Linda Stenlund
Curler
Born (2000-10-30) 30 October 2000
Team
Curling clubÖstersunds CK, Östersund
SkipIsabella Wranå
ThirdAlmida de Val
SecondMaria Larsson
LeadLinda Stenlund
AlternateJennie Wåhlin
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
European Championship
appearances		1 (2023)
Grand Slam victories1 (2023 Players')
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Sweden
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Jönköping
Swedish Women's Curling Championship
Silver medal – second place 2023 Karlstad

Linda Stenlund (born 30 October 2000) is a Swedish curler.[1] She currently plays lead on Team Isabella Wranå, also known as Team Panthera. In 2022, she won a silver medal at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships as alternate for the Moa Dryburgh rink.

Career

Stenlund competed under the Linnéa Svedberg and Maria Larsson rinks during her junior career, however, her teams were never able to win the Swedish Junior Curling Championships. In 2022, she joined the Moa Dryburgh rink with Thea Orefjord, Moa Tjärnlund and Moa Nilsson as their alternate for the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships. Through the round robin, the team posted a 5–4 record. This tied them for fourth with Switzerland and Latvia, however, due to their better draw shot challenge they advanced to the playoffs.[2] In the semifinals, they upset the number one seeds Norway's Eirin Mesloe to advance to the gold medal game where they were defeated by Japan's Sae Yamamoto, settling for silver.[3]

After the 2022–23 season second of Team Isabella Wranå, Jennie Wåhlin, stepped back from competitive curling and Stenlund replaced her on the team. She played lead while Maria Larsson played second, Almida de Val played third and Wranå continued to skip. Team Wranå finished third at their second event of the 2022–23 season, the 2022 Oslo Cup, defeating Marianne Rørvik 6–2. In September, the team competed in the European Qualifier best-of-seven series against Team Hasselborg, which they lost 4–1.[4] They then had a quarterfinal finish at the 2022 Women's Masters Basel after a previously unbeaten record. In the first Slam of the season, the 2022 National, they finished pool play with a 2–2 record, but then lost 7–2 in a tiebreaker to the newly formed Kaitlyn Lawes rink. At the 2022 Tour Challenge, they again went 2–2 to qualify for a tiebreaker, which they won 7–4 over Hollie Duncan. Team Wranå then beat the World Champion Silvana Tirinzoni rink in the quarters before losing to Team Rachel Homan in the semifinal, marking the first time the team qualified for a Slam semifinal.[5][6] They then lost in the final of the Sundbyberg Open to Team Hasselborg.[7] The next Slam was the 2022 Masters, where the team missed the playoffs with a 1–3 record.[8] The team began the New Year at the 2023 Canadian Open, where they qualified through the A side, defeating Team Hasselborg in the A final game. In the playoffs, they defeated Jennifer Jones in the quarterfinals before losing to Kerri Einarson in the semifinals.[9] Team Wranå's next event was the 2023 International Bernese Ladies Cup where they went undefeated until the final where they fell to Team Tirinzoni.[10] The following month, they played in the Swedish Women's Curling Championship, finishing second behind Hasselborg. That same month, the team faced off against Hasselborg again for a chance to play in the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship. The two teams played in a best-of-seven series, with Hasselborg winning in seven games.[11][12] In their next two events, they finished third at the Sun City Cup and won the Swedish Eliteserien. The team finished off their season at the 2023 Players' Championship. There, they finished 4–1 record in group play, earning a bye to the semifinals. In the playoffs, they defeated Einarson, and then Tirinzoni in the finals to claim the team's first ever Grand Slam title.[13]

In 2019, Stenlund teamed up with Simon Olofsson, Vilma Åhlström and Axel Sjöberg to win the 2019 Swedish Mixed Curling Championship.[14] This qualified the team for the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship where they narrowly qualified for the playoffs with a 4–3 record. They then lost to Canada 9–4 in the round of 16.[15]

Personal life

Stenlund has also competed in alpine skiing for Östersund-Frösö Slalomklubb from 2016 to 2017.[16]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2015–16[17] Linnéa SvedbergLinda StenlundLisa NorrlanderEllen Bromee
Lisa NorrlanderVilma ÅhlströmLinda StenlundKajsa Olaisson
2017–18 Lisa NorrlanderVilma ÅhlströmLinda StenlundKajsa Olaisson
2018–19 Maria LarssonErika JonssonSofie BergmanLinda Stenlund
2019–20 Maria LarssonErika JonssonSofie BergmanLinda Stenlund
2020–21 Maria LarssonSofie BergmanVilma ÅhlströmLinda Stenlund
2022–23 Isabella WranåAlmida de ValMaria LarssonLinda Stenlund
2023–24 Isabella WranåAlmida de ValMaria LarssonLinda Stenlund

References

  1. ↑ "Linda Stenlund fyller 17 år idag" (in Swedish). Team Svedberg. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Play-off field complete at World Juniors". World Curling Federation. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Japan win World Junior women's title". World Curling Federation. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "2022 Swedish European Qualifier". CurlingZone. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Jonathan Brazeau (22 October 2022). "Wrana upsets top-seed Tirinzoni in HearingLife Tour Challenge quarterfinals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Jonathan Brazeau (23 October 2022). "Oskar Eriksson skips Team Edin into HearingLife Tour Challenge men's final". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sundbyberg Open 2022". Nordic Curling Tour. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Jonathan Brazeau (9 December 2022). "Homan sweeps through pool play heading into WFG Masters quarterfinals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Jonathan Brazeau (15 January 2023). "Einarson reaches sixth straight Grand Slam final at Co-op Canadian Open". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "54. Internationaler Berner Damen Cup 2023". Curling Bern. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "2023 Swedish World Qualifier". CurlingZone. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  12. ↑ Video (full game): 2023 Swedish World Qualifier – Game 7 – Anna Hasselborg vs Isabella Wranå on YouTube
  13. ↑ Jonathan Brazeau (16 April 2023). "Wrana wins Players' Championship for first Grand Slam women's title". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "SM Mixed 2019". Svenska Curlingförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "First world mixed quarter-final teams set after opening last-16 round". World Curling Federation. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Linda Stenlund Profile". FIS Ski. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Linda Stenlund Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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