| Sport | Curling |
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| Jurisdiction | National |
| Abbreviation | DCV |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Affiliation | World Curling Federation |
| Headquarters | Füssen |
| President | Bernhard Mayr |
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The German Curling Association (DCV) (German: Deutscher Curling Verband) is the national governing body of the sport of curling in Germany. [1]
There are 16 curling clubs in Germany. [2]
As of 2019 Germany has made 48 appearances at the men's World Curling Championships, earning a medal 10 of those times. [3]
| Year | Skip | Medal |
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| 1972 | Manfred Räderer |  |
| 1982 | Keith Wendorf | |
| 1983 | Keith Wendorf |  |
| 1987 | Rodger Schmidt | |
| 1994 | Andy Kapp | |
| 1995 | Andy Kapp | |
| 1997 | Andy Kapp | |
| 2004 | Sebastian Stock | |
| 2005 | Andy Kapp | |
| 2007 | Andy Kapp | |
As of 2019 Germany has made 37 appearances at the women's World Curling Championships, earning a medal 8 of those times. [3]
| Year | Skip | Medal |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Almut Hege | |
| 1986 | Andrea Schöpp | |
| 1987 | Andrea Schöpp | |
| 1988 | Andrea Schöpp |  |
| 1989 | Andrea Schöpp | |
| 1993 | Janet Strayer | |
| 1994 | Josefine Einsle | |
| 2010 | Andrea Schöpp | |
Germany has qualified 5 times for men's curling at the Winter Olympics, with their best finish being 6th (twice). [3]
Germany has qualified 3 times for women's curling at the Winter Olympics, with their best finish being 5th. [3]
Daniela Jentsch, previously known as Daniela Driendl, is the skip of the German National Women's Curling Team.
Allison Pottinger is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in multiple Olympics and World Championships. McCormick left the team in 2010. She competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Vancouver, Canada. She was named USA female curling athlete of the year in 2008.
Johan Niklas Edin is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He is a five-time World champion and, thus, the first and only skip in history to skip teams to five World Men's Curling Championship medals. He shares the record of receiving five gold medals at those championships only with his teammate Oskar Eriksson. He has curled solely in the role of skip since 2008 and, thus, all of the international medals he has won in that role since then have earned him more of these medals than any other skip in history. In addition to his World Championship gold medals, he has won a silver medal (2017) and two bronze medals in those championships. He is also a seven-time European Curling Champion, additionally winning two silver medals in those championships. He has won two Olympic medals, winning a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He has also made the playoffs in thirty-four Grand Slam of Curling events and skipped his team to become the first non-Canadian men's team to win any Slam, as well as the first and only men's team to win more than one Slam and the Pinty's Cup. With the same lineup in 2021, Edin and his teammates also became the first men's curling team ever to win three straight World Curling Championships. Edin has played exclusively in the position of skip since 2007. The team bearing his name has been ranked on the World Curling Tour as high as No. 1, including for most of the 2017–18 season. Under the current World Curling Federation rankings, Team Edin is ranked among the Top 10 teams in the world.
John Shuster is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. He led team USA to gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the first American team to ever win gold in curling. He also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He has played in four straight Winter Olympics and nine World Curling Championships.
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.
Heike Schwaller is a German-Swiss curler.
Tyler George is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. He is a three-time U.S. Champion, 2016 World bronze medalist, and 2018 Olympic gold medalist. Since the 2018 Olympics, he has taken a break from playing competitive curling, instead spending time as an ambassador and coach for the sport.
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. She is currently the skip of the Loco Solare curling team.
Cory Christensen is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. Christensen was one of the top junior women's curlers in the United States, playing in six national junior championships and winning four of them. She was the alternate on Nina Roth's 2018 United States Olympic team.
John Landsteiner is an American curler and two-time Olympian from Duluth, Minnesota. He competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics and won gold as part of John Shuster's team in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
A total of 10 teams in each tournament qualified for a quota of 100 athletes in curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics. A further 8 mixed doubles pairs qualified for a total of 16 athletes. Therefore, a total of 116 athletes qualified in total to compete in the curling competitions.
Switzerland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 166 competitors in 14 sports. They won 15 medals in total, ranking 7th in the medal table.
The United States of America competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from February 9 to 25, 2018.
A total of 10 teams in each tournament will qualify for a quota of 100 athletes in curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics. A further 10 mixed doubles pairs will qualify for a total of 20 athletes. Therefore, a total of 120 athletes can qualify in total to compete in the curling competitions.
Emira Abbes is a German curler from Füssen. She was the third, and now currently is the alternate on the German National Women's Curling Team skipped by Daniela Jentsch.
Elena Stern, is a Swiss curler from Zürich. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour.
Briar Hürlimann, is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. She currently throws fourth stones for Team Elena Stern on the World Curling Tour.
The 2020 World Junior Curling Championships was held from February 15 to 22 at the Crystal Ice Arena in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
The 2021 World Women's Curling Championship will be held from 30 April to 9 May at the Markin McPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.
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