| Caroline Balz | |
|---|---|
| ♀ | |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Bern CC, Bern |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Switzerland |
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1997) |
| European Championship appearances | 1 (1996) |
Medal record | |
Caroline Balz is a former Swiss curler. She played lead on the Swiss rink, skipped by Mirjam Ott that won the 1996 European Curling Championship. She was also a member of the Ott-led Swiss team at the 1997 World Women's Curling Championship which finished 8th.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | Mirjam Ott | Marianne Flotron | Franziska von Känel | Caroline Balz | Annina von Planta | Erika Müller | ECC 1996  |
| Mirjam Ott | Manuela Kormann | Franziska von Känel | Caroline Balz | Marianne Flotron | SWCC 1997 WCC 1997 (8th) |
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.
Anette Norberg is a Swedish curler from Härnösand.
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Ayumi Ogasawara is a Japanese curler, born November 25, 1978, as Ayumi Onodera. She skipped her own team in Sapporo, Hokkaido, until 2015, which represented Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics before retiring from competitive sports. Currently she is working as a curling coach.
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Silvana Petra Tirinzoni is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is a four-time women's world champion skip and four-time Grand Slam champion. She is a former world junior champion and reigning European champion. Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics, after winning the 2017 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials.
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Liu Yin is a Chinese curler from Harbin. For many years she played third on the Chinese national team skipped by Wang Bingyu.
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Irene Schori is a retired Swiss curler from Bremgarten. During her career, she won two World Women's Curling Championships in 2014 and 2016 as third for the Binia Feltscher rink. She also won gold at the 2014 European Curling Championships and bronze at the 2010 European Curling Championships. In mixed doubles, she won back-to-back World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships in 2008 and 2009 with partner Toni Müller. She was the alternate on the Swiss women's team that placed fourth at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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The 2013 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Volvo Sports Centre in Riga, Latvia from March 16 to 24. It marked the first time that Latvia has hosted the World Women's Championship. This event was also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
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Klára Svatoňová is a Czech curler from Prague. She currently plays lead on the Czech national women's curling team, skipped by Anna Kubešková.
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Annina von Planta is a former Swiss curler. She played lead on the Swiss rink, skipped by Mirjam Ott that won the 1996 European Curling Championship.
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