American curling team (women)



The U.S. curling team representing the United States in international curling competitions . ==History [ edit] == The United States first took part in an international tournament in the world championship of 1979. Since then, the U.S. team participated in every World Cup. This is not surprising, since there are two starting cards are always for the American zone, and to date only two women's teams on the continent: the U.S. and Canada . As long as there arises no challenger, Americans thus automatically qualified for the World Cup every year. The first decades lingered the U.S. team almost constant in the lower reaches of the standings. In 1992, for the first time achieved a podium. The team of skip Lisa Schoenberg made ​​the final, which it lost 8-4 to Sweden . It was the first of six finals to date for the United States. Only once the world was in the accolades: in 2003 the Americans have managed to defeat the Canadian archrival Canada 5-3 Winnipeg . The last time the Americans were allowed to take a medal home dates back to 2006.

At the Winter Olympics, the United States were to never win a medal today. The U.S. team was present every time. The highest finishing position was achieved in 2002, when the Americans domestically 9-5 battle for bronze lost to Canada. ==United States at the Olympics [ Edit] == ==United States in the world [ edit] ==