World Wheelchair Curling Championship
The World Wheelchair Curling Championship is an annual world championship held to determine the world's best team in wheelchair curling. It is held every non-Paralympic year.
| World Wheelchair Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2002 |
| 2024 host city | Gangneung, South Korea |
| 2024 arena | Gangneung Curling Centre |
| 2024 champion |  Norway |
| Current edition | |
 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | |
Medalists
Following is a list of medalists:[1]
| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 |
Switzerland (Sursee) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland Urs Bucher Cesare Cassani Manfred Bolliger Therese Kämpfer Silvia Obrist |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada Chris Daw Don Bell Jim Primavera Karen Blachford Richard Fraser |
 Scotland Frank Duffy Alex Harvey Michael McCreadie Elaine Lister James Sellar |
| 2004 |
Switzerland (Sursee) |
Scotland Frank Duffy Michael McCreadie Ken Dickson Angie Malone James Sellar |
Switzerland Urs Bucher Manfred Bolliger Cesare Cassani Therese Kämpfer Otto Erb |
Canada Chris Daw Bruce McAninch Jim Primavera Karen Blachford |
| 2005 |
Scotland (Braehead) |
Scotland Frank Duffy Michael McCreadie Tom Killin Angie Malone Ken Dickson |
 Denmark Kenneth Ørbæk Rosita Jensen Jørn Kristensen Bjarne Jensen Sussie Pedersen |
Switzerland Urs Bucher Manfred Bolliger Cesare Cassani Therese Kämpfer Erwin Lauper |
| 2007 |
Sweden (Sollefteå) |
Norway Rune Lorentsen Geir Arne Skogstad Jostein Stordahl Lene Tystad Trine Fissum |
Switzerland Manfred Bolliger Erwin Lauper Cesare Cassani Madeleine Wildi Claudia Tosse |
Scotland Michael McCreadie Aileen Neilson James Sellar Angie Malone James Elliott |
| 2008 |
Switzerland (Sursee) |
Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Geir Arne Skogstad Lene Tystad Anne Mette Samdal |
 South Korea Kim Hak-sung Kim Myung-jin Cho Yang-hyun Kang Mi-suk Ham Dong-hee |
.png.webp){kind=small} United States James Pierce Augusto Perez James Joseph Jacqueline Kapinowski Bob Prenoveau |
| 2009 |
Canada (Vancouver) |
Canada Jim Armstrong Darryl Neighbour Ina Forrest Chris Sobkowicz Sonja Gaudet |
 Sweden Jalle Jungnell Glenn Ikonen Patrik Burman Anette Wilhelm |
 Germany Jens Jäger Marcus Sieger Jens Gäbel Caren Totzauer Astrid Hoer |
| 2011 |
Czech Republic (Prague) |
Canada Jim Armstrong Darryl Neighbour Ina Forrest Sonja Gaudet Bruno Yizek |
Scotland Aileen Neilson Tom Killin Gregor Ewan Angie Malone Michael McKenzie |
Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Tone Edvardsen Terje Rafdal Runar Bjørnstad |
| 2012 |
South Korea (Chuncheon)[2] |
 RussiaAndrey Smirnov Marat Romanov Aleksandr Shevchenko Svetlana Pakhomova Oxana Slesarenko |
South Korea Kim Hak-sung Jung Seung-won Noh Byeong-il Kang Mi-suk Bang Min-ja |
 ChinaWang Haitao Liu Wei He Jun Xu Guangqin Zhang Qiang |
| 2013 |
Russia (Sochi)[3] |
Canada Jim Armstrong Dennis Thiessen Ina Forrest Sonja Gaudet Mark Ideson |
Sweden Jalle Jungnell Glenn Ikonen Patrik Kallin Kristina Ulander Gert Erlandsson |
China Wang Haitao Liu Wei Xu Guangqin He Jun Zhang Qiang |
| 2015 |
Finland (Lohja)[4] |
Russia Andrey Smirnov Marat Romanov Oxana Slesarenko Alexander Shevchenko Svetlana Pakhomova |
China Wang Haitao Liu Wei Zhang Qiang Xu Guangqin He Jun |
 FinlandMarkku Karjalainen Sari Karjalainen Mina Mojtahedi Tuomo Aarnikka Vesa Leppanen |
| 2016 |
Switzerland (Lucerne)[5] |
Russia Andrey Smirnov Konstantin Kurokhtin Svetlana Pakhomova Alexander Shevchenko Marat Romanov |
Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Sissel Løchen Jan-Erik Hansen |
South Korea Yang Hui-tae Jung Seung-won Seo Soon-seok Bang Min-ja Cha Jae-goan |
| 2017 |
South Korea (Gangneung)[6] |
Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Sissel Løchen Rikke Iversen |
Russia Andrey Smirnov Konstantin Kurokhtin Alexander Shevchenko Daria Shchukina Marat Romanov |
Scotland Aileen Neilson Gregor Ewan Hugh Nibloe Bob McPherson Angie Malone |
| 2019 |
Scotland (Stirling)[7] |
