Alina Pätz

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Alina Pätz
Born
Alina Pätz

(1990-03-08) 8 March 1990 (age 31)
Urdorf, Switzerland
Team
Curling clubBaden Regio-Privera CC,
Baden, SUI
SkipSilvana Tirinzoni
FourthAlina Pätz
SecondEsther Neuenschwander
LeadMelanie Barbezat
AlternateCarole Howald
Mixed doubles
partner
Sven Michel
Career
Member Association  Switzerland
World Championship
appearances
5 (2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
1 (2011)
European Championship
appearances
5 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2014)
Grand Slam victories1 (2019 Champions Cup)

Alina Pätz (born 8 March 1990 in Urdorf, Switzerland) is a Swiss curler. She currently throws fourth stones on Team Silvana Tirinzoni. She is a three time world champion and was the alternate player for the Mirjam Ott rink which represented Switzerland at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1]

Career[]

Playing as the alternate for the Ott rink, Pätz won a gold medal at the 2012 World Women's Curling Championship and a bronze medal at the 2013 European Curling Championships.[2] Pätz also won a silver medal at the 2010 European Mixed Curling Championship (playing lead for Claudio Pätz) and a gold medal at the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (with Sven Michel).[3]

Pätz started skipping her own rink in 2013. The 2014–15 season was a breakthrough year for Pätz and teammates Nadine Lehmann, Marisa Winkelhausen and Nicole Schwägli. They won the 2014 Red Deer Curling Classic on the World Curling Tour, which was Pätz first tour win.[4] Pätz also qualified for the playoffs at the 2014 Masters Grand Slam of Curling event. In the second half of the season, they won the International Bernese Ladies Cup and the Swiss Women's Curling Championship, qualifying them for the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship. Switzerland finished the round robin in first place with a 10–1 record. A victory over Canada's Jennifer Jones sent them to the final, where they once again faced Jones. Up 4–3 in the tenth end, Pätz drew to the button for the win, winning the World Championship gold medal and title.[5]

The following season, Team Pätz won the right to represent Switzerland at the 2015 European Curling Championships, but they did not qualify for the playoffs, finishing 4–5. They also did not win any tour events during the season. They could not defend their title as world champions, as they lost in the Swiss championship to 2014 world champions Binia Feltscher.[6] The 2016–17 season was more successful for the Swiss rink. They won the 2017 International Bernese Ladies Cup and made the final of the Glynhill Ladies International. They also won the Swiss championship and represented Switzerland at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship. Despite starting 4–0, the team lost six of their last seven games, ultimately not qualifying for the playoffs. They ended their season by finishing second at the 2017 Euronics European Masters and making the semifinals of the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup.[7]

Team Pätz had several[quantify] quarterfinal finishes during the 2017–18 curling season. They won the 2017 Stockholm Ladies Cup in October, defeating Kim Eun-jung in the final.[8] The team competed against the other top Swiss teams, Silvana Tirinzoni and Binia Feltscher, at the 2017 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials to choose the Swiss representative at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The event was ultimately won by the Tirinzoni rink, who finished 6–0. After failing to win the Swiss championship in February, the Pätz team disbanded.[9]

Heading into the 2018–19 curling season, Pätz joined forces with Silvana Tirinzoni, who would skip the team, but Pätz would throw fourth rocks, with Esther Neuenschwander at second and Melanie Barbezat throwing lead rocks. The team reached the final in the first Grand Slam of the season, the Elite 10.[10] They represented Switzerland at the 2018 European Curling Championships, claiming the silver medal. They were unbeaten in the round robin, winning nine games, defeated Germany 6–4 in the semi-final, and lost 5–4 to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg in the final. Having won the 2019 Swiss National Championships, the team represented Switzerland at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship in Silkeborg, Denmark. The team went 2–3 in their first five games, then won six games in a row to secure their playoff spot. They went on to finish the round robin with a 8–4 record and in fourth place in the standings. They defeated China in the qualification game and South Korea in the semi-final to set up a repeat of the European Championship final against Hasselborg and Sweden. The result was reversed, with Pätz making a draw to the four-foot in the extra end for an 8–7 win to become the 2019 world champions. The team capped off their year by winning their first Grand Slam title together at the Champions Cup and reaching the final of the inaugural Curling World Cup.

At the start of the 2019–20 season, Team Tirinzoni were runners-up at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic.[11] They also qualified for the playoffs at their next three events, the 2019 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic and the 2019 WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup. The next week, they won the Women's Masters Basel. They represented Switzerland at the 2019 European Curling Championships, where they finished the round robin in first place with an 8–1 record. However, they would not make the final, as they lost to Scotland's Eve Muirhead in the semifinal. They rebounded in the bronze medal game, defeating Alina Kovaleva of Russia. The team would not get to defend their title as world champions, losing the final of the 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship to the young Elena Stern rink.[12] The Swiss championship would be the team's last event of the season, as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

