Ana Arce
Encyclopedia
Ana Arce is a photographer and former skip of the Andorra
n national women's curling
team. She now plays on the Spanish
national team.
, Italy
, Spain
, England
, Poland
, Germany
and Canada
. The curlers included Daniela Jentsch
, Melanie Robillard
, Lynsay Ryan
, Kasia Selwand
and Claudia Toth
. She produced a second calendar for 2007 which included Christine Keshen
, Linn Githmark
, Debbie McCormick
and Jackie Lockhart
.
for Andorra. Skipping the team, she placed 17th, 15th and 21st respectively. In 2005, she moved to the Spanish team. Her first international debut for Spain was at the 2005 European Mixed Curling Championship
playing lead for Antonio De Mollinedo Gonzalez. Spain finished 16th. Her debut for Spain at the European Championships happened a few months later. She played third for Ellen Kittelsen, and the team finished 17th. In 2006, with the same skips, Arce placed 20th at the European Mixed and 17th at the European Championships. At the 2007 European Mixed, she placed 21st on De Mollinedo's team. She wouldn't play at the European Championships again until 2009, finishing 19th on Kittelsen's rink. In the mean time she placed 13th at the 2008 European Mixed and 9th at the 2009 event respectively. In 2008, the team was skipped by José Luis Hinojosa de Torres-Peralta and she was the team's female alternate. The 2009 team was skipped by De Mollinedo again.
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
n national women's curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
team. She now plays on the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
national team.
Photography
She produced the Ana Arce Team Sponsorship Calendar 2006 featuring nude or semi-nude photographs of women curlers from a variety of countries including DenmarkDenmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The curlers included Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch is a former skip of the German national women's curling team. She has skipped the German women's junior team to two "B" level gold medals in 2001 and 2002. She has curled once at the world championships level, in 2000 as a third for Petra Tschetsch. They finished sixth...
, Melanie Robillard
Melanie Robillard
Melanie Robillard is a curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.-Career:She curled for Jenn Hanna's team in 2000 as her lead. They would lose in the provincial junior finals that year. In 2002, Robillard skipped her own team to the provincial junior finals, but lost...
, Lynsay Ryan
Lynsay Ryan
Lynsay Ryan is a talented musician/singer/songwriter. She has produced two albums and has performed across Canada. Her Myspace website myspace.com/LynsayRyan has received over 7 million hits...
, Kasia Selwand
Kasia Selwand
Katarzyna "Kasia" Selwant is the former Polish national curling team lead. In 2005, she posed for a calendar to promote women's curling. She played in both the 2004 and 2005 European Curling Championships for skip Krystyna Beniger...
and Claudia Toth
Claudia Toth
Claudia Toth is the Austrian national curling team skip. She once turned down an offer to pose for the German edition of Playboy....
. She produced a second calendar for 2007 which included Christine Keshen
Christine Keshen
Christine Keshen is a Canadian curler from Invermere, British Columbia)Keshen played lead for Team Canada, skipped by Shannon Kleibrink at the 2006 Winter Olympics....
, Linn Githmark
Linn Githmark
Linn Githmark is a Norwegian curler who has skipped her country to a world junior title, and also played on the Norwegian team that won a silver medal at the world championships....
, Debbie McCormick
Debbie McCormick
Debbie McCormick is an American curler from Rio, Wisconsin. Although born in Canada, McCormick moved to Madison, Wisconsin, when she was very young...
and Jackie Lockhart
Jackie Lockhart
Jacqueline "Jackie" Lockhart is a Scottish curler who has competed prolifically in major international competitions for Scotland, and for the Great Britain team that competes at the Olympic Winter Games.Having made her international debut at the 1983 European Championships, she went on to claim a...
.
Curling
Arce played in the 2002, 2003 and 2004 European Curling ChampionshipsEuropean Curling Championships
The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations and hosted by the European Curling Federation. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December...
for Andorra. Skipping the team, she placed 17th, 15th and 21st respectively. In 2005, she moved to the Spanish team. Her first international debut for Spain was at the 2005 European Mixed Curling Championship
European Mixed Curling Championship
The European Mixed Curling Championships is a mixed curling tournament held annually in the autumn for European nations. The first tournament was held in 2005.-Results:...
playing lead for Antonio De Mollinedo Gonzalez. Spain finished 16th. Her debut for Spain at the European Championships happened a few months later. She played third for Ellen Kittelsen, and the team finished 17th. In 2006, with the same skips, Arce placed 20th at the European Mixed and 17th at the European Championships. At the 2007 European Mixed, she placed 21st on De Mollinedo's team. She wouldn't play at the European Championships again until 2009, finishing 19th on Kittelsen's rink. In the mean time she placed 13th at the 2008 European Mixed and 9th at the 2009 event respectively. In 2008, the team was skipped by José Luis Hinojosa de Torres-Peralta and she was the team's female alternate. The 2009 team was skipped by De Mollinedo again.