China Wang Haitao Zhang Mingliang Xu Xinchen Yan Zhou Zhang Qiang |
Scotland Aileen Neilson Hugh Nibloe Robert McPherson David Melrose Gary Logan |
South Korea Yang Hui-tae (Fourth) Seo Soon-seok Cha Jin-ho (Skip) Bang Min-ah Min Byeong-seok |
| 2020 |
Switzerland (Wetzikon)[8] |
Russia Konstantin Kurokhtin Andrei Meshcheriakov Vitaly Danilov Daria Shchukina Anna Karpushina |
Canada Jon Thurston (Fourth) Ina Forrest Dennis Thiessen Mark Ideson (Skip) Collinda Joseph |
Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl Mats-Ola Engborg Ronny Persson Kristina Ulander Zandra Reppe |
| 2021 |
China (Beijing)[9] |
China Wang Haitao Chen Jianxin Zhang Mingliang Yan Zhuo Sun Yulong |
Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl Ronny Persson Mats-Ola Engborg Kristina Ulander Sabina Johansson |
 RCFKonstantin Kurokhtin Andrei Meshcheriakov Vitaly Danilov Daria Shchukina Olga Beliak |
| 2023 |
Canada (Richmond)[10] |
China Wang Haitao Zhang Shuaiyu Yang Jinqiao Li Nana Zhang Mingliang |
Canada Jon Thurston (Fourth) Ina Forrest Gil Dash Mark Ideson (Skip) Marie Wright |
Scotland Gregor Ewan (Fourth) Hugh Nibloe (Skip) Gary Logan Joanna Butterfield Meggan Dawson-Farrell |
| 2024 |
South Korea (Gangneung) |
Norway Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Geir Arne Skogstad Mia Larsen Sveberg Ingrid Djupskås |
Canada Jon Thurston (Fourth) Ina Forrest Gil Dash Mark Ideson (Skip) Chrissy Molnar |
China Wang Haitao Zhang Shuaiyu Zhang Qiang Yan Zhuo Peng Bing |
All-time medal table
As of 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Russia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | China | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Scotland | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
Performance timeline
| Nation | 2002 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bulgaria | 7 | 10 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Canada |  |  | 6 | 4 | 4 |  | | 6 | | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | | 5 | | | 17 |
| China | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | | | | 5 | 4 | | 4 | | | | 12 |
 Czech Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | 8 | 11 | 4 |
| Denmark | 9 | 8 | | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | 5 |
 England | 6 | 4 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
 Estonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 10 | – | – | 12 | 3 |
| Finland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Germany | – | – | 13 | – | – | | 9 | – | – | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
 Italy | 8 | 6 | 9 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
 Japan | – | – | 13 | 5 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | 4 |
 Latvia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| Norway | – | 12 | 5 | | | 8 | | 9 | 9 | 10 | | | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | | 16 |
 Poland | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Russia | – | 9 | 15 | 8 | 10 | – | 4 | | 5 | | | | 7 | | | – | – | 13 |
| Scotland | | | | | 7 | 9 | | 7 | 6 | 8 | – | | | 9 | 6 | | 10 | 16 |
 Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | – | 6 | 8 | 10 | – | 7 | 8 |
| South Korea | – | 11 | 7 | 7 | | 7 | 6 | | 10 | – | | 6 | | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| Sweden | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | | 8 | 8 | | 9 | – | – | – | | | 4 | 4 | 14 |
 Switzerland | | | | | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 12 | – | – | 11 |
 United States | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | – | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
 Wales | – | 13 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Total teams | 9 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship
The World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship is a qualifier event for the World Wheelchair Championship. From 2015 to 2018, the top 2 teams qualify for the World Championship. Starting at the 2018 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, the top 3 teams qualify.
