Valeria Spälty
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Valeria Spälty (born 24 June 1983 in Glarus
) is a Swiss
curler
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Spälty started curling in 1992. She plays second for Mirjam Ott
and is right-handed.
She won the silver medal at the Winter Olympic Games 2006 in Torino with Mirjam Ott, Binia Beeli, Manuela Kormann, and Michele Moser. She is the youngest Curling Olympic medal winner in the world.
Since 2007 Spälty and Mirjam Ott have been playing for the Curling Club Davos with two other players. With this team Spälty won the bronze medal in 2006 at the Europeans in Basel,SUI and finished in fourth place at the 2007 European Curling Championships. In March 2008 they won the bronze medal at the 2008 Vernon World Championships
.
Spälty has played in 86 Games at Junior Worlds, Worlds, Europeans and Olympic Games.
She is studying Sport science, Psychology and Education at the University of Berne.
Glarus
Glarus is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Glarus municipality since 1 January 2011 incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern....
) is a Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
curler
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...
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Spälty started curling in 1992. She plays second for Mirjam Ott
Mirjam Ott
Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide...
and is right-handed.
She won the silver medal at the Winter Olympic Games 2006 in Torino with Mirjam Ott, Binia Beeli, Manuela Kormann, and Michele Moser. She is the youngest Curling Olympic medal winner in the world.
Since 2007 Spälty and Mirjam Ott have been playing for the Curling Club Davos with two other players. With this team Spälty won the bronze medal in 2006 at the Europeans in Basel,SUI and finished in fourth place at the 2007 European Curling Championships. In March 2008 they won the bronze medal at the 2008 Vernon World Championships
2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
-Draw 2:March 22, 18:00-Draw 3:March 23, 10:30-Draw 4:March 23, 16:00-Draw 5:March 23, 20:00-Draw 6:March 24, 8:30-Draw 7:March 24, 1:00 PM-Draw 8:March 24, 18:30-Draw 9:March 25, 8:30...
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Spälty has played in 86 Games at Junior Worlds, Worlds, Europeans and Olympic Games.
She is studying Sport science, Psychology and Education at the University of Berne.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03 | Valeria Spälty | Jaqueline Greiner | Petra Feldmann | Ursina Punchera | 2002 WJCC 5th place |
| 2003-04 | Valeria Spälty | Jaqueline Greiner | Petra Feldmann | Ursina Punchera | |
| 2004-05 | Mirjam Ott | Binia Feltscher-Beeli | Valeria Spälty | Michele Moser | 2004 Silver Europeans; 2005 7th Worlds; 2005 Olympic Trials Winner |
| 2005-06 | Mirjam Ott | Binia Feltscher-Beeli | Valeria Spälty | Michele Moser | 2005 Silver Europeans; 2006 Silver Olympics; 2006 National Champion |
| 2006-07 | Mirjam Ott | Binia Feltscher-Beeli | Valeria Spälty | Janine Greiner | 2006 Bronze Europeans |
| 2007-08 | Mirjam Ott | Carmen Shafer | Valeria Spälty | Janine Greiner | 2007 4th Europeans; 2008 3rd Worlds; 2008 National Champion |
| 2008-09 | Mirjam Ott | Carmen Shafer | Valeria Spälty | Janine Greiner | 2008 EUROPEAN CHAMPION; 2009 5th Worlds; 2009 National Champion |