, Hokkaidō.- History :Motohashi was a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the 2006 Games she threw Second under skip Ayumi Onodera. She also competed with Team... |
73 | |
| Lene Nielsen Lene Nielsen Lene Nielsen is a Danish curler.Nielsen played in her first international events in 2004, as an alternate for the Madeleine Dupont rink. Even though she was an alternate, she played many games. At the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships, the team finished 6th and at the 2004 Ford World Women's... |
72 | |
| Marianne Rørvik Marianne Rørvik Marianne Rørvik is a Norwegian curler. She is the skip of the Norwegian national women's team.Rørvik has played in nine straight World Junior Curling Championships, winning gold in 2004 playing third for Linn Githmark. In 2002, she was added as an alternate player on the Dordi Nordby rink... |
72 | |
| Kelly Wood Kelly Wood Kelly Wood is a Scottish curler who has represented her home country and Great Britain and Northern Ireland on an International and Olympic scale.... |
72 |
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| Eva Lund Eva Lund Eva Lund is a Swedish curler. , .Born in Stockholm, Sweden, as Eva Eriksson, she lives in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, with her husband and Swedish national curling coach Stefan Lund and her son Adam and daughter Anna... |
80 | |
| Marianne Haslum Marianne Haslum Marianne Haslum is a Norwegian curler.At major championships, she won bronze medals in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2002, and silver in 1997 and 2004... |
78 | |
| Binia Beeli | 77 | |
| Yumie Hayashi Yumie Hayashi is a Japanese curler, born April 5, 1978 in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.- History :Hayashi is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the Games she threw third under skip Ayumi Onodera.- References :... |
77 | |
| Olga Jarkova Olga Jarkova Olga Nikolayevna Jarkova is a Russian curler.Jarkova has been curling for Russia internationally since 1999, when she threw fourth stones for Nina Golovtchenko at the World Junior Challenge where they won silver. She threw third stones that year at a disappointing last place finish in the World... |
75 |
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| Anette Norberg Anette Norberg Anette Norberg is a Swedish curler from Nacka. She and her team are the current Olympic women's curling champions, having won the 2010 Women's Curling tournament in Vancouver... |
79 | |
| Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy... |
76 | |
| Rhona Martin Rhona Martin Rhona Martin MBE is a Scottish curler who has skipped the Scotland women's team at both the European and World Championships, but is most famous as the skip of the Great Britain team that claimed the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002.-Early career:For a long time best known in... |
75 | |
| Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide... |
75 | |
| Dordi Nordby Dordi Nordby Dordi Agate Nordby, , is a Norwegian right-handed curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gold medals and two European championship gold medals.Having made her international... |
72 |
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| × | Brad Gushue Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland... |
Mark Nichols Mark Nichols Mark Nichols, ONL is a Canadian curler from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Nichols played third for the Brad Gushue rink from 1999 to 2011, and represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics. With Gushue, Nichols has been to three Canadian Junior Curling Championships and six Briers... |
Russ Howard Russ Howard Russell W. "Russ" Howard, ONL is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, but originally from Midland, Ontario. His home club in Moncton is Curling Beausejour... * |
Jamie Korab Jamie Korab Jamie A. Korab, ONL is a Canadian curler.Korab was the lead for the Canadian men's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics skipped by Brad Gushue.... |
Mike Adam Mike Adam Michael B. Adam, ONL is a Canadian curler. He was born in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador), where he currently lives.Adam was the alternate for the Canadian 2006 Winter Olympics curling team skipped by Brad Gushue... |
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Wille Mäkelä Wille Mäkelä Wille Mäkelä is a retired Finnish curler and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.... |
Kalle Kiiskinen Kalle Kiiskinen Kalle Kiiskinen is a Finnish curler.In Juniors, Kiiskinen played for Perttu Piilo and won a silver medal as his third at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championships.... |
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Uli Kapp Uli Kapp Ulrich "Uli" Kapp is a German curler from Munich. He currently plays third for his brother, Andy Kapp.... |
Oliver Axnick Oliver Axnick Oliver Axnick is a German curler.Axnick has begun to curl at the age of 16. He reached two European Championships, 1992 in Perth and 1997 in Füssen... |
Holger Höhne Holger Höhne Holger "Holgi" Höhne is a German curler. He currently plays second for the German national team, skipped by Andy Kapp.... |
Andreas Kempf Andreas Kempf Andreas "Kempfi" Kempf is a German curler from Munich. He currently plays lead for the German national team, skipped by Andy Kapp.... |
