Elena Stern

Elena Stern (born November 8, 1994), is a Swiss curler from Zürich.[1] She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour.[2][3]

Elena Stern
Curler
Born (1994-11-08) November 8, 1994
Wetzikon, Switzerland[1]
Team
Curling clubCC Oberwallis, Brig-Glis
SkipElena Stern
FourthBriar Hürlimann
SecondLisa Gisler
LeadCéline Koller
AlternateCorrie Hürlimann
Career
Member Association  Switzerland
European Championship
appearances		1 (2015)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing   Switzerland
World Junior Curling Championships
2015 Tallinn

Career

Stern first represented Switzerland on the international stage at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics where her team of Michael Brunner, Romano Meier and Lisa Gisler won the gold medal.[4] In 2014, she played in her first World Junior Curling Championship as the alternate for Corina Mani. They lost the tiebreaker 7–6 to Sweden's Isabella Wranå. She returned the following season at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships, this time as lead for Lisa Gisler. Her Swiss team won the bronze medal. In 2015 she also played in her first European Curling Championship as alternate for Alina Pätz. She did not play in any games. Stern returned for her third consecutive year to the World Juniors at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships. She skipped her team to a 4–5 record, missing the playoffs.

Stern made back to back appearances at the World Mixed Curling Championship in 2016 and 2017. In 2016, they lost in the quarterfinals and in 2017 they missed the playoffs. She also skipped the Swiss team to a fourth-place finish at the 2017 Winter Universiade.

The 2018–19 season was a breakout year for Stern and her team of fourth Briar Hürlimann, second Lisa Gisler and lead Céline Koller. They played in four Grand Slam of Curling events including winning the 2018 Tour Challenge Tier 2 and the 2018 Women's Masters Basel World Curling Tour event.[5][6]

Team Stern followed their great season with an even better one for the 2019–20 season. They had a quarterfinal finish at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic. They missed the playoffs at their next three events, the 2019 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic and the inaugural WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup. Next, Team Stern played in the 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic and qualified for the playoffs threw the C side. They successfully defeated Eve Muirhead in the quarterfinals, Silvana Tirinzoni in the semifinals and Rachel Homan in the final to win the event. They also won the International Bernese Ladies Cup and the Schweizer Cup. For the first time ever, they qualified for the playoffs at a Grand Slam event where they lost to Tracy Fleury in the quarterfinals at the Masters. They also qualified for the playoffs as the number one seed at the National but they also lost in the quarterfinals, this time to Satsuki Fujisawa. Team Stern surprised many when they upset the defending world champion rink Silvana Tirinzoni in the 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship three times and defeated them in the final 6–4. The team was set to represent Switzerland at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8] The Swiss championship would be their last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[9]

Personal life

Stern works as a communications officer and is in a relationship.[1]

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 2018–19 2019–20
Masters DNP QF
Tour Challenge T2 Q
The National DNP QF
Canadian Open Q Q
Players' Q N/A
Champions Cup Q N/A

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead
2013–14[10] Elena SternAnna SternNoelle IseliTanja Schwegler
2014–15 Elena SternAnna SternNoelle IseliTanja Schwegler
2015–16 Elena SternAnna SternNoelle IseliTanja Schwegler
2016–17 Briar Hürlimann (fourth)Elena Stern (skip)Anna SternCéline Koller
2017–18 Briar Hürlimann (fourth)Elena Stern (skip)Lisa GislerCéline Koller
2018–19 Briar Hürlimann (fourth)Elena Stern (skip)Lisa GislerCéline Koller
2019–20 Briar Hürlimann (fourth)Elena Stern (skip)Lisa GislerCéline Koller

References
  1. "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  2. "Elena Stern Profile". Team Stern. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  3. "Team Elena Stern". Grand Slam of Curling. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  4. "Elena Stern Olympic Profile". Olympic. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  5. "Stern wins 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2". Curlingzone. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  6. "Elena Stern wins Womens Masters Basel". Curlingzone. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  7. The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  8. "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  9. "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  10. "Elena Stern Past Teams". Curlingzone. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
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