Swift Current is the sixth-largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is situated along the Trans Canada Highway 177 kilometres (110 mi) west of Moose Jaw, and 223 kilometres (139 mi) east of Medicine Hat, Alberta. As of 2024, Swift Current has an estimated population of 18,430, a growth of 1.32% from the 2016 census population of 16,604. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Swift Current No. 137.
Kelly Schafer is a Scottish-Canadian curler who has represented Canada, Scotland and Great Britain on an International and Olympic level. After playing in the 2010 World Championships in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, she fell in love with and married the mayor of the city and has lived there ever since.
Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich.
Pierre G. "The Duffer" Charette is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. He currently coaches the Silvana Tirinzoni rink
Eve Muirhead is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The 2010 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 20 to 28 at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Cecilia "Cissi" Östlund is a Swedish curler. She was skip for the Swedish team at the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships in Östersund, winning a silver medal and she was the skip of the Swedish team at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Canada, finishing fourth
Iveta Staša-Šaršūne is a Latvian curler from Riga, Latvia.
Una Ģērmane is a Latvian curler.
Ieva Krusta is a Latvian curler. She is currently the lead on the Latvian National Women's Curling Team.
Kristin Moen Skaslien is a Norwegian curler from Fornebu. She currently throws fourth stones on Team Marianne Rørvik.
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.
Laura Walker is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She is a two-time Canadian University champion, a national junior champion, world junior silver medallist and world mixed doubles bronze medallist. Walker is originally from Scarborough, Ontario.
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 2016 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 19 to 27 at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
The Tokoro Curling Club (常呂カーリング倶楽部) is a curling club in Tokoro Town, Kitami City, Hokkaido Island, Japan. The club has about 40 teams, including a team "Loco Solare" (ロコ・ソラーレ).
The 2019 World Women's Curling Championship was held from 16 to 24 March at the Silkeborg Sportscenter in Silkeborg, Denmark.
Jenna Loder is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is currently the alternate on Team Beth Peterson. She is a two-time Canadian junior champion and two-time world junior medallist, playing third for Kaitlyn Lawes.
Taylor Anderson-Heide is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is currently the alternate on Team Tabitha Peterson. Along with her twin sister Sarah, she was United States National Champion in 2019 and World Junior silver medalist in 2016.
The 2022 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 19 to 27 at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Prince George was originally chosen to host the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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