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Warwick Smith Warwick Smith Warwick B. Smith is a Scottish curler from Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross.Smith made his international debut at the 1996 World Curling Championships as the skip for the Scotland team... |
Euan Byers Euan Byers Euan Byers is a Scottish curler.Byers started playing curling in 1983. He plays in first position and is right-handed... |
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Lars Vågberg Lars Vågberg Lars Vågberg is a Norwegian curler from Bærum.Vågberg began his international curling career in Sweden. In his first international tournament, he was the second Mikael Hasselborg's 1990 European Curling Championships winning team... |
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Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
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| |Peja Lindholm Peja Lindholm Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm is a Swedish curler. He is a three-time world champion skip, winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He is also a two-time European champion and a former world junior champion .Lindholm announced his retirement from curling following the 2007 European Curling Championships... |
Tomas Nordin Tomas Nordin Tomas Nordin is a Swedish curler and world champion.He won a gold medal in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 World Curling Championships, all three times with skip Peja Lindholm, and received silver medal in 1998 and 2000.He is European champion from 1998 and 2001 , and has received a total of seven... |
Magnus Swartling Magnus Swartling Magnus Swartling is a Swedish curler and world champion.He won a gold medal in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 World Curling Championships, all three times with skip Peja Lindholm, and received silver medals in 1998 and 2000.Swartling is European champion from 1998 and 2001 , and has received a total of... |
Peter Narup Peter Narup Peter Narup is a Swedish curler and world champion.He won gold medals in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 World Curling Championships, and received silver medals in 1998 and 2000, all times with skip Peja Lindholm.... |
Anders Kraupp | Östersunds CK, Östersund Östersund Östersund is an urban area in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön, and is the only city in Jämtland. Östersund is the... |
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| |Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli is a Swiss curler from Lucerne.Stöckli began a successful curling career at the junior level, winning a bronze medal at the World Junior Curling Championships as an alternate in 1994. In 1996, he was the Swiss skip and they won a silver medal, losing to James Dryburgh of Scotland... |
Claudio Pescia Claudio Pescia Claudio Pescia is a Swiss curler from Wettswil. Originally the skip of the Italian national team, Pescia now skips under the Swiss flag.... |
Pascal Sieber | Marco Battilana | Simon Strübin Simon Strübin Simon Strübin is a Swiss curler from Erlenbach. He currently plays lead for Ralph Stöckli.Strübin played second for Stöckli at the 1998 World Junior Curling Championships where they picked up a bronze medal. In 2003, he moved to lead on the team where they won the silver medal at the 2003 Ford... |
St Galler Bär CC, Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... |
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| |Pete Fenson Pete Fenson Peter Fenson is an American curler, skip of the men's rink which represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The rink took the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal for the United States in curling... |
Shawn Rojeski Shawn Rojeski Shawn Rojeski is an American curler from Chisholm, Minnesota and Olympic medalist. He was born and raised in Biwabik, Minnesota and attended Mesabi East High School. Under skip Pete Fenson, he received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, playing as the third... |
Joseph Polo | John Shuster John Shuster John Shuster is an American curler and Olympic medalist from Chisholm, Minnesota. He received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin... |
Scott Baird Scott Baird Scott Baird is an American curler. At 54, he is the oldest American athlete to ever participate in the Winter Olympics, which he did at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Despite this feat, Baird was only the alternate for Pete Fenson's U.S. team and did not throw a stone. He still received a bronze medal,... |
Bemidji CC Bemidji Curling Club The Bemidji Curling Club is a curling club located in the city of Bemidji, Minnesota. It is notable for its long line of champions in many different competitions, including men's and women's rinks which represented the United States in the 2005 World Curling Championship and the 2006 Winter... , Bemidji Bemidji, Minnesota Bemidji is a city in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was at 13,431 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beltrami County. Bemidji is the most major city in North Central Minnesota and the largest commercial center between Grand Forks, North Dakota and Duluth,... |
* – Calls the game as a skip normally would- × – The Olympics have recorded the skip as Russ Howard, however the team internally considers that Brad Gushue is skip. It is a team formed by Brad Gushue.
