Liisa Turmann

Liisa Turmann
Curler
Born	(1990-12-03) December 3, 1990 (age 34) Tallinn, Estonia
Team
Curling club	Tallinn CC, Tallinn, EST
Skip	Liisa Turmann
Fourth	Erika Tuvike
Third	Kerli Laidsalu
Lead	Heili Grossmann
Curling career
Member Association	Estonia
World Championship appearances	2 (2021, 2024)
European Championship appearances	7 (2010, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Medal record Women's Curling Estonian Women's Curling Championship 2010 Tallinn 2017 Tallinn 2019 Tallinn 2020 Tallinn 2021 Tallinn 2022 Tallinn 2024 Tallinn 2012 Tallinn 2016 Tallinn 2013 Tallinn 2014 Tallinn 2015 Tallinn

Liisa Turmann (born December 3, 1990) is an Estonian curler from Tallinn, Estonia.[1] She currently skips the Estonian women's curling team.

Career

Juniors

Turmann played in three European Junior Curling Challenge events during her junior career in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Her best finish came in 2012 when her team, skipped by Helen Nummert finished in fourth with a 5–3 record.[2]

Women's

While still in juniors, Turmann competed in her first European Curling Championships in 2010 as third for Team Estonia skipped by Küllike Ustav. The team finished seventh in the B Division with a 3–6 record.[3]

Turmann did not return to an international competition until the 2018 European Curling Championships as her team, skipped by sister Marie Turmann, won the 2018 Estonian Women's Curling Championship.[4] The team had won the event the previous year as well,[5] but Turmann did not participate in the 2017 European Curling Championships. At the 2018 Euros, the team finished second in the B Division.[6][7] 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 could not make the playoffs, finishing with a 3–4 record.[8] In 2019, the team won their first World Curling Tour event at the Tallinn Ladies International Challenger.[9] 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.[10] There, they just missed the playoffs with a 4–3 record.[11] The team won two more national championships in 2020[12] and 2021.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15] As they had finished eighth, this qualified Estonia and the Turmann rink for the 2021 Worlds,[16] the first time Estonia would play at the World Championships.[17] At the World Championships, the team finished in last with a 1–12 record. Their lone win came against Germany.[18]

Personal life

Turmann is the general secretary of the Estonian Curling Association.[1] Her sister is teammate Marie Kaldvee.[16]

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
2009–10[19]	Helen Nummert	Liisa Turmann	Gerli Roosme	Marie Turmann
2010–11	Küllike Ustav	Kristiine Lill	Liisa Turmann	Marie Turmann	Gerli Roosme
	Helen Nummert	Liisa Turmann	Marie Turmann	Gerli Roosme	Kerli Zirk
2011–12	Helen Nummert	Marie Turmann	Liisa Turmann	Gerli Roosme	Kerli Zirk
2012–13	Marie Turmann	Liisa Turmann	Kädi Kurem	Kerli Laidsalu	Kerli Zirk Johanna Ehatamm
2013–14	Marie Turmann	Kerli Laidsalu	Kerli Zirk	Johanna Ehatamm	Liisa Turmann
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
2016–17	Marie Turmann	Liisa Turmann	Victoria-Laura Lõhmus	Erika Tuvike
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

1. "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
2. "2012 European Junior Curling Challenge". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
3. "2010 European Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
4. "2018 Estonian Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
5. "2017 Estonian Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
6. "B-Division final line-ups set". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
7. "Norway women and Denmark men win European B-Division". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
8. "World qualification play-off places set as round-robin stages draw to a close". World Curling Federation. January 22, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
9. "Champion: Turmann Wins 2019 Tallinn Ladies International Chellenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
10. Céline Stucki (November 21, 2019). "Women's semi-final line-ups complete". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
11. "2020 World Qualification Event". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
12. "Eesti Meistrivõistlused Kurlingus 2019/2020 a" (PDF) (in Estonian). Retrieved May 12, 2021.
13. "Eesti Meistrivõistlused Kurlingus 2020/2021 a". Google Docs. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
14. Tom Rowland (October 6, 2020). "World Championships expanded to 14 teams for 2020–2021 season". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
15. Céline Stucki (September 1, 2020). "Five 2020–2021 season world qualification events cancelled". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
16. "2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
17. "Eesti kurlingunaiskond alustab homme ajaloolist MM-i, suurvõistluse eel tuvastati ühes koondises koroona". Delfi Sport (in Estonian). Retrieved May 12, 2021.
18. Jackie Spiegel (May 9, 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
19. "Liisa Turmann Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 12, 2021.

External links

• Liisa Turmann at World Curling