Irene Schori

Irene Schori
Curler
Born (1983-12-04) December 4, 1983
Zürich, Switzerland
Team
Curling club CC Flims, Flims
Skip Binia Feltscher
Third Irene Schori
Second Franziska Kaufmann
Lead Christine Urech
Career
World Championship
appearances
2 (2014, 2016)
European Championship
appearances
2 (2010, 2014)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2010)

Irene Schori (born December 4, 1983) is a Swiss [1] curler from Wettswil.

Career

Irene Schori was relatively unknown outside of Switzerland until she was named to the Swiss Olympic Team. She served as the alternate for Mirjam Ott's team in Vancouver.

Schori has participated in both the 2008 and the 2009 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships with partner Toni Müller, and has taken gold at both of these championships. Schori and Müller were the heavy favorites to win in the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, but were eliminated by the China in an extra end in the quarterfinals. In an interview post-match, Schori stated that she and Müller would consider not attending next year to give a chance to other Swiss teams.[2]

Schori went to her first World Championships in 2014 with skip Binia Feltscher, and won her first world title after defeating Canada in the final.

Personal life

Schori is employed as forensics civil agent and has a partner.[3]

Teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

Mirjam Ott, Skip

Carmen Schäfer, Third

Carmen Küng, Second

Janine Greiner, Lead

References

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