Standings
| Locale | Skip | W | L | PF | PA | Ends Won |
Ends Lost |
Blank Ends |
Stolen Ends |
Shot Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi is a Finnish curler and politician.-Personal life:Uusipaavalniemi lives in Hyvinkää with his wife and three children. His older brother Jussi taught him how to curl.-Curling career:... |
7 | 2 | 53 | 40 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 78% |
| |Brad Gushue Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland... |
6 | 3 | 66 | 46 | 47 | 31 | 9 | 23 | 80% |
| |Pete Fenson Pete Fenson Peter Fenson is an American curler, skip of the men's rink which represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The rink took the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal for the United States in curling... |
6 | 3 | 66 | 47 | 36 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 80% |
| |David Murdoch David Murdoch David Murdoch is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. Murdoch and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith were the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions.-Background:... |
6 | 3 | 59 | 49 | 36 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 81% |
| |Pål Trulsen Pål Trulsen Pål Trulsen is a Norwegian curler from Hosle in Bærum, and was the 2002 Olympic curling men's champion.... |
5 | 4 | 57 | 47 | 33 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 78% |
| |Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli is a Swiss curler from Lucerne.Stöckli began a successful curling career at the junior level, winning a bronze medal at the World Junior Curling Championships as an alternate in 1994. In 1996, he was the Swiss skip and they won a silver medal, losing to James Dryburgh of Scotland... |
5 | 4 | 56 | 45 | 31 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 76% |
| |Joël Retornaz Joël Retornaz Joël Thierry Retornaz is an Italian curler. He was in 2006 the leader of the Italian men's curling team.Retornaz gained sudden notoriety in Italy in occasion of the 2006 Winter Olympics... |
4 | 5 | 47 | 66 | 37 | 38 | 10 | 7 | 70% |
| |Andy Kapp Andy Kapp Andreas "Andy" Kapp is a German curler from Unterthingau. After a number of unsuccessful tournaments at the Junior, Olympic and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship. The next year however, he finished only 7th, but at the 1994 World Championships... |
3 | 6 | 53 | 55 | 34 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 77% |
| |Peja Lindholm Peja Lindholm Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm is a Swedish curler. He is a three-time world champion skip, winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He is also a two-time European champion and a former world junior champion .Lindholm announced his retirement from curling following the 2007 European Curling Championships... |
3 | 6 | 45 | 68 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 78% |
| |Sean Becker Sean Becker Sean Peter Becker is a New Zealand curler.-Career:Becker was the skip for New Zealand teams which won three Pacific Curling Championships in 1998, 2003, and 2004. He also skipped for the New Zealand team in the 2004 and 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, finishing in 8th place with a 5-6... |
0 | 9 | 37 | 76 | 28 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 69% |
Draw 1 - Monday, February 13, 0900
Note: in the following, the hammers denote the team that has the last stone in the first end.Draw 2 - Monday, February 13, 1900
Draw 3 - Tuesday, February 14, 1400
Draw 4 - Wednesday, February 15, 0900
Draw 5 - Wednesday, February 15, 1900
Draw 6 - Thursday, February 16, 1400
Draw 7 - Friday, February 17, 0900
Draw 8 - Friday, February 17, 1900
Draw 9 - Saturday, February 18, 1400
Draw 10 - Sunday, February 19, 0900
Draw 11 - Sunday, February 19, 1900
Draw 12 - Monday, February 20, 1400
Semi-finals - Wednesday, February 22, 1900
1 vs. 4In a close game, where both teams played extremely well, the game came down to the last rock of the tenth end. Finland (1) had the hammer, and skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi had to put a rock right on the button to win the game. It was either that or a difficult hit and roll off a British (4) rock in the four-foot frozen to a Finnish rock. British skip David Murdoch had an excellent raise hit and roll to make the freeze on his last rock, but it was no match for Markku's draw—giving Finland the win.
| Player Percentages | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teemu Salo Teemu Salo Teemu Salo is a Finnish curler from Hyvinkaa. He has played lead position for Markku Uusipaavalniemi since 2002.Salo won a silver medal as a member of Uusipaavaliemi's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics... |
84% | Euan Byers Euan Byers Euan Byers is a Scottish curler.Byers started playing curling in 1983. He plays in first position and is right-handed... |
89% |
| Kalle Kiiskinen Kalle Kiiskinen Kalle Kiiskinen is a Finnish curler.In Juniors, Kiiskinen played for Perttu Piilo and won a silver medal as his third at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championships.... |
94% | Warwick Smith Warwick Smith Warwick B. Smith is a Scottish curler from Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross.Smith made his international debut at the 1996 World Curling Championships as the skip for the Scotland team... |
89% |
| Wille Mäkelä Wille Mäkelä Wille Mäkelä is a retired Finnish curler and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.... |
78% | Ewan MacDonald Ewan MacDonald Ewan MacDonald is a Scottish curler. He currently plays third for David Murdoch.At his World Championship debut in 1999, MacDonald played second for Hammy McMillan. Their Scottish team would go all the way and win the gold medal defeating Canada in the final, skipped by Jeff Stoughton... |
89% |
| Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi is a Finnish curler and politician.-Personal life:Uusipaavalniemi lives in Hyvinkää with his wife and three children. His older brother Jussi taught him how to curl.-Curling career:... |
88% | David Murdoch David Murdoch David Murdoch is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. Murdoch and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith were the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions.-Background:... |
80% |
| Total | 86% | Total | 87% |
2 vs. 3
| Player Percentages | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Korab Jamie Korab Jamie A. Korab, ONL is a Canadian curler.Korab was the lead for the Canadian men's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics skipped by Brad Gushue.... |
