Carole Howald

Carole Howald (born March 29, 1993 in Langenthal) is a Swiss female curler from Langenthal. She currently plays third on Team Irene Schori.

Carole Howald
Curler
Born	March 29, 1993 Langenthal, Switzerland
Team
Curling club	CC Flims, Flims
Skip	Irene Schori
Third	Carole Howald
Second	Lara Stocker
Lead	Stefanie Berset
Career
Member Association	Switzerland
World Championship appearances	4 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances	1 (2015)
European Championship appearances	2 (2014, 2016)
Medal record Women's Curling Representing   Switzerland World Championships 2014 Saint John 2015 Sapporo 2016 Swift Current European Championships 2014 Champéry

Career

Howald joined the Binia Feltscher rink at lead in 2017. She previously played with Melanie Barbezat and with this rink won the 2014 Dumfries Curling Challenge.[1] They played in three Grand Slams in her first season with the team, qualifying in one of them, the 2017 Boost National. She got to play in her first official World Championship at the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship after being the alternate at her previous three appearances. The team struggled that week, failing to reach the playoffs after posting a 5-7 record.[2] At the conclusion of the 2017-18 season, Irene Schori left the team and Howald was promoted to third. The team almost made it to the World Championships that season, but were bested by Silvana Tirinzoni 8-7 in the final.[3]

Team Feltscher had a slow start to the 2019–20 season, failing to make the playoffs in their first four events. Howald got to throw fourth rocks for the team at the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic with Michèle Jäggi stepping in to skip the team. They finished with a 1-3 record.[4] They played in just one slam event, the 2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2 and lost in the quarterfinals. The Feltscher rink finished third at both the 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite and the Schweizer Cup.[5] They picked it up in the second half of the season however, qualifying in every event. They placed third at the 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship.[6] Binia Feltscher retired from competitive curling at the end of the season and the team disbanded.[7]

Howald and second Stefanie Berset joined the Irene Schori rink for the 2020–21 season.[8][9]

Personal life

Howald is a student in sports management.[10]

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
2013–14[11]	Andrea Marx	Carole Howald	Adonia Brunner	Gisèle Beuchat	Bettina Lanz
2014–15	Melanie Barbezat	Carole Howald	Jenny Perret	Daniela Rupp
2015–16	Melanie Barbezat	Carole Howald	Jenny Perret	Daniela Rupp
2016–17	Melanie Barbezat	Jenny Perret	Carole Howald	Daniela Rupp
2017–18	Binia Feltscher	Irene Schori	Franziska Kaufmann	Carole Howald
2018–19	Binia Feltscher	Carole Howald	Stefanie Berset	Larissa Hari
2019–20	Binia Feltscher	Carole Howald	Stefanie Berset	Larissa Hari	Michèle Jäggi
2020–21	Irene Schori	Carole Howald	Lara Stocker	Stefanie Berset

References

1. "2014 Dumfries Curling Challenge". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
2. "2018 World Women's Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
3. "2019 Swiss Curling Championship". Curlingzone. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
4. "2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
5. "2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
6. "2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship". Swiss Curling Association. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
7. "Curling: la double championne du monde Binia Feltscher se retire" (in French). RTS. March 3, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
8. "Team Schori Website". Team Langenthal. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
9. "Team Schori Announcement". Facebook. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
10. 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide
11. "Carole Howald Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 23, 2020.

External links

• Carole Howald at World Curling Federation
• Carole Howald at CurlingZone