Mixed Doubles Gstaad

Last updated
Mixed Doubles Gstaad
Established2023
Host city Gstaad, Switzerland
Arena Curling Club Gstaad
Purse CHF 8,000
2024 champion Flag of Scotland.svg Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat
Current edition

The Mixed Doubles Gstaad is an annual mixed doubles curling tournament established in 2023. It is held annually in the fall at the Curling Club Gstaad in Gstaad, Switzerland. [1]

Contents

The event was originally created as a replacement for the Mixed Doubles Bern event which was not held in 2023. [2] In 2024, it was held as a partner event with the Mixed Doubles Bern, ending two days before the other began.

The inaugural event was won by two-time Swiss Olympians Jenny Perret and Martin Rios who defeated Sweden's Therese Westman and Robin Ahlberg 9–8 in an extra end final. It was the Swiss pairs' sole tour title of the year. Pia-Lisa Schöll and Leonhard Angrick won the consolation cup.

The 2024 event was won by 2021 world champions Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat who won 8–7 over two-time Olympic medalists Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten of Norway. [3] Dodds and Mouat led a strong five team Scottish contingent with four of the five teams qualifying for the playoff round. [4]

Past champions

YearWinning pairRunner up pairPurse (CHF)
2023 [5] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jenny Perret / Martin Rios Flag of Sweden.svg Therese Westman / Robin Ahlberg 7,000
2024 [6] Flag of Scotland.svg Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat Flag of Norway.svg Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten 8,000

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Niklas Edin</span> Swedish curler from Örnsköldsvik, Sweden

Johan Niklas Edin is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF) history to win three Olympic medals – gold (2022), silver (2018), and bronze (2014) – and to skip men's curling teams to seven World Men's Curling Championship medals. He is also a seven-time European Curling Championship titleholder and won three silver medals in those championships. He is currently tied with Oskar Eriksson in first place on the WCF-recognized list of championship medals, with thirty-eight in total. He reached the playoffs in forty-five Grand Slam of Curling events and won the Pinty's Cup with his current teammates, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, and Christopher Sundgren. With the same lineup in 2022, Edin and his teammates also became the first and only men's curling team to win a fourth consecutive World Men's Curling Championship. 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. As of the end of the 2021–22 Curling Season, Team Edin was ranked in the top three teams in the world.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Becca Hamilton</span> American Olympic curler

Rebecca Lynn Hamilton is an American curler from McFarland, Wisconsin. She is a five-time national women's champion, three-time national mixed doubles champion, two-time national junior champion, and a two-time Olympian. At the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, she competed in mixed doubles curling with her brother, Matt, along with playing with the women's curling team. She was again on the women's curling team during the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isabella Wranå</span> Swedish curler

Isabella Marianne Peggy Wranå is a Swedish curler. She is a former skip of the Swedish junior women's team, with whom she won a World Junior championship in 2017. In 2018, she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Hamilton "Hammy" McMillan Jr. is a Scottish curler from Glasgow. He currently plays lead on Team Bruce Mouat. With Mouat, McMillan Jr. has won gold at the world men's championship in 2023 and has captured four European championship titles and six Grand Slam titles. He also earned a silver medal in the men's team event of the 2022 Winter Olympics. He is also a former World Junior (2013) champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bruce Mouat</span> Scottish curler (born 1994)

Bruce Mouat is a Scottish curler from Stirling. He currently skips his own team out of the Gogar Park Curling Club. Mouat has led his team to a world championship gold medal in 2023, four European championship titles and six Grand Slam titles. He also earned a silver medal in the men's team event of the 2022 Winter Olympics and is a former World Mixed Doubles (2021), Winter Universiade (2017) and World Junior (2016) champion.

Jennifer Carmichael "Jenn" Dodds is a Scottish curler. She currently plays third on Team Rebecca Morrison and 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.