71% | John Shuster John Shuster John Shuster is an American curler and Olympic medalist from Chisholm, Minnesota. He received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin... |
79% |
| Russ Howard Russ Howard Russell W. "Russ" Howard, ONL is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, but originally from Midland, Ontario. His home club in Moncton is Curling Beausejour... |
82% | Joseph Polo | 79% |
| Mark Nichols Mark Nichols Mark Nichols, ONL is a Canadian curler from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Nichols played third for the Brad Gushue rink from 1999 to 2011, and represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics. With Gushue, Nichols has been to three Canadian Junior Curling Championships and six Briers... |
94% | Shawn Rojeski Shawn Rojeski Shawn Rojeski is an American curler from Chisholm, Minnesota and Olympic medalist. He was born and raised in Biwabik, Minnesota and attended Mesabi East High School. Under skip Pete Fenson, he received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, playing as the third... |
63% |
| Brad Gushue Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland... |
83% | Pete Fenson Pete Fenson Peter Fenson is an American curler, skip of the men's rink which represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The rink took the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal for the United States in curling... |
79% |
| Total | 82% | Total | 75% |
Bronze medal game - Friday, February 24, 1300
US skip Pete Fenson got the victory after hitting a British stone in the open on his last shot of the game, giving him the only point he needed in the 8-6 victory. The momentum for the Americans began in the third end however, when the Americans scored a three-ender. David Murdoch, the British skip tried to draw to the button on top of two American stones, but was a few inches short, leaving the rock in the open. It was easily tapped out by Fenson giving the Americans three points, and they never trailed after that point, going on to win the country's first Olympic curling medal. The game was interrupted by a streaker wearing a rubber chicken, prompting one of the British players to joke, "Are you Scottish?"http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/02/24/torino.streaker.reut/| Player Percentages | |||
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| Euan Byers Euan Byers Euan Byers is a Scottish curler.Byers started playing curling in 1983. He plays in first position and is right-handed... |
94% | John Shuster John Shuster John Shuster is an American curler and Olympic medalist from Chisholm, Minnesota. He received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin... |
75% |
| Warwick Smith Warwick Smith Warwick B. Smith is a Scottish curler from Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross.Smith made his international debut at the 1996 World Curling Championships as the skip for the Scotland team... |
85% | Joseph Polo | 95% |
| Ewan MacDonald Ewan MacDonald Ewan MacDonald is a Scottish curler. He currently plays third for David Murdoch.At his World Championship debut in 1999, MacDonald played second for Hammy McMillan. Their Scottish team would go all the way and win the gold medal defeating Canada in the final, skipped by Jeff Stoughton... |
88% | Shawn Rojeski Shawn Rojeski Shawn Rojeski is an American curler from Chisholm, Minnesota and Olympic medalist. He was born and raised in Biwabik, Minnesota and attended Mesabi East High School. Under skip Pete Fenson, he received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, playing as the third... |
94% |
| David Murdoch David Murdoch David Murdoch is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. Murdoch and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith were the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions.-Background:... |
79% | Pete Fenson Pete Fenson Peter Fenson is an American curler, skip of the men's rink which represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The rink took the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal for the United States in curling... |
83% |
| Total | 86% | Total | 87% |
Gold medal game - Friday, February 24, 1730
After FinlandFinland at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.Janne Lahtela, a moguls freestyle skier, was the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing :...
skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Markku Uusipaavalniemi is a Finnish curler and politician.-Personal life:Uusipaavalniemi lives in Hyvinkää with his wife and three children. His older brother Jussi taught him how to curl.-Curling career:...
missed an opportunity with the hammer in the 1st end, scoring only two points instead of three (0-2), Canada
Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff.As host of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada was pressured to do well at the 2006 Games...
dominated and scored two points with the hammer in the 2nd end (2-2) before stealing the next two ends with a point in each (4-2). Finland finally won a point with the hammer in the 5th end to reduce the deficit (4-3), but numerous Finnish mistakes led to Canada's scoring six points in the 6th end, which effectively won the match and secured the gold medal (10-3). Brad Gushue of Canada actually had the chance to score an unusual seventh point with the hammer, but his draw shot had too much weight and together with some furious sweeping at the house by the Finland skip, it passed through the house. As it is, six is very unusual as well, and Gushue blamed the miss on nerves.
However, Gushue's miss was of little consequence due to Canada's lead. By this time, Finland wanted to concede, but had to carry on until the 8th end before being allowed to do so. They finished 10-4 with no points in the 7th end and one point in the 8th end. It was Canada's first gold medal in men's curling after winning silver at Nagano in 1998
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
and Salt Lake City in 2002
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
. School children in Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
, where four of the five Canadians are from, had the afternoon off from school to watch the game. Those four Newfoundlanders were the first to ever win a gold medal at the Olympics. Mark Nichols, Canada's third, played phenomenally with a 97% shooting percentage. His raise-triple take-out in the sixth end was a major factor in Canada's scoring the six-point rarity.
