Bronze for Tirinzoni at 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Aarau, Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Esther
Neuenschwander

Lead
Melanie
Barbezat

Games:	11
Record:	9W - 2L
PF/G:	8.42
PA/G:	5.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won 6-5 over Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden. of the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden; Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won 6-5 over Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden. Tirinzoni lost 3-2 to Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Tirinzoni finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) 6-5, then won 9-3 against Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) and 7-3 against Kovaleva. Tirinzoni went on to lose 9-8 against Muirhead. Tirinzoni responded with a 11-3 win over Marianne Rorvik (Oslo, NOR). Tirinzoni won 6-4 against Mathilde Halse (Hvidovre, DEN), then won 11-6 against Marie Turmann (Tallinn, EST) and 10-7 against Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Tirinzoni won 9-3 against Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Tirinzoni earn 34.957 world rankings points. Tirinzoni gained 2.174 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 3rdplace overall with 537.651 total points. Tirinzoni ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 252.330 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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