Mirjam Ott (born 27 January 1972 in Bern, Switzerland) is a retired Swiss curler who lives in Laax, Switzerland. She is the 2012 World Curling Champion skip. She is the skip (captain) of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide.

Mirjam Ott
Born (1972-01-27) 27 January 1972 (age 52)
Curling career
World Championship
appearances
7 (1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
European Championship
appearances
11 (1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Medal record

Career

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Ott won the Olympic silver medal twice; in the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City (with skip Luzia Ebnöther) and 2006 in Turin (as skip herself), making her the first woman with two Olympic medals in curling. In 2008 the team won the European Championship in Sweden. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, her team finished a disappointing fourth place, as Ott's touch completely deserted her late in the semi-final and bronze medal matches. Ott won the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship after defeating Sweden's Margaretha Sigfridsson in the final.

At the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, Ott skipped her team to a second consecutive fourth-place finish at the Olympic Winter Games. Switzerland were beaten 6-5 by Great Britain in the Bronze Medal match.

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead
1996–97 Mirjam Ott Marianne Flotron
Manuela Kormann
Franziska von Känel Caroline Balz
2001–02 Luzia Ebnöther Mirjam Ott Tanya Frei Nadia Röthlisberger
Laurence Bidaud
2004–05 Mirjam Ott Binia Beeli Brigitte Schori Michèle Knobel
2005–06 Mirjam Ott Binia Beeli Valeria Spälty Michèle Moser
2006–07 Mirjam Ott Binia Feltscher-Beeli Valeria Spälty Janine Greiner
2007–08 Mirjam Ott Carmen Schäfer Valeria Spälty Janine Greiner
2008–09 Mirjam Ott Carmen Schäfer Valeria Spälty Janine Greiner
2009–10 Mirjam Ott Carmen Schäfer Carmen Küng Janine Greiner
2010–11 Mirjam Ott Carmen Schäfer Carmen Küng Janine Greiner
2011–12 Mirjam Ott Carmen Schäfer Carmen Küng Janine Greiner
2012–13 Mirjam Ott Carmen Schäfer Carmen Küng Janine Greiner
2013–14 Mirjam Ott Carmen Schäfer Carmen Küng Janine Greiner

Grand Slam record

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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 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Autumn Gold N/A DNP SF DNP Q DNP DNP DNP DNP
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries N/A DNP DNP DNP Q DNP DNP DNP Q
Masters N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Q SF
Colonial Square N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Q DNP
Players' Q DNP DNP DNP DNP Q DNP Q DNP

References

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