Medallists
Following is a list of medallists for the World Wheelchair-B Championship:
| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |
Finland (Lohja) |
Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Sissel Løchen Gina Kristin Brøndbo |
South Korea Yang Hui-tae Cha Jae-goan Seo Soon-seok Bang Min-ja Jung Seung-won |
Sweden Patrik Kallin Kicki Ulander Ronny Persson Zandra Reppe Gert Erlandsson |
| 2016 |
Finland (Lohja) |
Finland Markku Karjalainen Yrjo Jaaskelainen Sari Karjalainen Vesa Leppanen Riitta Särösalo |
Scotland Aileen Neilson Gregor Ewan Hugh Nibloe Bob McPherson Angie Malone |
Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš Dušan Pitoňák Peter Zaťko Monika Kunkelová Imrich Lyócsa |
| 2018 |
Finland (Lohja) |
Estonia Andrei Koitmae Viljar Villiste Ain Villau Signe Falkenberg Mait Matas |
Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš Dušan Pitoňák Imrich Lyócsa Monika Kunkelová Peter Zaťko |
Latvia Polina Rozkova Sergeys Djacenko Agris Lasmans Ojars Briedis |
| 2019 |
Finland (Lohja) |
Canada Jon Thurston Ina Forrest Marie Wright Mark Ideson Dennis Thiessen |
Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl Mats-Ola Engborg Ronny Persson Kristina Ulander Zandra Reppe |
Czech Republic Radek Musílek Dana Selnekovičová Martin Tluk Jana Břinčilová Štěpán Beneš |
| 2020 |
Finland (Lohja) |
United States Matt Thums Steve Emt David Samsa Pam Wilson Batoyun Uranchimeg |
Switzerland Eric Décorvet Hans Burgener Françoise Jaquerod Laurent Kneubühl Patrick Delacrétaz |
Italy Egidio Marchese Orietta Berto Fabrizio Bich Angela Menardi Matteo Ronzani |
| 2022 |
Finland (Lohja) |
Czech Republic Dana Selnekovičová Martin Tluk Milan Bartůněk Jana Břinčilová Radek Musílek |
Denmark Kenneth Ørbæk Michaell Jensen Niels Nielsen Sussie Nielsen |
Germany Burkhard Möller Christiane Putzich Christoph Gemmer Heike Melchior |
| 2023 |
Finland (Lohja) |
Slovakia Peter Zaťko Radoslav Ďuriš Dušan Pitoňák Monika Kunkelová Adrian Durcek |
Estonia Andrei Koitmäe Ain Villau Mait Mätas Katlin Riidebach Signe Falkenberg |
Italy Egidio Marchese Fabrizio Bich Matteo Ronzani Orietta Berto Angela Menardi |
Wheelchair Fair Play Award
For the World Curling Wheelchair Sportsmanship Award all participants are invited to nominate a fellow competitor who, in their view, has best exemplified the traditional values of skill, honesty, fair play, sportsmanship and friendship during a world championship. The award is presented at the closing ceremony. Players cannot vote for a fellow team member.[11]
The number in parentheses after the curler's first and last name indicates which of the several times he was awarded this year.
| Year | Curler | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Frank Duffy | Scotland |
| 2003[12] | Jalle Jungnell (1) | Sweden |
| 2004 | Loren Kinney | United States |
| 2005 | Jalle Jungnell (2) | Sweden |
| 2007 | Augusto J. Perez | United States |
| 2008 | Gabriele Dallapiccola | Italy |
| 2009 | Anette Wilhelm | Sweden |
| 2011 | Aileen Neilson | Scotland |
| 2012 | Kim Hak-sung | South Korea |
| 2013 | Jalle Jungnell (3) | Sweden |
| 2015 | Mina Mojtahedi | Finland |
| 2016 | Christiane Putzich | Germany |
| 2017 | Konstantin Kurokhtin | Russia |
| 2019 | Rune Lorentsen | Norway |
| 2020 | Radek Musílek | Czech Republic |
| 2021 | Ole Fredrik Syversen | Norway |
| 2023 | Stephen Emt | United States |
| 2024 | . | . |
References
- Events Wheelchaircurling.com
- Curling Chuncheon City South Korea to host 2012 World Wheelchair Championship International Paralympic Committee (IPC) February 23, 2011
- "WCF President impressed by Sochi 2014 event progress". World Curling Federation. 18 October 2011.
- "Lohja, Finland to host World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2015". World Curling Federation. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2016 to be held in Lucerne, Switzerland". World Curling Federation. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2017". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- "worldcurling.org/scotland-awarded-four-international-curling-championships". World Curling Federation. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- Pavlyuchik, Alina. "Russia win World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2020 title". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2023". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- "Wheelchair Sportsmanship Award". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2023-07-10. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- The World Championship was not held in 2003, but the award of the prize is nevertheless noted in the source.
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