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Kerli Laidsalu

Kerli Laidsalu (born 22 January 1995) is an Estonian curler from Tallinn, Estonia.[1] She currently plays third on the Estonian women's curling team skipped by Liisa Turmann.

Kerli Laidsalu
Curler
Born (1995-01-22) 22 January 1995 (age 29)
Tallinn, Estonia
Team
Curling clubTallinn CC, Tallinn, EST
SkipLiisa Turmann
FourthErika Tuvike
ThirdKerli Laidsalu
LeadHeili Grossmann
Curling career
Member Association Estonia
World Championship
appearances		2 (2021, 2024)
European Championship
appearances		7 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Estonian Women's Curling Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tallinn
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tallinn
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tallinn
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tallinn
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tallinn
Gold medal – first place 2024 Tallinn
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tallinn
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tallinn
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tallinn
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Tallinn

Career

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Juniors

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Laidsalu played in two European Junior Curling Challenge events during her junior career in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, her team finished with a 3–2 record and in 2014, they made the playoffs before losing to Italy in the quarterfinals.[2]

In 2015, the Estonian junior women's team qualified for the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships where Laidsalu played second on the team skipped by Marie Turmann. At the tournament, the team finished in eighth with a 2–7 record.[3] Because of their bottom three finish, they were relegated to the 2016 World Junior B Curling Championships in order to earn their spot at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships. At the B tournament, they just missed out on qualifying for the Worlds, losing the bronze medal qualifying game to Hungary.[4]

While still in juniors, Laidsalu played lead on the Estonian mixed team that represented Estonia at the 2015 World Mixed Curling Championship. Her team of Martin Lill, Kristiine Lill and Siim Sildnik finished in seventeenth place at the tournament with a 4–4 record.[5]

Women's

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Laidsalu competed in her first international women's level event at the 2017 European Curling Championships. There, the team won the bronze medal in the B Division.[6] Later that season, Team Turmann won the 2018 Estonian Women's Curling Championship,[7] qualifying them to represent Estonia at the 2018 European Curling Championships. At the 2018 Euros, the team finished second in the B Division, losing in the final to Norway's Kristin Skaslien.[8][9] This qualified Estonia for the 2019 World Qualification Event for a chance to make it to the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship. At the Qualification Event, the team missed the playoffs with a 3–4 record.[10] In November 2019, the team won their first World Curling Tour event at the Tallinn Ladies International Challenger.[11] A few weeks later, the team once again represented Estonia at the 2019 European Curling Championships where they got to compete in the A Division. They finished with a 2–7 record, which qualified them once again for the 2020 World Qualification Event.[12] There, they just missed the playoffs with a 4–3 record.[13] The team won two more national championships in 2020[14] and 2021.[15]

Due the COVID-19 pandemic, the field at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship was expanded to fourteen teams, after the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship was cancelled.[16] The 2021 event was originally planned to be hosted by Switzerland, giving that nation an automatic entry. This gave Europe an extra qualification spot for the 2021 Worlds, which was based on the results of the 2019 European Championship, the last Euros held before the pandemic.[17] As they had finished eighth, this qualified Estonia and the Turmann rink for the 2021 Worlds,[1] the first time Estonia would play at the World Championships.[18] At the World Championships, the team finished in last with a 1–12 record. Their lone win came against Germany.[19]

Personal life

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Laidsalu works as a human resources and marketing specialist with Birkle IT Estonia.[1]

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2012–13[20] Marie Turmann Liisa Turmann Kädi Kurem Kerli Laidsalu Kerli Zirk
Johanna Ehatamm
Marie Turmann Kerli Zirk Kerli Laidsalu Kädi Kurem Johanna Ehatamm
2013–14 Marie Turmann Kerli Laidsalu Kerli Zirk Johanna Ehatamm Liisa Turmann
Marie Turmann Kerli Zirk Kerli Laidsalu Johanna Ehatamm Victoria-Laura Lõhmus
2014–15 Marie Turmann Kerli Zirk Kerli Laidsalu Johanna Ehatamm Liisa Turmann
Victoria-Laura Lõhmus
2015–16 Marie Turmann Kerli Laidsalu Liisa Turmann Victoria-Laura Lõhmus Johanna Ehatamm
Marie Turmann Kerli Laidsalu Victoria-Laura Lõhmus Johanna Ehatamm Kristin Laidsalu
2017–18 Marie Turmann Kerli Laidsalu Victoria-Laura Lõhmus Erika Tuvike Heili Grossmann
2018–19 Marie Turmann Kerli Laidsalu Heili Grossmann Erika Tuvike Liisa Turmann
2019–20 Marie Turmann Kerli Laidsalu Heili Grossmann Erika Tuvike Liisa Turmann
2020–21 Marie Turmann Liisa Turmann Heili Grossmann Erika Tuvike Kerli Laidsalu
2021–22 Kerli Laidsalu (Fourth) Liisa Turmann (Skip) Heili Grossmann Erika Tuvike Karoliine Kaare
2022–23 Marie Kaldvee Liisa Turmann Kerli Laidsalu Erika Tuvike
2023–24 Erika Tuvike (Fourth) Kerli Laidsalu Liisa Turmann (Skip) Heili Grossmann
2024–25 Erika Tuvike (Fourth) Kerli Laidsalu Liisa Turmann (Skip) Heili Grossmann

References

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  1. ^ a b c "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ "2014 European Junior Curling Challenge". World Curling Federation. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "World Junior Curling Championships 2015". World Curling Federation. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  4. ^ Janne Ojanperä (January 10, 2016). "Russia take double Gold in Finland as teams for 2016 World Juniors confirmed". World Curling Federation. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  5. ^ "World Mixed Curling Championship 2015". World Curling Federation. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "B-Division highlights". World Curling Federation. November 25, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "2018 Estonian Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "B-Division final line-ups set". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "Norway women and Denmark men win European B-Division". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  10. ^ "World Qualification Event 2019". New Zealand Curling. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  11. ^ "Champion: Turmann Wins 2019 Tallinn Ladies International Chellenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  12. ^ Céline Stucki (November 21, 2019). "Women's semi-final line-ups complete". World Curling Federation. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  13. ^ "2020 World Qualification Event". World Curling Federation. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  14. ^ "Eesti Meistrivõistlused Kurlingus 2019/2020 a" (PDF) (in Estonian). Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  15. ^ "Eesti Meistrivõistlused Kurlingus 2020/2021 a". Google Docs. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  16. ^ Tom Rowland (October 6, 2020). "World Championships expanded to 14 teams for 2020–2021 season". World Curling Federation. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  17. ^ Céline Stucki (September 1, 2020). "Five 2020–2021 season world qualification events cancelled". World Curling Federation. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  18. ^ "Eesti kurlingunaiskond alustab homme ajaloolist MM-i, suurvõistluse eel tuvastati ühes koondises koroona". Delfi Sport (in Estonian). Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  19. ^ Jackie Spiegel (May 9, 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  20. ^ "Kerli Laidsalu Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
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