Ana Arce is a photographer and former skip of the Andorran national women's curling team. She now plays on the Spanish national team.
Melanie Robillard is a curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She represented Germany at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, playing third for Andrea Schöpp. Currently, she lives in Switzerland.
The United States Curling Association is the national governing body of the sport of curling in the United States. The goal of the USCA is to grow the sport of curling in the United States and win medals in competitions both domestic and abroad. Curling's recent popularity has swelled the USCA to 185 curling clubs and approximately 23,500 curlers in the United States. The United States Olympic men's curling teams have seen success in recent years, most notably winning the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, led by skip John Shuster.
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.
The 2012 European Curling Championships was held from December 7 to 15 at the Löfbergs Lila Arena and the Karlstad Curling Club in Karlstad, Sweden. The Group A competitions was held at the Löfbergs Lila Arena, while the Group B competitions was held at the Karlstad Curling Club. The 2012 European Curling Championships marked the fourth time that Sweden hosted the European Curling Championships. The Group C competitions were held from October 5 to 10 in Erzurum, Turkey.
Satsuki Fujisawa is a Japanese curler from Kitami, Hokkaido. As a skip, she has won the Japanese national championship six times. Fujisawa skipped the bronze medal-winning Japanese team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and the silver medal-winning team at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She is currently the skip of the Loco Solare curling team.
Aku Kauste is a Finnish curler from Helsinki. He is currently the skip for the national team of Finland. Kauste is one of the most successful curling players in Finland, with over 20 medals in the Finnish Curling Championships.
Dilşat Yıldız is a Turkish female curler. She is a member of Çelebi S.K. in Erzurum. Currently, she is studying physical education and sports at the Fırat University. She is the first ever Turkish curler to skip a men's or women's team at the World Championship, competing in the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship.
Ben Fowler is an English curler focused on mixed doubles. He is part of the British Curling Podium Potential program.
Anna Kubešková is a Czech curler from Prague. She currently skips the Czech national women's curling team.
Tomi Rantamäki is a Finnish curler. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the mixed doubles competition. He and partner Oona Kauste placed 7th. He has served as the coach of the Chinese Mixed Doubles Curling team since 2021.
Jennifer Carmichael "Jenn" Dodds is a Scottish curler. She currently plays mixed doubles with Bruce Mouat, representing Scotland and Great Britain. She is the 2022 Olympic champion in women's curling and the 2021 World champion in mixed doubles curling.
Sára Jahodová is a Czech and later British female curler and curling coach.
The English Men's Curling Championship is the national men's curling championship for England. The championship decides which team of curlers is sent to the European Curling Championships the following season. It has been held annually since 1975. It is organized by the English Curling Association.
The English Mixed Doubles Curling Championship is the national mixed doubles curling championship for England. The championship usually decides which team of curlers is sent to the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship later that season. It has been held annually since 2008. It is organized by the English Curling Association.
The English Mixed Curling Championship is the national mixed curling championship for England. The championship usually decides which team of curlers is sent to the following season's World Mixed Curling Championship or the European Mixed Curling Championship. It has been held annually since 2005. It is organized by the English Curling Association.
Anna Fowler is an English curler.
Lana Watson is a Canadian-English curler.
The 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 23 to 30 at the Curling Club Trois-Chêne in the Geneva Sous-Moulin Sports Center in Thônex, a suburb of Geneva, Switzerland. The event was held alongside the 2022 World Senior Curling Championships. Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie of Scotland went undefeated the entire event, beating home team Alina Pätz and Sven Michel of Switzerland 9-7 in the final to win the gold medal.
The Hungarian Mixed Curling Championship is the national championship of mixed curling teams in Hungary. It has been held annually since 2005.
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