Irene Schori is an internationally elite curler from Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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Irene Schori was relatively unknown outside of Switzerland until she was named to the Swiss Olympic Team

Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Switzerland participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 146 athletes entered 14 sports .-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomenMen's team- Biathlon:- Bobsleigh:...

. She will serve as the Alternate for Mirjam Ott's team in Vancouver.

Schori has participated in both the 2008

2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

-Draw 2:March 8, 2008 19:30-Draw 3:March 9, 2008 16:00-Draw 4:March 10, 2008 12:30-Draw 5:March 11, 2008 09:00-Draw 6:March 11, 2008 19:30-Draw 7:-Draw 1:March 8, 2008 12:30-Draw 2:...

 and the 2009

2009 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

-April 21:08:0011:1514:3017:4521:00-April 22:08:0011:1514:3017:4521:00-April 23:11:15-April 19:11:1517:4521:00-April 20:11:1517:45-April 21:...

 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships with partner Toni Müller

Toni Müller

Toni Müller is a curler from Baden, Switzerland. He currently throws fourth stones for Thomas Lips.He is mostly known for serving as the Alternate for Ralph Stöckli's team which finished fourth at the 2009 Moncton World Championships, won a silver at the 2009 Aberdeen European Championships and a...

, and has taken gold at both of these championships. Schori and Müller were the heavy favorites to win in the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

-April 19:Draw 409:00Draw 617:00-April 20:Draw 813:00-April 21:Draw 1113:00Draw 1217:00-April 22:Draw 1413:00Draw 1517:00-April 18:Draw 213:00-April 19:Draw 409:00...

, but were eliminated by the Chinese team of Yue Sun and Zhipeng Zhang in an extra end in the quarterfinals. In an interview post-match, Schori stated that she and Müller would consider not attending next year to give a chance to other Swiss teams.

Teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics

The curling competition of the 2010 Olympics was held at Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre in Vancouver. It is the fifth time that curling was on the Olympic program, after having been staged in 1924, 1998, 2002 and 2006...

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...

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Carmen Schäfer

Carmen Schäfer

Carmen Schäfer is a Swiss curler, born 8 January 1981 in Davos. She plays third for Mirjam Ott.Schäfer had a fairly successful Junior career. She was the alternate on the Swiss team that won the 1999 World Junior Championships, but she did not play any games...

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Carmen Küng

Carmen Küng

Carmen Küng is an internationally elite curler from Solothurn, Switzerland.Carmen Küng began her senior elite career as the Third for 2002 Olympic Silver medalist Luzia Ebnöther during the 2006-2007 season...

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Janine Greiner

Janine Greiner

Janine Greiner is a Swiss curler.Greiner started curling in 1989. She plays lead for Mirjam Ott and is right-handed.- Teammates :2010 Vancouver Olympic GamesMirjam Ott, SkipCarmen Schäfer, Third...

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