Jennie Wåhlin

Jennie Wåhlin
Curler
Wåhlin at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships
Born (1997-11-26) 26 November 1997 (age 26)
Stockholm, Sweden
Team
Curling clubSundbybergs CK,
Sundbyberg, Sweden
SkipIsabella Wranå
ThirdAlmida de Val
SecondMaria Larsson
LeadLinda Stenlund
AlternateJennie Wåhlin
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances		2 (2017, 2018)
World Mixed Championship
appearances		2 (2016, 2023)
European Championship
appearances		2 (2017, 2023)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2018)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 North Bay
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 St Gallen
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Krasnoyarsk
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Aberdeen
World Mixed Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Aberdeen
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kazan

Jennie Frances Wåhlin (born 26 November 1997) is a Swedish curler from Huddinge.[1] She was a longtime member of Team Isabella Wranå. She won a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics as alternate for the Anna Hasselborg team.[2]

In 2018 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Career

Wåhlin played in the World Junior Curling Championships in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 as a member of Team Isabella Wranå. In 2014, her team of Wranå, Elin Lövstrand, Almida de Val and Fanny Sjöberg had a fourth-place finish, after they lost in the bronze medal game to Russia. In 2015, she and teammates Wranå, Wåhlin, Johanna Heldin and Johanna Höglund again finished fourth after this time losing to Switzerland in the bronze medal game. She was back at the event in 2017 where her team won the gold medal, defeating Scotland's Sophie Jackson in the final, and lost just two round robin games in the process. The next year the same team went undefeated in the round robin, but ended up losing to Canada's Kaitlyn Jones in the final. This team also represented Sweden at the 2017 Winter Universiade, where they took home the bronze medal. Wåhlin represented Sweden one more time at the juniors in 2019 as second for Tova Sundberg. They placed sixth.[3]

As World Junior champions, the Wranå rink qualified for the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup, Wåhlin's first Grand Slam event. The team did not qualify for the playoffs but did win one game. The team won their first World Curling Tour event at the 2018 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic.[4] A month later, they won the Paf Masters Tour.[5] Over the course of the 2018–19 season, the team played in four slams, failing to qualify in any of the four. They won one game at the 2018 Tour Challenge, one game at the 2018 National, no games at the 2019 Canadian Open and one game at the 2019 Champions Cup. Also during this season, the team won the 2019 Winter Universiade.[6]

Team Wranå had a successful 2019–20 season, winning two tour events (the Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic and the Paf Masters Tour once again) and finishing second at the Women's Masters Basel and the Glynhill Ladies International.[7][8][9] They played in two slam events, winning one game at both the 2019 Tour Challenge and the 2019 National.[10][11]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Team Wranå only played in one tour event during the abbreviated 2020–21 season. The team competed at the 2020 Women's Masters Basel, where they missed the playoffs with a 1–2 record.[12] In December, they played Team Hasselborg in the Sweden National Challenge, where they won by a score of 17–12.[13] The Swedish Women's Curling Championship was cancelled due to the pandemic, so Team Hasselborg was named as the Swedish Team for the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.[14] After the season, longtime lead Fanny Sjöberg stepped back from competitive curling and Maria Larsson joined the team as their new lead.[15]

In their first event of the 2021–22 season, Team Wranå reached the final of the 2021 Euro Super Series where they lost to Rebecca Morrison.[16] They also reached the semifinals of the 2021 Women's Masters Basel before being eliminated by Denmark's Madeleine Dupont.[17] After missing the playoffs at the 2021 Masters, Team Wranå made the playoffs at a Grand Slam event for the first time at the 2021 National before being eliminated in the quarterfinals by Kelsey Rocque.[18] Elsewhere on tour, the team reached the semifinals of both the Red Deer Curling Classic and the International Bernese Ladies Cup. At the Swedish Eliteserien in February, the team defeated Tova Sundberg to claim the event title.[19] They also beat Sundberg in the final of the 2022 Swedish Women's Curling Championship in March.[20] Team Wranå wrapped up their season at the 2022 Players' Championship Grand Slam where they once again qualified for the playoffs. They then lost to Tracy Fleury in the quarterfinal round.[21]

Aside from Team Wranå, Wåhlin has also been the alternate for the Anna Hasselborg rink. She has been to two world championships with them, winning a silver medal in 2018 and won an Olympic gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Wåhlin didn't play any games however.

Grand Slam record

Key
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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
The National DNP DNP Q Q N/A QF Q
Tour Challenge DNP DNP Q Q N/A N/A DNP
Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP N/A Q DNP
Canadian Open DNP DNP Q DNP N/A N/A DNP
Players' DNP DNP DNP N/A DNP QF DNP
Champions Cup Q DNP Q N/A DNP DNP DNP

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2012–13[22] Isabella Wranå Jennie Wåhlin Elin Lövstrand Fanny Sjöberg
2013–14 Isabella Wranå Jennie Wåhlin Elin Lövstrand Fanny Sjöberg
2014–15 Isabella Wranå Jennie Wåhlin Elin Lövstrand Fanny Sjöberg
2015–16 Isabella Wranå Jennie Wåhlin Johanna Hoeglund Fanny Sjöberg
2016–17 Isabella Wranå Jennie Wåhlin Almida de Val Fanny Sjöberg
2017–18 Isabella Wranå Jennie Wåhlin Almida de Val Fanny Sjöberg
2018–19 Isabella Wranå Jennie Wåhlin Almida de Val Fanny Sjöberg
2019–20 Isabella Wranå Almida de Val Jennie Wåhlin Fanny Sjöberg
2020–21 Isabella Wranå Almida de Val Jennie Wåhlin Fanny Sjöberg
2021–22 Isabella Wranå Almida de Val Jennie Wåhlin Maria Larsson

References

  1. ^ "Team Wranå". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Athlete profile - Jennie Wåhlin". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. ^ "2019 World Junior Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. ^ "2018 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. ^ "2018 Paf Masters Tour". CurlingZone. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  6. ^ "2019 Winter Universiade". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  7. ^ "WCT Recap:Sweden's Team Isabella Wranå win second event of the season". TSN. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  8. ^ "2019 Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  9. ^ "2019 Paf Masters Tour". CurlingZone. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  10. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (8 November 2019). "Hasselborg, Koe qualify for KIOTI Tractor Tour Challenge Playoffs". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (12 December 2019). "Carey escapes with win over Tirinzoni at Boost National". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Women's Masters 2020 – Team SWE Wranå". Rinkmaster. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Winners of the Sweden National Challenge!". Facebook. Team Panthera. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Vändningen: VM damer flyttas till Calgary, Kanada" (in Swedish). Svenska Curlingförbundet. 5 March 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Fanny has been playing on the team since 2007. She has been our lead since the beginning of what we call "Team Panthera" or "Team Wranå"". Instagram. teamwrana. 26 February 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Home triumph for GB Red caps superb new event". British Curling. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  17. ^ "2021 Women's Masters Basel". CurlingZone. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  18. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (6 November 2021). "Undefeated Fleury, Tirinzoni advance to GSOC Boost National semifinals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  19. ^ "2021 Swedish Eliteserien". CurlingZone. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  20. ^ "2022 Swedish Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  21. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (16 April 2022). "Einarson fends off Fujisawa to advance to Players' Championship semifinals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Jennie Wåhlin Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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