Franziska Kaufmann
Franziska Kaufmann | |
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Born | November 3, 1987 |
Team | |
Curling club | CC Flims, Flims, SUI |
Curling career ![]() | |
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World Championship appearances | 3 (2014, 2016, 2018) |
European Championship appearances | 3 (2011, 2014, 2016) |
Medal record |
Franziska Kaufmann (born November 3, 1987, in Unterseen) is a Swiss curler from Grindelwald. She won a gold medal at the 2014 and 2016 World Women's Curling Championships as second for Binia Feltscher
Career
As a junior curler, Kaufmann played in two
Kaufmann would join the Binia Feltscher rink in 2011. The team went to the 2011 European Curling Championships and finished in seventh place.
Kaufmann won her first
The
The following season, Team Feltscher won the 2014 European Curling Championships by defeating Anna Sidorova in the final. They also played in three Grand Slam of Curling events, the first time playing in one for Kaufmann. They qualified at both the 2014 Masters and the 2014 Canadian Open. They did not get to defend their title as World Champions, finishing 4–6 at the 2015 Swiss Women's Curling Championship.[4] The 2015–16 season started slow for the Swiss rink, only qualifying in three events at the start including winning the 2015 International ZO Women's Tournament. Things changed however when they won the Swiss championship and were back at the World Championships. They finished the round robin of the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship once again with a 9–2 but this time in first place, giving them hammer and choice of stones in the 1 vs 2 game. They defeated Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa to advance to the final where they would once again play the Japanese rink. Up 7–6 in the last end, they forced Fujisawa to draw for one to tie the game but she was to heavy, giving Kaufmann and her team their second World Women's Curling Championship gold medal and title.[5] The team ended their season by winning the 2016 Euronics European Masters.[6]
Team Feltscher won the right to represent Switzerland at the 2016 European Curling Championships but they did not qualify. They made the semifinal of the 2016 WFG Masters and finished second at the Swiss championship. The next season, they were able to win the Swiss playdowns, sending Kaufmann to yet another World Women's Curling Championship. They couldn't win three in a row as the team struggled throughout the week, posting a 5–7 record.[7] At the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, Kaufmann stepped away from competitive curling.
Personal life
Kaufmann works as a ticketing agent at a train station in Grindelwald. She is in a relationship.[8]
Teams
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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2006–07[9] | Sandra Zurbuchen | Martina Baumann | Franziska Kaufmann | Fabienne Kaufmann | Marlene Albrecht |
2009–10 | Martina Baumann | Marisa Winkelhausen | Franziska Kaufmann | Isabel Kurt | Annina Reimann |
2011–12 | Binia Feltscher-Beeli | Marlene Albrecht | Franziska Kaufmann | Christine Urech | Manuela Siegrist |
2012–13 | Binia Feltscher-Beeli | Irene Schori | Franziska Kaufmann | Christine Urech | |
2013–14 | Binia Feltscher | Irene Schori | Franziska Kaufmann | Christine Urech | Carole Howald |
2014–15 | Binia Feltscher | Irene Schori | Franziska Kaufmann | Christine Urech | Carole Howald |
2015–16 | Binia Feltscher | Irene Schori | Franziska Kaufmann | Christine Urech | Carole Howald |
2016–17 | Binia Feltscher | Irene Schori | Franziska Kaufmann | Christine Urech | Carole Howald |
2017–18 | Binia Feltscher | Irene Schori | Franziska Kaufmann | Carole Howald | Raphaela Keiser |
References
- ^ "2013 Glynhill Ladies International". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ "2014 World Women's Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- YouTube
- ^ "2015 Swiss Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- YouTube
- ^ "2016 EURONICS European Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ "2018 World Women's Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Franziska Kaufmann Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
External links
- Franziska Kaufmann at World Curling
- "Team Flims" profiles Archived 2014-06-16 at the Wayback Machine