| Player Percentages | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Korab Jamie Korab Jamie A. Korab, ONL is a Canadian curler.Korab was the lead for the Canadian men's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics skipped by Brad Gushue.... |
88% | Teemu Salo Teemu Salo Teemu Salo is a Finnish curler from Hyvinkaa. He has played lead position for Markku Uusipaavalniemi since 2002.Salo won a silver medal as a member of Uusipaavaliemi's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics... |
86% |
| Russ Howard Russ Howard Russell W. "Russ" Howard, ONL is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, but originally from Midland, Ontario. His home club in Moncton is Curling Beausejour... |
75% | Kalle Kiiskinen Kalle Kiiskinen Kalle Kiiskinen is a Finnish curler.In Juniors, Kiiskinen played for Perttu Piilo and won a silver medal as his third at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championships.... |
80% |
| Mark Nichols Mark Nichols Mark Nichols, ONL is a Canadian curler from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Nichols played third for the Brad Gushue rink from 1999 to 2011, and represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics. With Gushue, Nichols has been to three Canadian Junior Curling Championships and six Briers... |
97% | Wille Mäkelä Wille Mäkelä Wille Mäkelä is a retired Finnish curler and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.... |
53% |
| Brad Gushue Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland... |
72% | Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi is a Finnish curler and politician.-Personal life:Uusipaavalniemi lives in Hyvinkää with his wife and three children. His older brother Jussi taught him how to curl.-Curling career:... |
57% |
| Total | 83% | Total | 69% |
Round Robin Final Player percentages
Minimum 6 games. Five best players from each position| Lead | Nation | % |
|---|---|---|
| Euan Byers Euan Byers Euan Byers is a Scottish curler.Byers started playing curling in 1983. He plays in first position and is right-handed... |
84 | |
| Holger Höhne Holger Höhne Holger "Holgi" Höhne is a German curler. He currently plays second for the German national team, skipped by Andy Kapp.... |
83 | |
| Jamie Korab Jamie Korab Jamie A. Korab, ONL is a Canadian curler.Korab was the lead for the Canadian men's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics skipped by Brad Gushue.... |
83 | |
| Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Bent Ånund Ramsfjell is a Norwegian curler from Asker. He is the younger brother of Eigil Ramsfjell, multiple curling world champion and bronze medallist atthe 1998 Winter Olympics competition in Nagano.... |
83 | |
| Peter Narup Peter Narup Peter Narup is a Swedish curler and world champion.He won gold medals in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 World Curling Championships, and received silver medals in 1998 and 2000, all times with skip Peja Lindholm.... |
82 |
| Second | Nation | % |
|---|---|---|
| Warwick Smith Warwick Smith Warwick B. Smith is a Scottish curler from Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross.Smith made his international debut at the 1996 World Curling Championships as the skip for the Scotland team... |
85 | |
| Magnus Swartling Magnus Swartling Magnus Swartling is a Swedish curler and world champion.He won a gold medal in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 World Curling Championships, all three times with skip Peja Lindholm, and received silver medals in 1998 and 2000.Swartling is European champion from 1998 and 2001 , and has received a total of... |
81 | |
| Joe Polo Joe Polo Joseph Polo is an American curler. Polo was raised in Floodwood, Minnesota before moving to Cass Lake. He learned to curl in nearby Bemidji at the age of 10 in the Bemidji Curling Club's Sunday Night Junior League. Polo participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics as the second for Pete Fenson's U.S.... |
80 | |
| Russ Howard Russ Howard Russell W. "Russ" Howard, ONL is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, but originally from Midland, Ontario. His home club in Moncton is Curling Beausejour... |
79 | |
| Oliver Axnick Oliver Axnick Oliver Axnick is a German curler.Axnick has begun to curl at the age of 16. He reached two European Championships, 1992 in Perth and 1997 in Füssen... |
76 | |
| Flemming Davanger Flemming Davanger Flemming Davanger is a Norwegian curler from Bærum.In his third World Junior Curling Championships in 1983, Davanger, playing second Pål Trulsen's Norwegian team picked up a silver medal, losing to Canada's John Base in the final... |
76 |
| Third | Nation | % |
|---|---|---|
| Shawn Rojeski Shawn Rojeski Shawn Rojeski is an American curler from Chisholm, Minnesota and Olympic medalist. He was born and raised in Biwabik, Minnesota and attended Mesabi East High School. Under skip Pete Fenson, he received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, playing as the third... |
83 | |
| Uli Kapp Uli Kapp Ulrich "Uli" Kapp is a German curler from Munich. He currently plays third for his brother, Andy Kapp.... |
80 | |
| Ewan MacDonald Ewan MacDonald Ewan MacDonald is a Scottish curler. He currently plays third for David Murdoch.At his World Championship debut in 1999, MacDonald played second for Hammy McMillan. Their Scottish team would go all the way and win the gold medal defeating Canada in the final, skipped by Jeff Stoughton... |
78 | |
| Wille Mäkelä Wille Mäkelä Wille Mäkelä is a retired Finnish curler and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.... |
78 | |
| Mark Nichols Mark Nichols Mark Nichols, ONL is a Canadian curler from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Nichols played third for the Brad Gushue rink from 1999 to 2011, and represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics. With Gushue, Nichols has been to three Canadian Junior Curling Championships and six Briers... |
