Carole Howald

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Carole Howald
Curler
Born (1993-03-29) 29 March 1993 (age 31)
Langenthal, Switzerland
Team
Curling club CC Flims, Flims
Skip Silvana Tirinzoni
Fourth Alina Pätz
Second Selina Witschonke
Lead Carole Howald
Alternate Stefanie Berset
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
World Championship
appearances		8 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2015)
European Championship
appearances		5 (2014, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2022)
Grand Slam victories2 (2022 National, 2024 Players')
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Saint John
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Sapporo
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Swift Current
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Calgary
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Prince George
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Sandviken
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Sydney
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Champéry
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Aberdeen
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Östersund

Carole Howald (born 29 March 1993 in Langenthal) is a Swiss curler from Langenthal. She currently plays lead on Team Silvana Tirinzoni.

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Career

Howald joined the Binia Feltscher rink at lead in 2017. She previously played with Melanie Barbezat and with this rink won the 2014 Dumfries Curling Challenge. [1] They played in three Grand Slams in her first season with the team, qualifying in one of them, the 2017 Boost National. She got to play in her first official World Championship at the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship after being the alternate at her previous three appearances. The team struggled that week, failing to reach the playoffs after posting a 5–7 record. [2] At the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, Irene Schori left the team and Howald was promoted to third. The team almost made it to the World Championships that season, but were bested by Silvana Tirinzoni 8–7 in the final. [3]

Team Feltscher had a slow start to the 2019–20 season, failing to make the playoffs in their first four events. Howald got to throw fourth rocks for the team at the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic with Michèle Jäggi stepping in to skip the team. They finished with a 1-3 record. [4] They played in just one slam event, the 2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2 and lost in the quarterfinals. The Feltscher rink finished third at both the 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite and the Schweizer Cup. [5] They picked it up in the second half of the season, however, qualifying in every event. They placed third at the 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship. [6] Binia Feltscher retired from competitive curling at the end of the season and the team disbanded. [7]

Howald and second Stefanie Berset joined the Irene Schori rink for the 2020–21 season. [8] [9] The team competed in two tour events during the abbreviated season, finishing third at the 2020 Schweizer Cup [10] and reaching the quarterfinals of the 2020 Women's Masters Basel. [11] Team Schori was one of four teams to compete in the 2021 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, where they finished in last place with a 2–7 record after the triple round robin. [12]

To begin the 2021–22 season, Team Schori was invited to compete alongside the men's teams at the 2021 Baden Masters. There, they finished with a 1–3 record, only beating Magnus Nedregotten of Norway. [13] Elsewhere on tour, they won the Part II Bistro Ladies Classic over Cathy Auld and made it to two other event finals. [14] They lost to Eve Muirhead in the final of The Challenger [15] and to Nora Wüest in the St. Galler Elite Challenge final. They also had playoff appearances at the 2021 Women's Masters Basel, Stu Sells Toronto Tankard and the DeKalb Superspiel. Team Schori competed in one Grand Slam event, the 2021 National, where they finished with a winless 0–3 record. [16] The team finished their season with a 2–3 record at the 2022 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, not advancing to the second round. Howald left the Schori rink at the end of the season. On May 12, it was announced that Howald would be joining the new Silvana Tirinzoni rink at second for the 2022–23 season. [17] The team also included fourth Alina Pätz and lead Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann.

The new Tirinzoni rink found immediate success on tour, going undefeated in their first event to win the Summer Series. [18] The following week, they lost to Team Clancy Grandy in the final of the 2022 Martensville International. [19] The team next competed in the 2022 Women's Masters Basel where they lost in the semifinal to Raphaela Keiser. [20] They bounced back immediately the following week at the 2022 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, again going undefeated to claim their second event title of the season. [21] Team Tirinzoni continued their strong play into the first Slam event of the season, the 2022 National. After an undefeated round robin record, the team beat Jennifer Jones 7–3 in the quarterfinals, Kaitlyn Lawes 7–5 in the semifinals, and Kerri Einarson 7–3 in the championship game to win their third tour event and Howald's first Grand Slam title. [22] The team was back on the ice the following week at the 2022 Western Showdown where after dropping their first game, they won seven straight to claim another title. [23] Team Tirinzoni's event streak came to an end at the 2022 Tour Challenge where after a 4–0 round robin record, they lost 9–2 in the quarterfinals to Isabella Wranå. [24] Next for the team was the 2022 European Curling Championships where they finished third in the round robin with a 6–3 record. They then beat Italy's Stefania Constantini in the semifinal before dropping the championship game 8–4 to Denmark's Madeleine Dupont. [25] After much success in the first half of the season, the team missed the playoffs at their next two events, the 2022 Masters and the 2023 Canadian Open. They rebounded, however, at the 2023 International Bernese Ladies Cup, going a perfect 8–0 to win the event. [26] At the 2023 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, the team won 6–4 over Corrie Hürlimann in the championship game. [27] This qualified Team Tirinzoni for the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship where they continued their winning streak, going 12–0 through the round robin. [28] They then topped Sweden's Anna Hasselborg 8–4 to qualify for the final against Norway's Marianne Rørvik. Despite not having their best game, the Swiss team stole two in the tenth end to win the game 6–3 and secure the World Championship title. [29] Team Tirinzoni ended their season at the final two Slams of the season, the 2023 Players' Championship and the 2023 Champions Cup. At the Players', the team lost two straight before going on a six-game winning streak to qualify for the final. [30] There, they lost 6–5 to Isabella Wranå. [31] Prior to the Champions Cup, the team's last event of the season, they announced they had removed Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann from the team for "team harmony" reasons. The team made the decision while Schwaller-Hürlimann was playing in the 2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, but did not tell her until she travelled to Canada to play in the Champions Cup. [32] Schwaller-Hürlimann was replaced by Rachel Erickson at the tournament, where they missed the playoffs with a 1–4 record. Days later, it was announced that Selina Witschonke was replacing Schwaller-Hürlimann on the team at second with Howald shifting to lead. [33]

Personal life

Howald is a student, in the bachelors sciences in sport program. [34]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
2013–14 [35] Andrea MarxCarole HowaldAdonia BrunnerGisèle BeuchatBettina Lanz
2014–15 Melanie Barbezat Carole Howald Jenny Perret Daniela Rupp
2015–16Melanie BarbezatCarole HowaldJenny PerretDaniela Rupp
2016–17Melanie BarbezatJenny PerretCarole HowaldDaniela Rupp
2017–18 Binia Feltscher Irene Schori Franziska Kaufmann Carole Howald
2018–19Binia FeltscherCarole Howald Stefanie Berset Larissa Hari
2019–20Binia FeltscherCarole HowaldStefanie BersetLarissa Hari Michèle Jäggi
2020–21Irene SchoriCarole Howald Lara Stocker Stefanie Berset
2021–22Irene SchoriCarole HowaldLara StockerStefanie Berset
2022–23 Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip)Carole Howald Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann
2023–24Alina Pätz (Fourth)Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Selina Witschonke Carole HowaldStefanie Berset

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