Grant Hardie is a Scottish curler from Glasgow. He currently plays third on Team Bruce Mouat. With Mouat, Hardie has won gold at the world men's championship in 2023 and has captured four European championship titles and six Grand Slam titles. He also earned a silver medal in the men's team event of the 2022 Winter Olympics and is a former World Mixed champion (2017).

Robert "Bobby" Lammie is a Scottish curler, originally from Stranraer, who now resides in Glasgow. He currently plays second on Team Bruce Mouat. With Mouat, Lammie has won gold at the world men's championship in 2023 and has captured four European championship titles and six Grand Slam titles. He also earned a silver medal in the men's team event of the 2022 Winter Olympics and is a former World Mixed Doubles (2022), Winter Universiade (2017) and World Junior (2016) champion.

Victoria Drummond, better known as Vicky Wright is a retired Scottish curler from Stranraer, and 2022 Olympic Champion in women's curling, playing third on Team Muirhead.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann</span> Swiss curler

Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. She won a World Women's Championship for Switzerland playing lead for Team Silvana Tirinzoni in 2023.

Ross Whyte is a Scottish curler from Stirling. Skipping his own team, Whyte has won silver at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships and won bronze at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships and 2019 Winter Universiade. As alternate for the Bruce Mouat rink, he won two European championship titles and earned a silver medal in the men's team event of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The 2020–21 curling season began in August 2020 and ended in May 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Almida de Val</span> Swedish curler

Almida Winquist de Val is a Swedish curler from Sundbyberg. She currently plays third and is vice skip on Team Isabella Wranå, also known as Team Panthera. With this team, she won a gold medal at the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships. de Val has studied engineering at the Swedish Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, where she received her Master's degree in 2021.

The WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup is an annual mixed doubles curling series on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. There are two events held annually, usually held a week apart in April. They take place at the Kērlinga halle in Riga, Latvia. For the 2020–21 curling season, the first event was held in November 2020, while the second event was held in April 2021. For the 2021–22 curling season, the first event was held in November 2021, while the second event was held in April 2022.

Robin Brydone is a Scottish curler from Perth, Scotland. He is currently the third of the Team Ross Whyte rink.

Euan Kyle is a Scottish curler from Leswalt. He currently plays lead on Team Ross Whyte. Playing for Whyte, Kyle won gold at the 2024 Scottish Men's Curling Championship, silver at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships and won bronze at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships. He was also the alternate on Team Ross Paterson at the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship.

Duncan McFadzean is a Scottish curler from Perth. He currently plays second on Team Ross Whyte. Playing for Whyte, McFadzean won gold at the 2024 Scottish Men's Curling Championship, silver at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships and bronze at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships and 2019 Winter Universiade. He also won gold at the 2024 Scottish Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with Sophie Jackson and represented the country at the 2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

The 2024 Mixed Doubles Bern was held from October 18 to 20 at Curling Bern in Bern, Switzerland. The event was held in a triple-knockout format with a purse of 10,000 CHF. It was held as a partner event of the Mixed Doubles Gstaad which was played October 14 to 16.

The 2024 Mixed Doubles Gstaad was held from October 14 to 16 at Curling Club Gstaad in Gstaad, Switzerland. The event was held in a round robin format with a purse of 8,000 CHF. It was held as a partner event of the 2024 Mixed Doubles Bern which was played October 18 to 20.

References

  1. "Mixed Doubles Gstaad". Mixed Doubles Gstaad. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  2. Jerem Maurer (October 12, 2023). "Neuer Stern am Gstaader Event-Firmament?" (in Swiss). Anzeiger von Saanen. Retrieved October 21, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. "Dodds and Mouat win Mixed Doublea Gstaad Cup 2024". British Curling. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  4. "Mixed Doubles comes back into focus for top British curlers". British Curling. October 13, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  5. "2023 Mixed Doubles Gstaad". CurlingZone. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  6. "2024 Mixed Doubles Gstaad". CurlingZone. Retrieved October 21, 2024.