Daniela Jentsch

Daniela Jentsch (born January 15, 1982), previously known as Daniela Driendl, is the skip of the German National Women's Curling Team.

Daniela Jentsch
Curler
Other namesDaniela Driendl
Born
Daniela Jentsch

(1982-01-15) January 15, 1982
Füssen, Germany
Team
Curling clubCC Füssen
Füssen, GER
SkipDaniela Jentsch
ThirdEmira Abbes
SecondAlina Androsova-Kaulfersch
LeadAnalena Jentsch
AlternatePia-Lisa Schöll
Career
Member Association Germany
World Championship
appearances		6 (2000, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
European Championship
appearances		7 (2002, 2004, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Germany
European Championships
2018 Tallinn

Career

Jentsch played in her first international competition in 1997 at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championships, as third for Natalie Nessler. There, the team finished in eighth place with a 2–7 record. She has skipped the German women's junior team to two "B" level gold medals in 2001 and 2002. At the "A" level, she finished tenth in 2001 and fifth in 2002, just missing the playoffs.

When she was just 18, Jentsch participated in her first World Women's Curling Championship at the 2000 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Glasgow, Scotland, playing third for Petra Tschetsch. There, the team finished the round robin with a 4–5 record, missing the playoffs. Her first European Curling Championships was in 2002 at the 2002 European Curling Championships. There, Jentsch skipped the German team to a 5–4 round robin record, just missing the playoffs. She returned to the Euros two years later at the 2004 European Curling Championships but finished in ninth place with a 3–6 record. Jentsch played third for her father at the 2006 European Mixed Curling Championships where they finished tenth.

Jentsch did not return to any international competitions for nine years before playing in the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship. Her team did not play in the European Championships that season, the Andrea Schöpp rink did. But Jentsch's rink were the ones that represented Germany at the Worlds. Her team of Analena Jentsch, Stella Heiß and Pia-Lisa Schöll beat top teams Sweden and United States before losing their last five games to finish with a record of 4–7. Jentsch did play in the 2015 European Curling Championships as skip for the German team. The team missed the playoffs with a 4–5 record but did qualify their country for the 2016 World Championship. The team struggled during the week, finishing the round robin in 10th place with a 3–8 record. The next season, Jentsch would win her first World Curling Tour event, the Latvia International Challenger.[1][2] At the 2016 Euros, the German team finished 4–5 again which was once again enough to qualify for the 2017 Worlds. The team would have their best World Championship so far. Sitting at 5–4 with two games left, the Germans had a chance to qualify for the playoffs. Unfortunately, they would lose their last two games to Scotland and Czech Republic, ending their chance of reaching the playoffs. That season, the German team was met with disappointment. They tried to qualify for the Olympic Games, at the 2018 Winter Olympic qualification event, but they finished with a record of 2–4, missing the playoffs.

The next season, the team once again qualified for the Worlds after going 3–6 at the Euros. But like in 2016, the team struggled at the World Championship, finishing in twelfth with a 3–9 record. The following season, the German team would have success at the Europeans. Jentsch reached the playoffs for the first time in her career with a 5–4 record. In the semifinal, Jentsch curled 67% which would not be good enough to beat the Swiss team as they lost 6–4. In the bronze medal game though, the Germans turned things around. Jentsch curled a high 87% game en route to winning the bronze medal against Russia's Alina Kovaleva.[3] It was her first medal at an international competition.[4] Jentsch also won her second tour event this season. Two months after the Europeans, the team won the Qinghai Curling Elite.[5][6] At the Worlds, her team of Emira Abbes, Klara-Hermine Fomm and Analena Jentsch were sitting at 4–6 after their tenth game with two still to go. The team had another chance to clinch a playoff spot. But once again they lost their next game eliminating them from contention.[7] The team did have a good final game though, beating eventual winners Switzerland 10–8 after scoring four in the last end.[8]

Team Jentsch's first event of the 2019–20 season was at the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker where they lost in the quarterfinals. They also had playoff appearances at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic and the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic making the semifinals in both events.[9][10] The German team also qualified for their first Grand Slam of Curling event, the 2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2 where they went 1–3, missing the playoffs. At the 2019 European Curling Championships, the team did not qualify for the playoffs like in 2018, finishing the round-robin in fifth place with a 5–4 record. The team was set to represent Germany at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12]

Personal life

Jentsch is employed as a soldier athlete. She has two children.[13] Her sister, Analena Jentsch is the lead on her team. Their father, Roland Jentsch is well-known German curler too, he was European men's champion in 1991. Daniela posed nude in the 2006 Ana Arce Team sponsorship calendar along with curlers Melanie Robillard, Lynsay Ryan, Kasia Selwand and Claudia Toth.[14]

Grand Slam record
Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2019–20
Tour Challenge T2

References
  1. "Latvia International Challenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  2. "Team Jentsch wins Latvia International Challenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  3. "2018 European Curling Championships: Bronze Medal Game Russia vs Germany" (PDF). Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  4. "Euros 2019". Spiegel Online. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  5. "Qinghai Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  6. "Team Jentsch wins Qinghai Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  7. Strong, Gregory (March 15, 2019). "A capsule look at teams competing at the World Women's Curling Championship". National Post. The Canadian Press. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  8. "2019 World Women's Curling Championships: Draw 20 Switzerland vs Germany" (PDF). Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  9. "2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  10. "2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic". Facebook. Team Jentsch. October 20, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  11. The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  12. "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  13. "2016 World Women's Curling Championship: Eye Opener" (PDF). Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  14. "The Curling News Calendar: 2005-06". The Curling News. Archived from the original on November 7, 2005. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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