Cristina Lestander (born 27 June 1962 as Cristina Wirz) is a former Swiss curler.

Cristina Lestander
 
Other namesCristina Wirz
Born (1962-06-27) 27 June 1962 (age 62)
Team
Curling clubBern Egghölzi Damen CC, Bern,
Zug CC, Zug
Curling career
Member Association Switzerland
World Championship
appearances
5 (1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1998)
European Championship
appearances
5 (1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995)
Olympic
appearances
1 (1988 – demo)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: (2013, 2017), 2022
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Moose Jaw
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Västerås
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Perth
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Lillehammer
Swiss Women's Championship[1]
Gold medal – first place 1982
Gold medal – first place 1983
Gold medal – first place 1986
Gold medal – first place 1989
Gold medal – first place 1998
World Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Geneva
Silver medal – second place 2017 Lethbridge

She is a 1983 World women's champion.

She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.

She works for Swiss Curling Association.[2]

Awards

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Teams

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Women's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1981–82 Erika Müller Barbara Meyer Nicole Oetliker Cristina Wirz SWCC 1982  
WCC 1982 (7th)
1982–83 Erika Müller Barbara Meyer Barbara Meier Cristina Wirz SWCC 1983  
WCC 1983  
1983–84 Erika Müller Barbara Meyer Barbara Meier Cristina Wirz ECC 1983  
1985–86 Erika Müller Irene Bürgi Barbara Meier Cristina Lestander SWCC 1986  
WCC 1986 (6th)
1987–88 Cristina Lestander Barbara Meier Christina Gartenmann Katrin Peterhans ECC 1987 (5th)
OG 1988 (demo) (7th)
1988–89 Cristina Lestander Barbara Meier Ingrid Thulin Katrin Peterhans ECC 1988  
SWCC 1989  
WCC 1989 (5th)
1990–91 Cristina Lestander Christine Krieg Nicole Oetliker Christina Gartenmann ECC 1990  
1995–96 Cristina Lestander Claudia Bärtschi Andrea Stöckli Katrin Peterhans Jutta Tanner Heinz Schmid, Erika Müller ECC 1995 (7th)
1997–98 Cristina Lestander Selina Breuleux Madlaina Breuleux Annick Lusser Sandra Arnold Heinz Sommerhalder SWCC 1998  
WCC 1998 (6th)
2012–13 Erika Müller Barbara Gurini Cristina Lestander Anna Müller Barbara Sieber Michael Müller WSCC 2013 (5th)
2016–17 Martina Baumann Cristina Lestander Tanja Santschi Mara Grassi Rahel Haesler
Cristina Lestander Anne Marie Müller Monika Gafner Daniela Gygax Irene Beck Daniel Zimmermann WSCC 2017  
2018–19 Martina Baumann Cristina Lestander Tanja Santschi Mara Grassi Rahel Haesler

Mixed

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1984 Beat Stephan Cristina Wirz Simon Roth Irène Bretscher SMxCC 1984  [3]

Mixed doubles

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Season[4] Male Female
2016–17 Konrad Schneider Cristina Lestander

References

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  1. ^ Curling Schweizermeisterschaft – www.ccflims.ch – 3. bis 20. Februar 2016, Flims(in German) (at last page list of all Swiss curling champion teams: men's 1943–2015 and women's 1964–2015; before 2003 team line-ups shown in reverse order: alternate (if exists), lead, second, third, skip)
  2. ^ Geschäftsstelle und Kommunikation – swisscurling(in German)
  3. ^ Swiss curling champions 1943–2011 (web-archive)(in German and French)
  4. ^ "Bern Mixed Doubles CCT -- Lestander/Schneider". curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
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