Anna Hasselborg

Anna Hasselborg
Curler
Hasselborg at the Players Championship 2018
Born (1989-05-05) 5 May 1989
Stockholm[1]
Team
Curling club Sundbybergs CK,
Sundbyberg, SWE
Skip Anna Hasselborg
Third Sara McManus
Second Agnes Knochenhauer
Lead Sofia Mabergs
Alternate Jennie Wåhlin
Career
World Championship
appearances		 2 (2017, 2018)
European Championship
appearances		 3 (2014, 2016, 2017)
Olympic
appearances		 1 (2018)
Grand Slam victories 1 (Sept. 2018 Elite 10)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2018 North Bay
European Championships
2016 Renfrewshire
2017 St Gallen
World Junior Championships
2010 Flims
European Mixed Championship
2008 Kitzbühel

Anna Ellinor Hasselborg (born 5 May 1989) is a Swedish curler from Stockholm. She is the 2018 Olympic Champion in women's curling, and a former World Junior Champion skip.[2]

Career

Junior career

Hasselborg made her international debut at the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship, playing third for Niklas Edin, winning a bronze medal. In 2009, Hasselborg played in her first World Juniors, skipping Sweden to a 6th-place finish. At the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, Hasselborg upset the Canadian rink skipped by Rachel Homan in the final by a score of 8-3.

Hasselborg skipped Sweden at the 2013 Winter Universiade, leading her country to a 5th-place finish.

Women's career

Hasselborg has now graduated from the junior level and skips her team on the World Curling Tour. She has won three tour events in her career, the 2011 Glynhill Ladies International, the 2016 Oakville OCT Fall Classic, and the 2016 Stockholm Ladies Curling Cup.[3]

Hasselborg skipped the Swedish national women's team at the 2014 European Curling Championships, leading her team to a 5th-place finish. In March 2018, she skipped the Swedish national women's team at the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, falling to the Canadian team in an extra end to take home the silver medal.

Hasselborg won her first Grand Slam in the inaugural women's Elite 10 in 2018, going undefeated through the tournament and defeating Silvana Tirinzoni in the final.[4]

Personal life

Hasselborg is married to Mathias Eriksson.[5]

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 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Elite 10 N/A C
Tour Challenge N/A T2 SF F
Masters N/A DNP DNP DNP DNP SF SF
The National N/A Q Q DNP
Canadian Open N/A DNP DNP SF Q
Players' Q DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP SF QF
Champions Cup N/A DNP F QF

Former events

Event 2014–15
Colonial Square Ladies Classic QF

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLead
2008–09Anna HasselborgAgnes KnochenhauerSofie SidénZandra Flyg
2009–10Anna HasselborgJonna McManusAgnes KnochenhauerSara McManus
2010–11Anna HasselborgSabina KrauppAgnes KnochenhauerZandra Flyg
2011–12Anna HasselborgSabina KrauppMargaretha DryburghZandra Flyg
2012–13Anna HasselborgKarin RudströmAgnes KnochenhauerZandra Flyg
2013–14Anna HasselborgKarin RudströmAgnes KnochenhauerZandra Flyg
2014–15Anna HasselborgAgnes KnochenhauerKarin RudströmZandra Flyg
2015–16Anna HasselborgSara McManusAgnes KnochenhauerSofia Mabergs
2016–17Anna HasselborgSara McManusAgnes KnochenhauerSofia Mabergs
2017–18Anna HasselborgSara McManusAgnes KnochenhauerSofia Mabergs

References

  1. ↑ 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide
  2. ↑ http://www.worldcurling.org/owg2018/team-sweden-profile
  3. ↑ http://www.worldcurl.com/player.php?playerid=15767&view=Events
  4. ↑ "Hasselborg makes GSOC history winning 1st Elite 10 women's title". www.thegrandslamofcurling.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  5. ↑ 2018 Continental Cup Media Guide


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