The International Kendo Federation (FIK) was founded in 1970. It is an international federation of national and regional kendo associations.
Anette Norberg is a Swedish curler from Härnösand.
The WCF World Rankings system is designed to track and list the amount of success achieved by each member association of the World Curling Federation (WCF) in a given curling season. The system, which was implemented in December 2006, is similar to the ranking system used by FIFA. The events taken into account when calculating each nation's score include the Olympic and Paralympic games, the World Curling Championships, and the various qualifying events for member associations who did not compete in the worlds. The system was developed by Patrick Hürlimann, who is a former Olympic champion and was the vice president of the WCF from 2010 to 2012. The calculation method was overhauled for the 2018–19 season.
Patrick Hürlimann is a Swiss curler, Olympic champion, and Vice-President of the World Curling Federation (WCF). He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He has received three medals at the World Curling Championships as skip for the Swiss team.
The United States Curling Association is the national governing body of the sport of curling in the United States. The goal of the USCA is to grow the sport of curling in the United States and win medals in competitions both domestic and abroad. Curling's recent popularity has swelled the USCA to 185 curling clubs and approximately 23,500 curlers in the United States. The United States Olympic men's curling teams have seen success in recent years, most notably winning the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, led by skip John Shuster.
The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments featuring the world's best teams of mixed doubles curlers.
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.
Günther Hummelt was an Austrian curler and curling coach who contributed greatly to the development of the sport of curling. Most notably, he served as the first president of the World Curling Federation following its succession of the International Curling Federation, which Hummelt was also a part of, and served as president of the Austrian Curling Association from 1980 to 2010.
Alexander Alexandrovich Krushelnitskiy is a Russian curler predominantly playing as skip. He was banned for four years after testing positive for Meldonium.
Viktor Kim is a Kazakhstani curler and curling coach.
The Russian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship are the annual national curling championships for mixed doubles curling in Russia. As of 2024, the event consisted of thirty-two teams participating in a preliminary round robin and a single-knockout playoff.
Roman Alexandrovich Kutuzov is a Russian curler.
The Russian Mixed Curling Championship is the national championship of mixed curling in Russia. It has been held annually since 2006, organized by Russian Curling Federation.
Estonian Curling Association is one of the sport governing bodies in Estonia which deals with curling. It was established in 2002. The president of ECA is Rainer Vakra.
The 2021–22 curling season began in June 2021 and ended in May 2022.
The 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 23 to 30 at the Curling Club Trois-Chêne in the Geneva Sous-Moulin Sports Center in Thônex, a suburb of Geneva, Switzerland. The event was held alongside the 2022 World Senior Curling Championships. Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie of Scotland went undefeated the entire event, beating home team Alina Pätz and Sven Michel of Switzerland 9-7 in the final to win the gold medal.
The 2022–23 curling season began in June 2022 and ended in May 2023.
The Russian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup are the annual national curling tournament for mixed doubles curling in Russia. It has been held annually since 2008, organized by Russian Curling Federation. As of 2023, the event consisted of twenty teams participating in a preliminary round robin and a single-knockout playoff.
The Russian Mixed Curling Cup are the annual national curling tournament for mixed curling in Russia. It has been held annually since 2008, organized by Russian Curling Federation. As of 2023, the event consisted of sixteen teams participating in a preliminary round robin and a single-knockout playoff.
The 2023–24 curling season began in June 2023 and ended in May 2024.