77 |
| Skip | Nation | % |
|---|---|---|
| Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi is a Finnish curler and politician.-Personal life:Uusipaavalniemi lives in Hyvinkää with his wife and three children. His older brother Jussi taught him how to curl.-Curling career:... |
81 | |
| Brad Gushue Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland... |
77 | |
| Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli is a Swiss curler from Lucerne.Stöckli began a successful curling career at the junior level, winning a bronze medal at the World Junior Curling Championships as an alternate in 1994. In 1996, he was the Swiss skip and they won a silver medal, losing to James Dryburgh of Scotland... |
77 | |
| Pål Trulsen Pål Trulsen Pål Trulsen is a Norwegian curler from Hosle in Bærum, and was the 2002 Olympic curling men's champion.... |
77 | |
| David Murdoch David Murdoch David Murdoch is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. Murdoch and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith were the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions.-Background:... |
76 |
Canada
The Canadian Olympic trials took place December 3-11, 2005 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Women
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Kelly Scott Kelly Scott Kelly Scott is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia.-1995-2005:... |
7 | 2 |
| Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy... |
6 | 3 |
| Stefanie Lawton Stefanie Lawton Stefanie Lawton is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After an appearance at the 1997 Canadian Junior Championships, she would go on to win the 2000 Championships with the help of her team of sister Marliese Miller , Stacy Helm and Amanda MacDonald . At the worlds that year, she... |
6 | 3 |
| Sherry Middaugh Sherry Middaugh Sherry L. Middaugh is a Canadian curler from Victoria Harbour, Ontario. Before marrying world champion curler Wayne Middaugh, she was known as Sherry Scheirich.... |
6 | 3 |
| Sherry Anderson Sherry Anderson Sherry Anderson is a Canadian curler from Delisle, Saskatchewan.Anderson has been to five Scott Tournament of Hearts, four as a skip. Her first Scotts were in 1994 when her team lost in the semi-final. Anderson returned the following year, but finished out of the playoffs at 6-5... |
5 | 4 |
| Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (curler) Jennifer Jones is a Canadian curler from East St. Paul, Manitoba. Jones, a lawyer, is corporate counsel for Wellington West Capital and a Windsor Park Collegiate graduate.-Early success:... |
5 | 4 |
| Jan Betker Jan Betker Janice "Jan" Betker is a Canadian curler. Betker is best known for playing third on the Sandra Schmirler rink that won three world championships and an Olympic gold medal in the 1990s... |
4 | 5 |
| Colleen Jones Colleen Jones Colleen P. Jones is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row... |
3 | 6 |
| Jo-Ann Rizzo | 2 | 7 |
| Marie-France Larouche Marie-France Larouche Marie-France Larouche is a Canadian curler.Larouche is a former national junior curling champion, having won the title in 1999 with her team of Nancy Bélanger, Marie-Ève Létourneau, Valerie Grenier and Véronique Grégoire. Larouche won the championship after four previous unsuccessful attempts... |
1 | 8 |
Tie-Breaker
- Lawton 9-4 Middaugh
Playoffs
- Semi-Final: Kleibrink 5-4 Lawton
- Final: Kleibrink 8-7 Scott
Men
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Brad Gushue Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland... |
8 | 1 |
| Jeff Stoughton Jeff Stoughton Jeff Stoughton is a Canadian curler. Stoughton is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip.-Career:... |
7 | 2 |
| John Morris John Morris (curler) John Morris is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Chestermere, Alberta. Morris plays third for the Kevin Martin team. Morris, author of the book Fit to Curl, is the son of Maureen and Earle Morris, inventor of the "Stabilizer" curling broom... |
6 | 3 |
| Glenn Howard Glenn Howard Glenn Howard is a Canadian curler from Penetanguishene, Ontario. He has won three Briers and three world championships in his career. He has also won six straight Ontario provincials.-1980s-2006:... |
5 | 4 |
| Pat Ryan | 5 | 4 |
| Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics... |
4 | 5 |
| Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey Randy Ferbey is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion.... |
4 | 5 |
| Shawn Adams Shawn Adams Shawn Adams is a Canadian curler from Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia.Adams rose to curling prominence being runner-up in the 1992 Canadian Junior Championship, and then the next year, won the 1993 Canadian Junior Championship, however he was stripped of the championship because of alcohol... |
|3 | 6 |
| Mark Dacey Mark Dacey Mark Dacey is a Canadian curler from the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but originally from Saskatchewan.... |
3 | 6 |
| Jay Peachey | 0 | 9 |
Playoffs
- Semi-Final: Stoughton 8-6 Morris
- Final: Gushue 8-7 Stoughton
Germany
The German Olympic trials were held on three weekends as part of a triple round-robin with no playoffs. The first weekend was played in SchwenningenSchwenningen
Schwenningen is the name of several locations in Germany:*Schwenningen, Bavaria*Schwenningen, Sigmaringen*Villingen-Schwenningen...
on February 20-22 The second in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
on March 3-6 and the third weekend was played in Baden-Hills on March 11-13. Only the men's teams qualified for the Olympics.
