Daniela Jentsch
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Other names | Daniela Driendl | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Daniela Jentsch 15 January 1982 | |||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | CC Füssen Füssen, GER | |||||||||||||||||
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Member Association | Germany | |||||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 9 (2000, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
European Championship appearances | 9 (2002, 2004, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniela Jentsch (born 15 January 1982), (known as Daniela Driendl[1] from 2011 to 2016[citation needed]), is a retired German curler from Füssen. She was the skip of the German National Women's Curling Team.
Career
Jentsch played in her first international competition in 1997 at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championships, as third for Natalie Nessler. There, the team finished in eighth place with a 2–7 record. She has skipped the German women's junior team to two "B" level gold medals in 2001 and 2002. At the "A" level, she finished tenth in 2001 and fifth in 2002, just missing the playoffs.
When she was just 18, Jentsch participated in her first
Jentsch did not return to any international competitions for nine years before playing in the
The next season, the team once again qualified for the Worlds after going 3–6 at the Euros. But like in 2016, the team struggled at the
Team Jentsch's first event of the 2019–20 season was at the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker where they lost in the quarterfinals. They also had playoff appearances at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic and the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic making the semifinals in both events.[10][11] The German team also qualified for their first Grand Slam of Curling event, the 2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2 where they went 1–3, missing the playoffs. At the 2019 European Curling Championships, the team did not qualify for the playoffs like in 2018, finishing the round-robin in fifth place with a 5–4 record. The team was set to represent Germany at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12][13]
Team Jentsch represented Germany at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship, which was played in a bio-secure bubble in Calgary, Canada due the ongoing pandemic. The team had to play with just three players as second Klara-Hermine Fomm and alternate Emira Abbes tested positive for COVID-19 upon their arrival, and had to be quarantined.[14] At the Worlds, Jentsch led her threesome to a 6–7 record, finishing in ninth place.[15]
The 2021–22 season began for Team Jentsch at the 2021 Euro Super Series where they reached the semifinal round before losing to Rebecca Morrison. They also reached the semifinals of the 2021 Sherwood Park Women's Curling Classic where they were eliminated by Kerri Einarson. In October, the team won the Alberta Curling Series: Thistle tour event, defeating Kayla Skrlik in the final.[16] At the 2021 European Curling Championships, Team Jentsch finished the round robin with a 6–3 record, qualifying for the playoffs again as the fourth seed. They then lost to Scotland's Eve Muirhead in the semifinal, however, were able to rebound to secure the bronze medal, once again defeating Russia's Alina Kovaleva rink in the bronze medal game.[17] The team's next event was the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event, where they attempted to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics. After a slow start, they could not rebound in time to reach the qualification round, finishing in sixth place with a 3–5 record. In January, they competed in back-to-back tour events in Switzerland, reaching the semifinals of the St. Galler Elite Challenge and the final of the International Bernese Ladies Cup where they lost to Raphaela Keiser.[18] Next for the team was the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship where they finished in ninth place with a 5–7 record. Because of their successful tour season, Team Jentsch had enough points to qualify for the year-end 2022 Players' Championship, their first top tier Grand Slam event. There, they finished with 2–3 record, just missing the playoff round.[19]
Team Jentsch began the 2022–23 season at the 2022 Euro Super Series where they defeated Maia Ramsfjell, skipping Team Marianne Rørvik, 5–3 in the championship game.[20] In the fall, the team played in two Grand Slam events, the 2022 National and the 2022 Tour Challenge, failing to qualify at both. Unlike 2021, the team could not qualify for the playoffs at the 2022 European Curling Championships, finishing seventh overall with a 5–4 record.[21] After failing to reach the playoffs in seven straight events, Team Jentsch turned things around in the new year. They won back-to-back titles at the 2023 New Year Medalist Curling and the 2023 Mercure Perth Masters after going on a twelve-game win streak.[22] They also had quarterfinal appearances at the St. Galler Elite Challenge and the 2023 International Bernese Ladies Cup. The team's final event of the season was the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship. After eight games, they sat tied for third in the standings with a good chance of making the playoffs.[23] Unfortunately, however, they lost their final four round robin games, falling to tenth place with a 5–7 record.[24]
Following the 2022–23 season, Jentsch retired from competitive curling.[25]
Personal life
Jentsch played volleyball and tennis before taking up curling. Before qualifying for the 1997 World Junior Curling Championships, she was never very interested in the sport.[26]
Jentsch is employed as a soldier athlete. She has two children,
Grand Slam record
Key | |
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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 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 |
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The National | DNP | N/A | DNP | Q |
Tour Challenge | T2 | N/A | N/A | Q |
Players' | N/A | DNP | Q | DNP |
References
- ^ a b https://www.all-in.de/sport/fussball/eisige-hochzeit-in-fuessen-eishockeyprofi-andreas-driendl-heiratet-seine-curlerin-daniela_arid-142850
- ^ "Latvia International Challenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "Team Jentsch wins Latvia International Challenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "2018 European Curling Championships: Bronze Medal Game Russia vs Germany" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ "Euros 2019". Spiegel Online. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ "Qinghai Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "Team Jentsch wins Qinghai Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ Strong, Gregory (March 15, 2019). "A capsule look at teams competing at the World Women's Curling Championship". National Post. The Canadian Press. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ "2019 World Women's Curling Championships: Draw 20 Switzerland vs Germany" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 25, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ "2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic". Facebook. Team Jentsch. October 20, 2019. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ George Karrys (April 30, 2021). "Let's Send Love to The Germans". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ Jackie Spiegel (May 9, 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Alberta Curling Series: Thistle". CurlingZone. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- ^ "Germany women win European bronze medals in Lillehammer". World Curling Federation. November 26, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- ^ "2022 International Bernese Ladies Cup: Spielplan + Resultate / schedule + results". Curling Bern. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- ^ Jonathan Brazeau (April 15, 2022). "Wrana, Homan and Hasselborg make the cut for Players' Championship playoffs". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- ^ "Jentsch wins Euro Super Series season opener". British Curling. August 21, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Live Blog: Day six at the ECC". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Jentsch wins Perth Masters". CurlingZone. January 7, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Canada's Einarson bounces back against South Korea after loss to Germany at curling worlds". CBC Sports. March 22, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Live Blog: Day seven at the WWCC". World Curling Federation. March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ @teamjentsch (May 16, 2023). "Retirement Announcement" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Louisa De Bellis. "Daniela Jentsch: "Ich will ich sein und davon die beste version."" (in German). Athlet. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "2016 World Women's Curling Championship: Eye Opener" (PDF). Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ "The Curling News Calendar: 2005-06". The Curling News. Archived from the original on November 7, 2005. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
External links
- Daniela Jentsch at World Curling
- Daniela Jentsch on Twitter
- Daniela Jentsch on Instagram
- The Curling News
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051105091326/http://www.mojoradio.ca/news/news.cfm?dir=sports&file=s103145A&n=2
- Calendar to provide funds for players in European nations
- Women of curling gain greater exposure
- Jentsch Sisters Leave German Curling