Almida de Val

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Almida de Val
Curler
Born (1997-09-12) September 12, 1997 (age 24)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Team
Curling clubSundbybergs CK,
Sundbyberg, SWE[1]
SkipIsabella Wranå
ThirdAlmida de Val
SecondJennie Wåhlin
Lead
Mixed doubles
partner		Oskar Eriksson
Career
Member Association Sweden
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2021)
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Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Sweden
World Mixed Doubles Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Aberdeen
World Junior Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gangneung
Silver medal – second place 2018 Aberdeen
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Krasnoyarsk
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Almaty
Swedish Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Skellefteå
Silver medal – second place 2019 Jönköping
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Jönköping[2]
Swedish Mixed Doubles Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Jönköping

Almida Winquist de Val (born September 12, 1997) is a Swedish curler from Stockholm.[3] 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 is currently studying engineering at the Swedish Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm where she will be receiving her Master's degree during 2021.[citation needed]

Career[]

de Val played in the World Junior Curling Championships in 2014, 2017 and 2018 as a member of Team Isabella Wranå. In 2014, her team of Isabella Wranå, Jennie Wåhlin, Elin Lövstrand and Fanny Sjöberg had a fourth-place finish, after they lost in the bronze medal game to Russia. de Val was the alternate on the team but played no games. She was back at the event in 2017 as the official second of the team, replacing Lövstrand. The team made it all the way to the final and defeated Scotland's Sophie Jackson to win the gold medal, and lost just two round robin games in the process. The next year the same team went undefeated in the round robin, but ended up losing to Canada's Kaitlyn Jones in the final. This team also represented Sweden at the 2017 Winter Universiade, where they took home the bronze medal, and again in 2019 winning the gold medal. de Val represented Sweden one more time at the juniors in 2019 as the fourth for Tova Sundberg who threw third stones. They placed sixth.[4]

As World Junior champions, the Wranå team qualified for the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup, de Val's first Grand Slam event. The team did not qualify for the playoffs but did win one game. The team won their first World Curling Tour event at the 2018 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic.[5] A month later, they won the Paf Masters Tour.[6] Over the course of the 2018–19 season, the team played in four slams, failing to qualify in any of the four. They won one game at the 2018 Tour Challenge, one game at the 2018 National, no games at the 2019 Canadian Open and one game at the 2019 Champions Cup. Also during this season, the team won the 2019 Winter Universiade.[7]

Team Wranå had a successful 2019–20 season, winning two tour events (the Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic and the Paf Masters Tour once again) and finishing second at the Women's Masters Basel and the Glynhill Ladies International.[8][9][10] They played in two slam events, winning one game at both the 2019 Tour Challenge and the 2019 National.[11][12]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Team Wranå only played in one tour event during the abbreviated 2020–21 season. The team competed at the 2020 Women's Masters Basel, where they missed the playoffs with a 1–2 record.[13] In December, they played Team Hasselborg in the Sweden National Challenge, where they won by a score of 17–12.[14] The Swedish Women's Curling Championship was cancelled due to the pandemic, so Team Hasselborg was named as the Swedish Team for the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.[15] After the season, longtime lead Fanny Sjöberg stepped back from competitive curling and joined the team as their new lead.[16]

Aside from women's curling, de Val also plays mixed doubles with partner Oskar Eriksson. The pair began playing together during the 2020–21 season and immediately found success by winning the 2020 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup.[17] In 2021, they won the Swedish mixed doubles national championship, de Val's first gold medal at a national championship.[18] On March 1, 2021, the Swedish Curling Association formally announced the selection of Eriksson and de Val to represent Sweden at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.[19][20] At the World Championship, the team posted a perfect 9–0 record through the round robin, being the only team to do so.[21] This qualified them for the semifinals, where they faced Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten of Norway. Tied 6–6 in the final end, de Val missed her final draw, giving up a steal of one and the win to the Norwegians.[22] They ended the tournament by defeating Canada's Kerri Einarson and Brad Gushue 7–4 in the bronze medal game.[23] On June 4, 2021, de Val and Eriksson were selected as the mixed doubles Olympic Team for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tour Challenge DNP DNP Q Q
The National DNP DNP Q Q
Canadian Open DNP DNP Q DNP
Players' DNP DNP DNP N/A
Champions Cup Q DNP Q N/A

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2013–14[25] Almida de Val
2014–15 Almida de Val (Fourth) Camilla Schnabel Tilde Vermelin Greta Aurell (Skip)
2015–16 Almida de Val (Fourth) Camilla Schnabel Tilde Vermelin Greta Aurell (Skip)
2016–17 Isabella Wranå Jennie Wåhlin Almida de Val Fanny Sjöberg
2017–18 Isabella Wranå Jennie Wåhlin Almida de Val Fanny Sjöberg
2018–19 Isabella Wranå Jennie Wåhlin Almida de Val Fanny Sjöberg
2019–20 Isabella Wranå Almida de Val Jennie Wåhlin Fanny Sjöberg
2020–21 Isabella Wranå Almida de Val Jennie Wåhlin Fanny Sjöberg
2021–22 Isabella Wranå Almida de Val Jennie Wåhlin

References[]

  1. ^ "Team de Val/Eriksson". Facebook. Svensk Curling. September 5, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Swedish Championships: Main".
  3. ^ "Team Wranå". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 World Junior Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "2018 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  6. ^ "2018 Paf Masters Tour". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  7. ^ "2019 Winter Universiade". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  8. ^ "WCT Recap:Sweden's Team Isabella Wranå win second event of the season". TSN. November 4, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  9. ^ "2019 Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  10. ^ "2019 Paf Masters Tour". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  11. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (November 8, 2019). "Hasselborg, Koe qualify for KIOTI Tractor Tour Challenge Playoffs". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  12. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (December 12, 2019). "Carey escapes with win over Tirinzoni at Boost National". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  13. ^ "Women's Masters 2020 – Team SWE Wranå". Rinkmaster. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  14. ^ "Winners of the Sweden National Challenge!". Facebook. Team Panthera. December 13, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  15. ^ "Vändningen: VM damer flyttas till Calgary, Kanada" (in Swedish). Svenska Curlingförbundet. March 5, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "Fanny has been playing on the team since 2007. She has been our lead since the beginning of what we call "Team Panthera" or "Team Wranå"". Instagram. teamwrana. February 26, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  17. ^ "2020 Creating Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  18. ^ "Spelprogram och liveresultat". Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  19. ^ Bengt Sundler. "Karlstadsspelare klar för dubbla VM – öppnar vägen till OS". Nya Wermlands Tidnigen. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  20. ^ "Curling: Almida de Val och Oskar Eriksson uttagna till VM mixed dubbel 2021". Svenska Curlingförbundet. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  21. ^ Céline Stucki (May 21, 2021). "United States claim fourth place in Group B to progress to Olympic Qualification game". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  22. ^ Video (full game): 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship - Semifinal - Sweden (de Val / Eriksson) vs Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) on YouTube
  23. ^ Céline Stucki (May 23, 2021). "Sweden win World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2021 bronze medals". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  24. ^ "SOK tar ut fler idrottare till vinter-OS" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. June 4, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  25. ^ "Almida de Val Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

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