Final standings
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Kapp Andy Kapp Andreas "Andy" Kapp is a German curler from Unterthingau. After a number of unsuccessful tournaments at the Junior, Olympic and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship. The next year however, he finished only 7th, but at the 1994 World Championships... |
8 | 2 |
| Andy Lang | 6 | 5 |
| Christopher Bartsch | 5 | 5 |
| Sebastian Stock Sebastian Stock Sebastian Stock is a German curler living in Burgdorf, Switzerland.Stock's junior career included a silver medal at the 1995 World Junior Curling Championships and a bronze medal the following year. In 1995 he played third for Daniel Herberg and they lost to Tom Brewster, Jr.'s Scotland team in... |
4 | 6 |
| Christian Baumann | 3 | 8 |
Women
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide... |
3 | 0 |
| Luzia Ebnöther Luzia Ebnöther Luzia Ebnöther, born , is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-References:... |
2 | 1 |
| Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Tirinzoni is a Swiss curler from Dübendorf.In 1997, Tirinzoni was the Swiss alternate for Bianca Röthlisberger at the World Junior Curling Championships. The team finished seventh. The following year, Tirinzoni was the Swiss skip, and her team finished sixth... |
1 | 2 |
| Nicole Strausak Nicole Strausak Nicole Strausak is a very successful Swiss curler who retired from competitive curling in March 2005. Amongst other awards, she received a World Junior Silver medal in 1991, a European Silver medal in 1993 and a World Silver medal in 2000.- References :... |
0 | 3 |
Playoffs
- 1 vs. 2: (best of 3) Ott 9-3 Ebnöther; Ebnöther 4-5 Ott
- 3 vs. 4: (best of 3) Trinzoni 5-11 Strausak; Strausak 2-8 Trinzoni; Trinzoni 8-9 Strausak
- Semi-final: (best of 3) Ebnöther 3-7 Strausak; Strausak 4-8 Ebnöther; Ebnöther 10-5 Strausak
- Final: (best of 3) Ott 7-4 Ebnöther; Ebnöther 9-3 Ott; Ott 8-7 Ebnöther (EE)
Men
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli is a Swiss curler from Lucerne.Stöckli began a successful curling career at the junior level, winning a bronze medal at the World Junior Curling Championships as an alternate in 1994. In 1996, he was the Swiss skip and they won a silver medal, losing to James Dryburgh of Scotland... |
4 | 0 |
| Andreas Schwaller | 1 | 3 |
| Bernhard Wethermann | 1 | 3 |
Playoffs
- Final: (best of 5) Stöckli 6-8 Schwaller; Schwaller 5-3 Stöckli; Stöckli 7-5 Schwaller; Schwaller 3-8 Stöckli; Stöckli 6-4 Schwaller
United States
The U.S. Olympic trialsUnited States Olympic Curling Trials
The United States Olympic Curling Trials take place to decide the curling team to represent the United States at each Winter Olympics.-Men:-Women:...
were held February 19-26, 2005 in McFarland, Wisconsin
McFarland, Wisconsin
McFarland is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States, on the eastern shore of Lake Waubesa. The population was 7,808 at the 2010 census...
. They double as the qualifying tournament to the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
-Draw 2:April 2, 18:30-Draw 3:April 3, 09:30-Draw 4:April 3, 14:00-Draw 5:April 3, 18:30-Draw 6:April 4, 09:00-Draw 7:April 4, 15:00-Draw 8:April 4, 19:30-Draw 9:April 5, 09:00...
and the 2005 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.
