List of World Mixed Doubles Curling Champions

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The following is a list of the winners of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship since the inception of the championship in 2008. Doubles is a discipline of curling in which a team of two competes with six stones, instead of the traditional team of four with eight stones. Mixed doubles specifies that the team consist of one man and one woman.

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Medalists

World Mixed Doubles Curling Champions
YearGoldSilverBronze
CountryTeamCountryTeamCountryTeam
2008 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Irene Schori
Toni Müller
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Anne Malmi
Jussi Uusipaavalniemi
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Marie Persson
Göran Carlsson
2009 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Irene Schori
Toni Müller
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Ildiko Szekeres
György Nagy
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Allison Nimik
Sean Grassie
2010 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Yana Nekrasova
Petr Dron
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Bridget Becker
Sean Becker
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Sun Yue
Zhang Zhipeng
2011 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Alina Pätz
Sven Michel
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Alina Kovaleva
Alexey Tselousov
Flag of France.svg  France Pauline Jeanneret
Amaury Pernette
2012 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Nadine Lehmann
Martin Rios
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Camilla Johansson
Per Noréen
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Claudia Toth
Christian Roth
2013 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Dorottya Palancsa
Zsolt Kiss
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Elisabeth Norredahl
Fredrik Hallström
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Tomáš Paul
Zuzana Hájková
2014 [1] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Michelle Gribi
Reto Gribi
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Camilla Johansson
Per Noréen
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Irantzu Garcia
Sergio Vez
2015 [2] Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Dorottya Palancsa
Zsolt Kiss
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Camilla Johansson
Per Noréen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kristin Skaslien
Magnus Nedregotten
2016 [3] Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Anastasia Bryzgalova
Alexander Krushelnitskiy
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Rui
Ba Dexin
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tabitha Peterson
Joe Polo
2017 [4] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Jenny Perret
Martin Rios
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Joanne Courtney
Reid Carruthers
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Rui
Ba Dexin
2018 [5] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Michèle Jäggi
Sven Michel
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Maria Komarova
Daniil Goriachev
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Laura Crocker
Kirk Muyres
2019 [6] Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anna Hasselborg
Oskar Eriksson
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Jocelyn Peterman
Brett Gallant
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cory Christensen
John Shuster
2020 [7] Cancelled [8] [9]
2021 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Jennifer Dodds
Bruce Mouat
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kristin Skaslien
Magnus Nedregotten
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Almida de Val
Oskar Eriksson
2022 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Eve Muirhead
Bobby Lammie
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Alina Pätz
Sven Michel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Pia-Lisa Schöll
Klaudius Harsch
2023 Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cory Thiesse
Korey Dropkin
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Chiaki Matsumura
Yasumasa Tanida
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Martine Rønning
Mathias Brænden
2024 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Isabella Wranå
Rasmus Wranå
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Marie Kaldvee
Harri Lill
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kristin Skaslien
Magnus Nedregotten

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