Team Tirinzoni began the 2020–21 season by making the final of the 2020 Schweizer Cup where they once again lost to the Stern rink.[14] Three weeks later, the team was invited to play in the Adelboden International men's World Curling Tour event, as a last minute addition.[15] After dropping their first game to Yannick Schwaller, they went on a four-game winning streak against the men's field before losing to Olympic bronze medallist Peter de Cruz in the semifinal.[16] In January 2021, Pätz compted at the 2021 Swiss Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with her boyfriend Sven Michel. The pair finished the round robin with a 5–2 record, in second place. They then defeated teammate Silvana Tirinzoni and Benoît Schwarz in the semifinal before losing the best-of-three final to Briar Hürlimann and Yannick Schwaller.[17] Two weeks later, Pätz won her fourth national championship at the 2021 Swiss Women's Curling Championship. This put her team in a playoff against 2020 Champions Team Stern for the right to represent Switzerland at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship, as the 2020 Worlds were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18] Team Tirinzoni beat Stern in the playoff, and represented Switzerland at the World Championship, which was played in a bio-secure bubble in Calgary, Canada due to the pandemic. There, they finished with a 12–1 round robin record, including scoring a rare eight-ender against Denmark,[19] the first time an eight-ender has ever been scored at a World Championship. In the playoffs, the team defeated the United States in the semifinal, and then Alina Kovaleva representing RCF (Russia) in the final to win the gold medal,[20] successfully defending their 2019 championship.[21] While also in the Calgary bubble, Team Tirinzoni played in two Grand Slam events, making the final at the 2021 Champions Cup and the semifinals at the 2021 Players' Championship.[22]

Personal life[]

Pätz is in a relationship with fellow curler Sven Michel. She lives in Zurich.[23] She is employed as an athlete manager.[24]

Grand Slam record[]

Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Masters Q DNP QF Q Q QF Q SF N/A
Tour Challenge N/A N/A N/A Q Q QF QF QF N/A
The National N/A N/A N/A DNP DNP QF SF Q N/A
Canadian Open DNP DNP DNP QF DNP Q F QF N/A
Champions Cup N/A N/A N/A DNP SF Q C N/A F
Players' DNP DNP QF Q DNP DNP Q N/A SF

Former events[]

Event 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Elite 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A F
Colonial Square Q DNP Q N/A N/A N/A N/A

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2010–11[25] Nicole Dünki Alina Pätz
2011–12 Manuela Siegrist Alina Pätz Nicole Dünki
2012–13 Manuela Siegrist Alina Pätz Nadine Lehmann Nicole Dünki
2013–14 Alina Pätz Nadine Lehmann Nicole Schwägli Nicole Dünki
2014–15 Alina Pätz Nadine Lehmann Marisa Winkelhausen Nicole Schwägli
2015–16 Alina Pätz Nadine Lehmann Marisa Winkelhausen Nicole Schwägli
2016–17 Alina Pätz Nadine Lehmann Marisa Winkelhausen Nicole Schwägli
2017–18 Alina Pätz Nadine Lehmann Marisa Winkelhausen Nicole Schwägli
2018–19 Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Esther Neuenschwander Melanie Barbezat
2019–20 Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Esther Neuenschwander Melanie Barbezat
2020–21 Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Esther Neuenschwander Melanie Barbezat
2021–22 Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Esther Neuenschwander Melanie Barbezat

References[]

  1. ^ "Alina Pätz". Sochi 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Switzerland wins women's world curling title". Curling Canada. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "2014 Red Deer Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  5. ^ Video (full game): 2015 World Women's Curling Championship - Final - Switzerland (Alina Pätz) vs Canada (Jennifer Jones) on YouTube
  6. ^ "2016 Swiss League Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  7. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (April 30, 2017). "Koe delivers spectacular shot to reach Champions Cup final". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  8. ^ Video (full game): 2017 Stockholm Ladies Cup - Final - Alina Pätz vs Kim Eun-jung on YouTube
  9. ^ "Team Pätz Team Announcement". Facebook. March 12, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  10. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (September 30, 2019). "Hasselborg makes GSOC history winning 1st Elite 10 women's title". Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  12. ^ "2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship". Swiss Curling Association. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  13. ^ "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  14. ^ "2020 Schweizer Cup Results". Swiss Curling Association. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  15. ^ "Tirinzoni takes on the men in Adelboden". CurlingZone. CurlingZone. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  16. ^ "2020 Adelboden International". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  17. ^ Céline Stucki (January 31, 2021). "Curling: Hürlimann und Schwaller sind Schweizermeister 2021!". Nau.ch. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  18. ^ "Eight Ends: Swiss reign resumes at world women's curling championship". Grand Slam of Curling. May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  19. ^ "2021 World Women's Curling Championship – Switzerland vs. Denmark – Shot by Shot" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  20. ^ "Switzerland retain world title at the LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  21. ^ "Switzerland's curling reign continues as Tirinzoni captures second straight world women's title". TSN. May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  22. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (April 19, 2021). "Rachel Homan wins record-extending 11th GSOC title at Champions Cup". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  23. ^ 2019 Continental Cup Media Guide: Team Tirinzoni
  24. ^ "2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  25. ^ "Alina Pätz Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.

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