Fanny Sjöberg

Fanny Birgitta Josefin Sjöberg (born November 5, 1997) is a Swedish curler from Stockholm.[1] She currently plays lead on Team Isabella Wranå. With this team, she won a gold medal at the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships.

Fanny Sjöberg
Born (1997-11-05) November 5, 1997
Team
Curling clubSundbybergs CK,
Sundbyberg, Sweden
SkipIsabella Wranå
ThirdJennie Wåhlin
SecondAlmida de Val
LeadFanny Sjöberg
Mixed doubles
partner
Axel Sjöberg
Career
Member Association Sweden

Career

Sjöberg 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 Isabella Wranå, Jennie Wåhlin, Elin Lövstrand and Almida de Val 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. Sjöberg represented Sweden one more time at the juniors in 2019 as alternate for Tova Sundberg. They placed sixth.[2]

As World Junior champions, the Wranå rink qualified for the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup, Sjöberg'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.[3] A month later, they won the Paf Masters Tour.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6][7][8] They played in two slam events, winning one game at both the 2019 Tour Challenge and the 2019 National.[9][10]

Personal life

Her older brother Axel Sjöberg is her mixed doubles partner. Her father is Bernt Sjöberg, wheelchair curler, he is 2006 Winter Paralympics bronze medallist.

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
Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tour Challenge DNP DNP Q Q
The National DNP DNP Q Q
Canadian Open DNP DNP Q DNP
Players' DNP DNP DNP N/A
Champions Cup Q DNP Q N/A

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2012–13[11] Isabella WranåJennie WåhlinElin LövstrandFanny Sjöberg
2013–14 Isabella WranåJennie WåhlinElin LövstrandFanny Sjöberg
2014–15 Isabella WranåJennie WåhlinElin LövstrandFanny Sjöberg
2015–16 Isabella WranåJennie WåhlinJohanna HoeglundFanny Sjöberg
2016–17 Isabella WranåJennie WåhlinAlmida de ValFanny Sjöberg
2017–18 Isabella WranåJennie WåhlinAlmida de ValFanny Sjöberg
2018–19 Isabella WranåJennie WåhlinAlmida de ValFanny Sjöberg
2019–20 Isabella WranåJennie WåhlinAlmida de ValFanny Sjöberg
2020–21 Isabella WranåJennie WåhlinAlmida de ValFanny Sjöberg

References

  1. "Team Wranå". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. "2019 World Junior Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  3. "2018 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. "2018 Paf Masters Tour". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  5. "2019 Winter Universiade". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  6. "WCT Recap:Sweden's Team Isabella Wranå win second event of the season". TSN. November 4, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  7. "2019 Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  8. "2019 Paf Masters Tour". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  9. Jonathan Brazeau (November 8, 2019). "Hasselborg, Koe qualify for KIOTI Tractor Tour Challenge Playoffs". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  10. Jonathan Brazeau (December 12, 2019). "Carey escapes with win over Tirinzoni at Boost National". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  11. "Fanny Sjöberg Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
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