Kerli Laidsalu

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Kerli Laidsalu
Curler
Born (1995-01-22) 22 January 1995 (age 29)
Tallinn, Estonia
Team
Curling club Tallinn CC, Tallinn, EST
Skip Liisa Turmann
Fourth Erika Tuvike
Third Kerli Laidsalu
Lead Heili Grossmann
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
World Championship
appearances		2 (2021, 2024)
European Championship
appearances		6 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Estonian Women's Curling Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tallinn
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Tallinn
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tallinn
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Tallinn
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Tallinn
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Tallinn
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Tallinn
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Tallinn
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Tallinn
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Tallinn

Kerli Laidsalu (born 22 January 1995) is an Estonian curler from Tallinn, Estonia. [1] She currently plays third on the Estonian women's curling team skipped by Liisa Turmann.

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Career

Juniors

Laidsalu played in two European Junior Curling Challenge events during her junior career in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, her team finished with a 3–2 record and in 2014, they made the playoffs before losing to Italy in the quarterfinals. [2]

In 2015, the Estonian junior women's team qualified for the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships where Laidsalu played second on the team skipped by Marie Turmann. At the tournament, the team finished in eighth with a 2–7 record. [3] Because of their bottom three finish, they were relegated to the 2016 World Junior B Curling Championships in order to earn their spot at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships. At the B tournament, they just missed out on qualifying for the Worlds, losing the bronze medal qualifying game to Hungary. [4]

While still in juniors, Laidsalu played lead on the Estonian mixed team that represented Estonia at the 2015 World Mixed Curling Championship. Her team of Martin Lill, Kristiine Lill and Siim Sildnik finished in seventeenth place at the tournament with a 4–4 record. [5]

Women's

Laidsalu competed in her first international women's level event at the 2017 European Curling Championships. There, the team won the bronze medal in the B Division. [6] Later that season, Team Turmann won the 2018 Estonian Women's Curling Championship, [7] qualifying them to represent Estonia at the 2018 European Curling Championships. At the 2018 Euros, the team finished second in the B Division, losing in the final to Norway's Kristin Skaslien. [8] [9] This qualified Estonia for the 2019 World Qualification Event for a chance to make it to the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship. At the Qualification Event, the team missed the playoffs with a 3–4 record. [10] In November 2019, the team won their first World Curling Tour event at the Tallinn Ladies International Challenger. [11] A few weeks later, the team once again represented Estonia at the 2019 European Curling Championships where they got to compete in the A Division. They finished with a 2–7 record, which qualified them once again for the 2020 World Qualification Event. [12] There, they just missed the playoffs with a 4–3 record. [13] The team won two more national championships in 2020 [14] and 2021. [15]

Due the COVID-19 pandemic, the field at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship was expanded to fourteen teams, after the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship was cancelled. [16] The 2021 event was originally planned to be hosted by Switzerland, giving that nation an automatic entry. This gave Europe an extra qualification spot for the 2021 Worlds, which was based on the results of the 2019 European Championship, the last Euros held before the pandemic. [17] As they had finished eighth, this qualified Estonia and the Turmann rink for the 2021 Worlds, [1] the first time Estonia would play at the World Championships. [18] At the World Championships, the team finished in last with a 1–12 record. Their lone win came against Germany. [19]

Personal life

Laidsalu works as a human resources and marketing specialist with Birkle IT Estonia. [1]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
2012–13 [20] Marie Turmann Liisa Turmann Kädi Kurem Kerli Laidsalu Kerli Zirk
Johanna Ehatamm
Marie TurmannKerli ZirkKerli LaidsaluKädi KuremJohanna Ehatamm
2013–14Marie TurmannKerli LaidsaluKerli ZirkJohanna EhatammLiisa Turmann
Marie TurmannKerli ZirkKerli LaidsaluJohanna Ehatamm Victoria-Laura Lõhmus
2014–15Marie TurmannKerli ZirkKerli LaidsaluJohanna EhatammLiisa Turmann
Victoria-Laura Lõhmus
2015–16Marie TurmannKerli LaidsaluLiisa TurmannVictoria-Laura LõhmusJohanna Ehatamm
Marie TurmannKerli LaidsaluVictoria-Laura LõhmusJohanna Ehatamm Kristin Laidsalu
2017–18Marie TurmannKerli LaidsaluVictoria-Laura Lõhmus Erika Tuvike Heili Grossmann
2018–19Marie TurmannKerli LaidsaluHeili GrossmannErika TuvikeLiisa Turmann
2019–20Marie TurmannKerli LaidsaluHeili GrossmannErika TuvikeLiisa Turmann
2020–21Marie TurmannLiisa TurmannHeili GrossmannErika TuvikeKerli Laidsalu
2021–22Kerli Laidsalu (Fourth)Liisa Turmann (Skip)Heili GrossmannErika Tuvike Karoliine Kaare
2022–23Marie KaldveeLiisa TurmannKerli LaidsaluErika Tuvike
2023–24Marie KaldveeLiisa TurmannKerli LaidsaluErika TuvikeHeili Grossmann
Erika Tuvike (Fourth)Kerli LaidsaluLiisa Turmann (Skip)Heili Grossmann

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  13. ↑ "2020 World Qualification Event". World Curling Federation. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
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