Team Tirinzoni
Hometown: Aarau, SUI
Twitter: @TeamTirinzoni
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Alina Pätz
Birthdate: March 8, 1990
Birthplace: Urdorf, SUI
Resides: Zürich, SUI
- Team Switzerland, Winter Olympics (2014)
- Three-time world champion (2012, 2015 & 2019)
- Three-time Swiss Curling Championships winner (2015, 2017 & 2019)
- Champions Cup winner (2019)
- European Championship silver medallist (2018)
- European Championship bronze medallist (2013)
- World mixed doubles champion (2011)
- European mixed silver medallist (2010)
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Silvana Tirinzoni
Birthdate: June 25, 1979
Birthplace: Dielsdorf, SUI
Resides: Zürich, SUI
- Team Switzerland, Winter Olympics (2018)
- World champion (2019)
- Four-time Swiss Curling Championships winner (2005, 2007, 2013 & 2019)
- Tour Challenge champion (2015)
- Champions Cup winner (2019)
- European Championship silver medallist (2018)
- European Mixed Championship bronze medallist (2014)
- World junior champion (1999)
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Esther Neuenschwander
Birthdate: Sept. 30, 1983
Birthplace: Zürich, SUI
Resides: Zürich, SUI
- Team Switzerland, Winter Olympics (2018)
- World champion (2019)
- Four-time Swiss Curling Championships winner (2005, 2007, 2013 & 2019)
- Tour Challenge champion (2015)
- Champions Cup winner (2019)
- European Championship silver medallist (2018)
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Melanie Barbezat
Birthdate: Aug. 10, 1991
Birthplace: Biel, SUI
Resides: Bern, SUI
- World champion (2019)
- Swiss Curling Championships winner (2019)
- Champions Cup winner (2019)
- European Championship silver medallist (2018)
- Winter Universiade bronze medallist (2013)
Team Bio
Silvana Tirinzoni made history as the winner of the inaugural Tour Challenge Tier 1 women’s championship. Down by three points with two ends to go in the final against Rachel Homan, Tirinzoni capped a stunning comeback scoring two in the seventh and stealing a pair in the eighth to win 6-5. The title victory was also a first by a team from Switzerland in the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling.
Tirinzoni retooled her roster for 2018 bringing in former skips Alina Pätz and Melanie Barbezat. Pätz captured the world championship in 2012 as the alternate for Mirjam Ott and skipped her own squad to the title in 2015.
Team Tirinzoni had a stunning season in the first year of the Olympic cycle winning the world championship. They competed in three Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling event finals in 2018-19 finishing things off by claiming the Humpty’s Champions Cup.
2019-20 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling results
Masters
Stage | Opponent | Result |
Round Robin | Rocque | W 5-4 |
Round Robin | Scheidegger | W 6-5 |
Round Robin | Silvernagle | W 6-4 |
Round Robin | Einarson | W 5-4 |
Quarterfinals | Fujisawa | W 7-6 |
Semifinals | Yoshimura | L 4-7 |
KIOTI Tractor Tour Challenge (Tier 1)
Stage | Opponent | Result |
Round Robin | Silvernagle | W 4-2 |
Round Robin | Hasselborg | W 8-1 |
Round Robin | Scheidegger | W 9-1 |
Round Robin | Stern | W 7-6 |
Quarterfinals | Einarson | L 5-6 |
BOOST National
Stage | Opponent | Result |
Round Robin | Wrana | W 6-3 |
Round Robin | Rocque | W 7-2 |
Round Robin | Carey | L 5-6 |
Round Robin | Fleury | L 5-7 |
Tiebreaker | Silvernagle | L 3-9 |
Meridian Canadian Open
Stage | Opponent | Result |
Triple Knockout A | Roth | L 4-6 |
Triple Knockout B | Jones | L 5-6 |
Triple Knockout C | Walker | W 7-3 |
Triple Knockout C | Fleury | W 7-5 |
Triple Knockout C | Stern | W 8-4 |
Quarterfinals | Hasselborg | L 3-7 |
2018-19 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling results
Princess Auto Elite 10
Stage | Opponent | Result |
Round Robin | J. Jones | L 2-5 |
Round Robin | Carey | W 4-2 |
Round Robin | Fleury | L 2-3 |
Round Robin | Walker | W 4-2 |
Quarterfinals | Walker | W 3-1 |
Semifinals | J. Jones | W 3-2 |
Final | Hasselborg | L 0-4 |
Masters
Stage | Opponent | Result |
Round Robin | K. Jones | L 4-7 |
Round Robin | Homan | L 7-8 |
Round Robin | Fleury | L 2-8 |
Round Robin | Einarson | L 4-5 |
Tour Challenge Tier 1
Stage | Opponent | Result |
Round Robin | Roth | L 4-6 |
Round Robin | Flaxey | W 7-2 |
Round Robin | Wrana | W 4-3 |
Round Robin | J. Jones | L 1-7 |
Quarterfinals | Einarson | L 4-5 |
Boost National
Stage | Opponent | Result |
Round Robin | Wrana | W 6-3 |
Round Robin | Carey | W 7-2 |
Round Robin | Roth | W 7-5 |
Round Robin | Hasselborg | L 5-6 |
Quarterfinals | Fujisawa | W 9-6 |
Semifinals | Einarson | L 3-8 |
Meridian Canadian Open
Stage | Opponent | Result |
Triple Knockout A | Fujisawa | L 3-8 |
Triple Knockout B | Wrana | W 6-4 |
Triple Knockout B | Hasselborg | W 5-4 |
Triple Knockout B | Silvernagle | L 4-8 |
Triple Knockout C | J. Jones | W 6-0 |
Quarterfinals | Silvernagle | W 6-1 |
Semifinals | Muirhead | W 8-4 |
Final | Homan | L 3-4 |
Players’ Championship
Stage | Opponent | Result |
Round Robin | Fleury | L 4-5 |
Round Robin | Stern | L 3-5 |
Round Robin | Homan | W 9-1 |
Round Robin | J. Jones | L 4-5 |
Round Robin | Silvernagle | L 5-6 |
Players’ Championship
Stage | Opponent | Result |
Round Robin | Rumyanceva | W 8-5 |
Round Robin | Scheidegger | L 3-6 |
Round Robin | Kovaleva | W 6-2 |
Round Robin | Einarson | W 7-3 |
Quarterfinals | Silvernagle | W 4-3 |
Semifinals | Homan | W 5-4 |
Final | Einarson | W 6-3 |