Binia Feltscher

Binia Feltscher
Curler
Born Binia Feltscher
13 October 1978 (1978-10-13) (age 37)
Chur, Switzerland
Team
Curling club CC Flims, Flims
Skip Binia Feltscher
Third Irene Schori
Second Franziska Kaufmann
Lead Christine Urech
Alternate Martina Baumann
Career
World Championship
appearances
4 (2005, 2010, 2014, 2016)
European Championship
appearances
6 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2006)

Binia Feltscher (born 13 October 1978 in Chur) is a Swiss curler[1] from Flims. She is the skip of the 2014 and 2016 World championship curling teams from Switzerland.

Career

Feltscher began curling in 1989. Since 2007 she has skipped and is right-handed.[2]

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. Feltscher left the Ott rink in 2007 to form her own team. She won another silver medal at the European Championships in 2009. Feltscher won the 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship by defeating Canada's Rachel Homan in the final.

On the World Curling Tour, Feltscher won her first event at the 2013 Glynhill Ladies International. Since then she has also won the 2013 Red Deer Curling Classic and the 2014 Women's Masters Basel.

Personal life

Feltscher is married and has two children.[3]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
2004-05 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[4] 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

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 2014–15 2015–16
Tour Challenge N/A Q
Masters QF Q
Canadian Open QF Q
Players' Q Champions Cup|Champions Cup]]

Former events

Event 2013–14
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Q

References

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