Maria Larsson (curler)

Maria Larsson (born June 14, 2000)[1] is a Swedish curler from Stockholm.[2] She currently plays lead on Team Isabella Wranå, also known as Team Panthera. With this team, she won a gold medal at the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships and a silver medal at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships.

Maria Larsson
Curler
Larsson (right) and Jennie Wåhlin at the 2022 Players' Championship
Born (2000-06-14) June 14, 2000
Team
Curling clubSundbybergs CK,
Sundbyberg, SWE
SkipIsabella Wranå
ThirdAlmida de Val
SecondJennie Wåhlin
LeadMaria Larsson
Career
Member Association Sweden
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Sweden
World Junior Curling Championships
2017 Gangneung
2018 Aberdeen
Swedish Women's Championship
2022 Härnösand
2018 Skellefteå

Career

Larsson qualified for her first World Junior Curling Championships in 2016, playing second on the Swedish team consisting of Therese Westman, Sarah Pengel, Mikaela Altebro and Johanna Heldin. At the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, the team finished the round robin with a 5–4 record, qualifying for a tiebreaker. They then lost 10–4 in the tiebreaker to Hungary's Dorottya Palancsa, eliminating them from contention. At her next two appearances in 2017 and 2018, she was the alternate on Team Isabella Wranå. In 2017, the team made it all the way to the final and defeated Scotland's Sophie Jackson to win the gold medal, and lost just two round robin games in the process.[3] The next year the same team went undefeated in the round robin, but ended up losing to Canada's Kaitlyn Jones in the final, settling for silver. At her fourth and final appearance in 2019 as lead for Tova Sundberg, the team placed sixth.[4]

After the 2020–21 season lead of Team Wranå, Fanny Sjöberg, stepped back from competitive curling and Larsson replaced her as the teams new lead.[5] The team had a successful first season together which started with reaching the final of the 2021 Euro Super Series in their first event.[6] They also reached the semifinals of three more events, the 2021 Women's Masters Basel,[7] the Red Deer Curling Classic and the International Bernese Ladies Cup.[8] The team competed in three of the four Grand Slam of Curling events during the season, qualifying for the quarterfinals at both the 2021 National[9] and the 2022 Players' Championship.[10] Nationally, the team won the Swedish Eliteserien in February 2022 and later the Swedish Women's Curling Championship in March 2022.[11]

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 2021–22
Masters Q
The National QF
Players' QF

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead
2015–16[12] Therese WestmanSarah PengelMaria LarssonMikaela Altebro
2016–17 Therese WestmanTilde VermelinMaria LarssonMikaela Altebro
2017–18 Tova SundbergEmma SjödinMaria LarssonSofie Bergman
2018–19 Tova SundbergEmma SjödinMaria LarssonSofie Bergman
2019–20 Maria LarssonErika JonssonSofie BergmanLinda Stenlund
2020–21 Maria LarssonSofie BergmanVilma ÅhlströmLinda Stenlund
2021–22 Isabella WranåAlmida de ValJennie WåhlinMaria Larsson

References
  1. "HAPPY 21st birthday to our newest addition in team Wranå @mariialarssson". Instagram. Team Wranå. June 14, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  2. "Maria Larsson Profile". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  3. "Sweden women capture gold at VoIP Defender World Junior Curling Championships 2017". World Curling Federation. February 25, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  4. "2019 World Junior Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  5. "Fanny has been playing on the team since 2007. She has been our lead since the beginning of what we call "Team Panthera" or "Team Wranå"". Instagram. teamwrana. February 26, 2021. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  6. "British Curling's GB Women's team secures place in first ever Euro Super Series Final". British Curling. September 4, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  7. "Edition 2021". Women's Masters Basel. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  8. "Ranglisten". Curling Bern. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  9. Jonathan Brazeau (November 6, 2021). "Undefeated Fleury, Tirinzoni advance to GSOC Boost National semifinals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  10. Jonathan Brazeau (April 15, 2022). "Wrana, Homan and Hasselborg make the cut for Players' Championship playoffs". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  11. "SM Damer och Herrar 2022". Svenska Curlingförbundet. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  12. "Maria Larsson Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
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