Manuel Walter (born 11 March 1986 in Gernsbach, West Germany) is a German curler, currently playing third on the team of Alexander Baumann. [1] Walter has competed at the 2016 and 2017 World Men's Curling Championships.
The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located on O'Connor Street in the Centretown neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 by Allan Gilmour as the Bytown Curling Club. The Club first played on the Rideau Canal until 1858. It subsequently moved to different locations around the city until finally settling at its current location on O'Connor in 1916. In 1931 the club was expanded to the current capacity of 5 curling sheets. Artificial ice was also installed at that time.
Frank Baumann is a German former professional footballer, best known for his spell at SV Werder Bremen, and the current sporting director of Werder Bremen.
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 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta from March 17 to 25. It marked the 12th time that Canada has hosted the World Women's Curling Championship. The 2012 World Women's Championship was one of the curling events that is a qualifier for the curling tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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.
The 2014 World Women's Curling Championship was held from 15 to 23 March at the Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Franziska Kaufmann is a Swiss curler from Grindelwald. She won a gold medal at the 2014 and 2016 World Women's Curling Championships as second for Binia Feltscher
The men's tournament of the 2014 European Curling Championships was held from November 22 to 29 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. The winners of the Group C tournament in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands will move on to the Group B tournament. The top eight men's teams at the 2014 European Curling Championships will represent their respective nations at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Marisa Winkelhausen is a Swiss curler from Bern. She is the former second for the Alina Pätz rink and with this rink won the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship.
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.
Alexander Baumann is a curler from Baden-Baden, Germany.
Ryan Sherrard is a Canadian-German curler living in Munich. He is originally from Quispamsis, New Brunswick.
The 2017 European Curling Championships was held from November 17 to 25 in St Gallen, Switzerland. The Group C competitions was held in May in Andorra.
The 2017–18 curling season began in May 2017 and ended in May 2018.
The 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from March 4 to 11 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea. Norway won a third title after winning over Russia, who defeated Norway during the 2016 championship final.
The 2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from March 3 to 10 at The Peak in Stirling, Scotland.
The 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 19 to 27 at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The winners represented Canada at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
Marc Muskatewitz is a German curler from Sinzheim.
Mairi Milne is a Scottish curler and curling coach.
The 2023 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 25 to March 4 at the National Training Centre for Ice Hockey and Curling in Füssen, Germany.