Results:
Women
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Cassandra Johnson Cassandra Johnson Cassandra "Cassie" Potter is an American curler best known for skipping the United States Women's Curling Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2005 Women's World Curling Championships.-Biography:... |
9 | 0 |
| Debbie McCormick Debbie McCormick Debbie McCormick is an American curler from Rio, Wisconsin. Although born in Canada, McCormick moved to Madison, Wisconsin, when she was very young... |
8 | 1 |
| Patti Lank Patti Lank Patti Lank is an American curler from Lewiston, New York.-Career:Patti Lank began curling at the age of eleven and competed at her first US National Championships in 1994 and her team placed fourth. She has since gone on to compete in fifteen National Championships. In March 2010 she will compete... |
7 | 2 |
| Aileen Sormunen | 5 | 4 |
| Amy Wright Amy Wright (curler) Amy Wright is an internationally elite curler from Duluth, Minnesota.Amy Wright made her United States Nationals debut in 1984 and competed on the winning team. Since 1984 she has compete in fifteen more US Nationals and will compete in her seventeenth Nationals in March 2010... |
5 | 4 |
| Norma O'Leary | 4 | 5 |
| Caitlin Maroldo | 3 | 6 |
| Lori Karst | 2 | 7 |
| Nancy Richard | 1 | 8 |
| Katie Schmitt | 1 | 8 |
Tie-breaker
- Sormunen 13-10 Wright
Playoffs
- 3 vs. 4: Lank (3) 9-4 Sormunen (4)
- 1 vs. 2: McCormick (2) 8-6 Johnson (1)
- Semi-final: Johnson 8-7 Lank
- Final: Johnson 5-4 McCormick
Men
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Pete Fenson Pete Fenson Peter Fenson is an American curler, skip of the men's rink which represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The rink took the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal for the United States in curling... |
7 | 2 |
| Craig Brown Craig Brown (curler) Craig Brown is an American curler.Brown is one of the top skips in the U.S. He was the skip of the 2000 and 2008 U.S. champion rinks. At the 2000 Ford World Curling Championships, Brown skipped the U.S. team to a fourth place finish, losing to Finland in the final.Brown played third on the U.S... |
6 | 3 |
| Scott Baird Scott Baird Scott Baird is an American curler. At 54, he is the oldest American athlete to ever participate in the Winter Olympics, which he did at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Despite this feat, Baird was only the alternate for Pete Fenson's U.S. team and did not throw a stone. He still received a bronze medal,... |
6 | 3 |
| Brady Clark | 6 | 3 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 5 | 4 |
| Craig Disher | 5 | 4 |
| Greg Eigner | 3 | 6 |
| Jason Larway | 3 | 6 |
| Ben Tucker | 3 | 6 |
| Wes Johnson | 1 | 8 |
Tie-breaker
- Brown 9-2 Clark
- Brown 11-8 Baird
Playoffs
- 3 vs. 4: Clark (4) 5-4 Baird (3)
- 1 vs. 2: Fenson (1) 9-3 Brown (2)
- Semi-final: Brown 7-6 Clark
- Final: Fenson 7-3 Brown
Japan
The Japanese Olympic trials were held November 23, 2005 in TokoroTokoro, Hokkaido
was a town located in Tokoro District, Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 4,885 and a density of 17.55 persons per km². The total area was 278.29 km²....
, Hokkaidō
Hokkaido
, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...
. Two teams, from Nagano
Nagano Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Nagano.- History :Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano...
(skipped by Yukako Tsuchiya) and Aomori
Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
(skipped by Ayumi Onodera
Ayumi Onodera
is a Japanese curler, born November 25, 1978 in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture, Hokkaidō.- History :Onodera is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics...
) were eligible, with Aomori having the championship team. Therefore, Nagano had to win two games against Aomori to win, while Aomori needed to win either of the games.
Other nations
The teams for most of the other nations were selected by a committee, usually by the governing body of the sport in that nation. The countries qualified based on a point system based on World Championship results. Note that these tables show the results of the ScotlandScotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
team: the Olympics is the only event where Scotland is temporarily re-labelled as "Great Britain". The same point system of 12 points for the winner was used in 2005 World Championships even though the event was expanded to 12 teams from 10.
Men's
| Nation | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship -Draw 2:April 2, 18:30-Draw 3:April 3, 09:30-Draw 4:April 3, 14:00-Draw 5:April 3, 18:30-Draw 6:April 4, 09:00-Draw 7:April 4, 15:00-Draw 8:April 4, 19:30-Draw 9:April 5, 09:00... |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 8 | 12 | 32.0 | |
| 8 | 7 | 7 | 22.0 | |
| 4.5 | 6 | 10 | 20.5 | |
| 6 | 12 | 2 | 20.0 | |
| 1.5 | 10 | 8 | 19.5 | |
| 10 | 4.5 | 4 | 18.5 | |
| 7 | ||||
| 5.5 | 12.5 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 5.5 | 10.5 | |
| 4.5 | 3 | 7.5 | ||
| (host) | ||||
| 0 | 0.0 | |||
| 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 6.5 | |
| 2 | ||||
| 2.0 | ||||
| 1.5 | ||||
| 1.5 | ||||
| 1 | 1.0 |
Women's
| Nation | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 7 | 10 | 29.0 | |
| 10 | 12 | 7 | 29.0 | |
| 8 | 5 | 12 | 25.5 | |
| 7 | 10 | 8 | 25.0 | |
| 6 | 8 | 3.5 | 17.5 | |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 14.0 | |
| 3 | ||||
| 6 | 9.0 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 1.5 | 8.5 | |
| 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 7.0 | |
| (host) | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1.0 |