Danielle Schmiemann

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Danielle Schmiemann
Curler
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Schmiemann at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships
Born
Danielle Schmiemann

(1996-05-29) May 29, 1996 (age 25)
Olds, Alberta[1]
Team
Curling clubSaville Community Sports Centre,
Edmonton, AB[2]
SkipKelsey Rocque
ThirdDanielle Schmiemann
SecondDana Ferguson
LeadRachelle Brown
Mixed doubles
partner
Career
Member Association Alberta
Top CTRS ranking6th (2019–20)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Canada
World Junior Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tallinn
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Almaty
Representing  Alberta
Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Calgary

Danielle Nicole Schmiemann[3] (born May 29, 1996)[4] is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She currently plays third on Team Kelsey Rocque. She is originally from Sundre, Alberta but later moved to and graduated high school in Stony Plain, Alberta.[5]

Career[]

Schmiemann started at the University of Alberta in 2014, joining the Pandas Curling Program. She played within the program throughout the entirety of her University Degree and now joins a group of very successful Bears and Pandas alumni, including all three of her current teammates Kelsey Rocque, Dana Ferguson and Rachelle Brown.

In 2015, Schmiemann joined the Kelsey Rocque rink of Rocque, Holly Jamieson and Jesse Iles. The team won the Alberta Junior Curling Championship, earning her and her team a berth at the 2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. There, the team went 9–1 in the round robin giving them a birth to the final, where they won against Ontario's Chelsea Brandwood 8–2. The team represented Canada at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships, where they would go undefeated en route to claiming the title. Rocque aged out of juniors following the season and Schmiemann joined the rink at third. The team won one tour event, the Crestwood Ladies Fall Classic.[6] At the Alberta Junior Provincials, the team lost the semifinal and would not go to the 2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Later that season, Schmiemann played with Rocque and represented the Alberta Pandas at the 2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships where they defeated the Thompson Rivers WolfPack skipped by Corryn Brown in the final.[7]

Schmiemann chose not to play in her final year of juniors as the 2017 Alberta Junior Provincials and Canadian Junior Curling Championships conflicted with the 2017 Winter Universiade. Because of this, she began skipping her own team for the 2016–17 season. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs in any tour events. With their win at the 2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships earlier the previous year, Schmiemann would play with Rocque at the 2017 Winter Universiade where they would once again find success winning the Gold Medal for Canada. She played in the U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships again in 2018 representing the University of Alberta where they won the title once again alongside teammates , , and . This would set them up to represent Canada once again at the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Shortly after this win, Schmiemann would join Rocque as an official team in 2018, with at second and at lead. They made the quarterfinals at the Tour Challenge Tier 2 Grand Slam of Curling event and finished runner-up at the 2019 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts to Chelsea Carey. She then played with Streifel at the 2019 Winter Universiade where they lost to Sophie Jackson from Great Britain in the qualification game. Schmiemann was also chosen to be the flag bearer for the entirety of Team Canada at this Universiade.[8]

Team Rocque had a strong 2019–20 season, starting it off with a semifinal finish at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic. The team qualified for the playoffs at the 2019 Tour Challenge Grand Slam event where they lost to eventual winners Anna Hasselborg. Going into the 2020 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Rocque was the number one seeded team, earning their spot through the CTRS points leader berth. They went 6–1 through the round robin, with their only loss to the Laura Walker. They would play Walker again in the 1 vs. 2 game where they lost 7–1. They had a strong semifinal game, able to easily defeat 8–1 setting up the third match for Rocque and Walker during the competition. The team struggled during the final, not able to figure out the ice and losing the final for the second straight year in a row. It 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.[9] On March 18, 2020, it was announced that both and would be leaving the team.[10] Rocque and Schmiemann then announced on March 21 that Dana Ferguson and Rachelle Brown would be joining them for the 2020–21 season.[11][12]

Due to the pandemic, most of the tour events during the 2020–21 season were cancelled. Team Rocque played only one competitive game together during the entire season at the Okotoks Ladies Classic in November. After the first draw, the event was cancelled due to a province-wide shutdown in Alberta.[13] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, the 2021 provincial championship was also cancelled. As the reigning provincials champions, Team Laura Walker were chosen to represent Alberta at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[14] However, due to many provinces cancelling their provincial championships as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Curling Canada added three Wild Card teams to the national championship, which were based on the CTRS standings from the 2019–20 season.[15] Team Rocque was one of the top three non-qualified teams, but they did not retain at least three of their four players from the previous season, meaning they could not qualify for the national championship.[16]

Schmiemann also competes in the Mixed Doubles discipline with her partner, . Together they won the 2017 Alberta Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship and would go onto to lose a tie-breaker at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. They made their second appearance at the Nationals in 2019 in Fredericton, New Brunswick where they finished with a record of 4-3 but failed to qualify for playoffs. They had qualified for the 2020 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship to be held in Portage La Prairie before it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[17] In 2021, Schmiemann competed in her third mixed doubles national championship when she replaced a pregnant Rachel Homan as John Morris' partner at the 2021 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.[18] The pair finished the round robin with a 5–1 record and defeated the number one seeds Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres to qualify for the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game. They then lost both the 1 vs. 2 game and the semifinal to earn the bronze medal.[19]

Personal life[]

Schmiemann graduated from the University of Alberta in 2018 with a Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology,[5] and also attended MacEwan University completing her Acupuncture Diploma. She works as an Acupuncturist for Acupuncture Turning Point.[20] She is in a relationship with Jason Ginter.[1]

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2012–13[21] Alison Thiessen Chelsea Duncan Danielle Schmiemann
2013–14 Danielle Schmiemann
2014–15 Kelsey Rocque Danielle Schmiemann
2015–16 Danielle Schmiemann Kate Goodhelpsen Jesse Iles
2016–17 Danielle Schmiemann Taylore Maschmeyer
2017–18 Kristen Streifel Danielle Schmiemann Taylore Maschmeyer Jesse Iles
2018–19 Kelsey Rocque Danielle Schmiemann Jesse Iles
2019–20 Kelsey Rocque Danielle Schmiemann Becca Hebert Jesse Marlow
2020–21 Kelsey Rocque Danielle Schmiemann Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown
2021–22 Kelsey Rocque Danielle Schmiemann Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2021 Home Hardware Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Danielle Schmiemann Profile". Curling Alberta. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Rocque bracing for title defence". Edmonton Journal. January 8, 2015. p. D3. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Convocation Congrats!". University of Alberta. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "Streifel wins 2015 Crestwood Ladies Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  8. ^ "University of Alberta - Official Athletics Website".
  9. ^ "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  10. ^ "Team Rocque Team Announcement". Facebook. March 18, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "Team Rocque adds Ferguson and Schmiemann". Facebook. March 21, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  12. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (March 22, 2020). "Rachel Brown, Dana Ferguson join Kelsey Rocque's team". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  13. ^ "Okotoks bonspiel cancelled due to new restrictions in Alberta". TSN. November 13, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  14. ^ Todd Saelhof (January 20, 2021). "Walker, Bottcher named Alberta reps for Scotties, Brier". Calgary Sun. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  15. ^ "Three wild-card teams added to Scotties, Brier". TSN. January 13, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  16. ^ "Wild Card teams set!". Curling Canada. February 1, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  17. ^ "Curling Canada cancels rest of 2019-20 championships due to COVID-19".
  18. ^ "New pairing gets first win!". Curling Canada. March 19, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  19. ^ "Gold in their sights!". Curling Canada. March 25, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  20. ^ "2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  21. ^ "Danielle Schmiemann Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 20, 2020.

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