Binia Feltscher

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Binia Feltscher
Curler
Born
Binia Feltscher

(1978-10-13) 13 October 1978 (age 45)
Chur, Switzerland
Team
Curling clubCC Flims, Flims
Curling career
Member Association Switzerland
World Championship
appearances		5 (2005, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
European Championship
appearances		7 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2006)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Saint John
Gold medal – first place 2016 Swift Current
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Champéry
Silver medal – second place 2004 Sofia
Silver medal – second place 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Silver medal – second place 2009 Aberdeen
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Basel

Binia Feltscher (born 13 October 1978 in Chur) is a Swiss retired[1] curler[2] from Flims. She was the skip of the 2014 and 2016 World championship curling teams from Switzerland. From 2006 to 2013 she was known as Binia Feltscher-Beeli.

Career[edit]

Feltscher began curling in 1989 and started skipping in 2007.[3] Feltscher was the third of the Swiss team skipped by Mirjam Ott at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she won a silver medal. With Ott, Feltscher won silver medals at the European Curling Championships in 2004 and 2005 and a bronze in 2006. Team Ott represented Switzerland at the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship and finished eighth with a 4–7 record. Feltscher left the Ott rink in 2007 to form her own team. She won another silver medal at the European Championships in 2009. Her second trip to the World Championships was in 2010 where she skipped the Swiss rink to a 3–8 record.[4]

Binia won her first World Curling Tour event in 2013 at the Glynhill Ladies International.[5] She also won the Karuizawa International that season as well.

The 2013–14 season was a breakthrough year for Feltscher and teammates Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann and Christine Urech. At the start of the season, they won the 2013 Red Deer Curling Classic and made the playoffs of the Stockholm Ladies Cup and the Women's Masters Basel. They also won the right to represent Switzerland at the 2014 World Women's Curling Championship in Saint John, New Brunswick.[6] They had a great round robin, finishing in second with a 9–2 record, only losing to South Korea and Russia. This sent her to the 1 vs 2 game against Canada's Rachel Homan which she would lose 8–3. They quickly rebounded in the semifinal against Korea's Kim Ji-sun setting up a rematch against Homan. After a slow first half, the Swiss team would score three points in the eighth end and steal three in the ninth, giving them a 9–5 lead going into the final end. They successfully ran the Canadians out of stones to secure Switzerland's fourth World Championship title.[7]

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 Feltscher. 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.[8] 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 Feltscher and her team their second World Women's Curling Championship gold medal and title.[9] The team ended their season by winning the 2016 Euronics European Masters.[10]

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 Feltscher to yet another World Women's Curling Championship. She couldn't win three in a row as the team struggled throughout the week, posting a 5–7 record.[11] At the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, Irene Schori and Franziska Kaufmann left the team and were replaced by Stefanie Berset and Larissa Hari. The team almost made it to the World Championships that season, but were bested by Silvana Tirinzoni 8–7 in the final.[12]

Team Feltscher had a slow start to the 2019–20 season, failing to make the playoffs in their first four events. They played in just one slam event, the 2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2 and lost in the quarterfinals. The Feltscher rink finished third at both the 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite and the Schweizer Cup.[13] They picked it up in the second half of the season however, qualifying in every event. They placed third at the 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship.[14] After the season ended, Feltscher announced her retirement from competitive curling.[15]

Personal life[edit]

Feltscher is married and has two children.[16]

Teams[edit]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
2004–05[17] Mirjam Ott Binia Beeli Brigitte Schori Michèle Knobel WCT, ECC, WCC
2005–06 Mirjam Ott Binia Beeli Valeria Spälty Michèle Moser WCT, ECC, OG
2006–07 Mirjam Ott Binia Feltscher-Beeli Valeria Spälty Janine Greiner WCT, ECC
2007–08[18] Binia Feltscher-Beeli Sandra Attinger Yvonne Schlunegger Corinne Bourquin WCT
2008–09 Binia Feltscher-Beeli Sandra Ramstein-Attinger Sibille Buhlmann Corinne Bourquin WCT
2009–10 Binia Feltscher-Beeli Sandra Ramstein-Attinger Sibille Buhlmann Corinne Bourquin WCT, ECC
2009–10 Binia Feltscher-Beeli Corinne Borquin Heike Schwaller Sandra Ramstein-Attinger WCC
2010–11 Binia Feltscher-Beeli Marlene Albrecht Christine Urech Sandra Ramstein-Attinger WCT
2011–12 Binia Feltscher-Beeli Marlene Albrecht Franziska Kaufmann Christine Urech WCT, ECC
2012–13 Binia Feltscher-Beeli Irene Schori Franziska Kaufmann Christine Urech WCT
2013–14 Binia Feltscher Irene Schori Franziska Kaufmann Christine Urech WCT, WCC
2014–15 Binia Feltscher Irene Schori Franziska Kaufmann Christine Urech WCT, ECC
2015–16 Binia Feltscher Irene Schori Franziska Kaufmann Christine Urech WCT, ECC, WCC
2016–17 Binia Feltscher Irene Schori Franziska Kaufmann Christine Urech WCT, ECC
2017–18 Binia Feltscher Irene Schori Franziska Kaufmann Carole Howald WCT, WCC
2018–19 Binia Feltscher Carole Howald Stefanie Berset Larissa Hari WCT
2019–20 Binia Feltscher Carole Howald Stefanie Berset Larissa Hari WCT

Grand Slam record[edit]

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 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Masters QF Q QF DNP DNP DNP
Tour Challenge N/A Q DNP T2 T2 T2
The National N/A DNP SF QF DNP DNP
Canadian Open QF Q DNP DNP DNP DNP
Players' Q DNP DNP DNP DNP N/A
Champions Cup N/A DNP DNP Q DNP N/A

References[edit]

  1. ^ @BiniaFeltscher (March 3, 2020). "After 160'000 [curling], I have decided to retire from competitive curling. It was [18] years that I never dreamed of and which brought unforgettable moments [...] I would like to thank my teammates, coaches and family. Now I enjoy more time with [...]" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Binia Feltscher". CurlingZone.
  3. ^ "Binia FELTSCHER-BEELI". ecc.curlit.com.
  4. ^ "2010 World Women's Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "2013 Glynhill Ladies International". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "2014 World Women's Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  7. ^ Video (full game): 2014 World Women's Curling Championship - Final - Canada (Rachel Homan) vs Switzerland (Binia Feltscher) on YouTube
  8. ^ "2015 Swiss Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  9. ^ Video (full game): 2016 World Women's Curling Championship - Final - Switzerland (Binia Feltscher) vs Japan (Satsuki Fujisawa) on YouTube
  10. ^ "2016 EURONICS European Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "2018 World Women's Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  12. ^ "2019 Swiss Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  13. ^ "2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  14. ^ "2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship". Swiss Curling Association. Archived from the original on September 11, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  15. ^ "Curling: la double championne du monde Binia Feltscher se retire" (in French). RTS. March 3, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  16. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ "Binia Feltscher Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  18. ^ "Archived copy". www.worldcurlingtour.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[edit]

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