Fanny Birgitta Josefin Sjöberg (born 5 November 1997) is a Swedish curler from Stockholm.[1] She played lead on Team Isabella Wranå from 2007 to 2021, at which point she decided to step back from competitive curling.[2]
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| Born | 5 November 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles partner | Axel Sjöberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Mixed Championship appearances | 1 (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Juniors edit
Sjöberg played in the World Junior Curling Championships in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 as a member of Team Isabella Wranå. In 2014, her team of Isabella Wranå, Jennie Wåhlin, Elin Lövstrand and Almida de Val had a fourth-place finish, after they lost in the bronze medal game to Russia. In 2015, she and teammates Wranå, Wåhlin, Johanna Heldin and Johanna Höglund again finished fourth after this time losing to Switzerland in the bronze medal game. She was back at the event in 2017 where her team won the gold medal, defeating Scotland's Sophie Jackson in the final, and lost just two round robin games in the process. The next year the same team went undefeated in the round robin, but ended up losing to Canada's Kaitlyn Jones in the final. This team also represented Sweden at the 2017 Winter Universiade, where they took home the bronze medal. Sjöberg represented Sweden one more time at the juniors in 2019 as alternate for Tova Sundberg. They placed sixth.[3]
Women's edit
As World Junior champions, the Wranå rink qualified for the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup, Sjöberg's first Grand Slam event. The team did not qualify for the playoffs but did win one game. The team won their first World Curling Tour event at the 2018 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic.[4] A month later, they won the Paf Masters Tour.[5] Over the course of the 2018–19 season, the team played in four slams, failing to qualify in any of the four. They won one game at the 2018 Tour Challenge, one game at the 2018 National, no games at the 2019 Canadian Open and one game at the 2019 Champions Cup. Also during this season, the team won the 2019 Winter Universiade.[6]
Team Wranå had a successful 2019–20 season, winning two tour events (the Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic and the Paf Masters Tour once again) and finishing second at the Women's Masters Basel and the Glynhill Ladies International.[7][8][9] They played in two slam events, winning one game at both the 2019 Tour Challenge and the 2019 National.[10][11]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Team Wranå only played in one tour event during the abbreviated 2020–21 season. The team competed at the 2020 Women's Masters Basel, where they missed the playoffs with a 1–2 record.[12] In December, they played Team Hasselborg in the Sweden National Challenge, where they won by a score of 17–12.[13] The Swedish Women's Curling Championship was cancelled due to the pandemic, so Team Hasselborg was named as the Swedish Team for the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.[14] After the season, Sjöberg decided to step back from competitive curling.[2]
Mixed edit
In 2023, Sjöberg represented Sweden at the 2023 World Mixed Curling Championship. She played lead on the team led by Johan Nygren with longtime teammate Jennie Wåhlin at third and Fredrik Carlsén at second. The team dominated the round robin, finishing as the first seeds with an 8–0 record.[15] They then beat Belgium in the quarterfinals and Canada in the semifinals, qualifying for the final. There, they downed Spain's Sergio Vez 8–2 to claim Sweden's first World Mixed title.[16]
Personal life edit
Her older brother Axel Sjöberg is her mixed doubles partner. Her father is Bernt Sjöberg, a wheelchair curler who is 2006 Winter Paralympics bronze medallist.
Grand Slam record edit
| Key | |
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| 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 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
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| Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Tour Challenge | DNP | DNP | Q | Q |
| The National | DNP | DNP | Q | Q |
| Canadian Open | DNP | DNP | Q | DNP |
| Players' | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A |
| Champions Cup | Q | DNP | Q | N/A |
Teams edit
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
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| 2012–13[17] | Isabella Wranå | Jennie Wåhlin | Elin Lövstrand | Fanny Sjöberg |
| 2013–14 | Isabella Wranå | Jennie Wåhlin | Elin Lövstrand | Fanny Sjöberg |
| 2014–15 | Isabella Wranå | Jennie Wåhlin | Elin Lövstrand | Fanny Sjöberg |
| 2015–16 | Isabella Wranå | Jennie Wåhlin | Johanna Hoeglund | Fanny Sjöberg |
| 2016–17 | Isabella Wranå | Jennie Wåhlin | Almida de Val | Fanny Sjöberg |
| 2017–18 | Isabella Wranå | Jennie Wåhlin | Almida de Val | Fanny Sjöberg |
| 2018–19 | Isabella Wranå | Jennie Wåhlin | Almida de Val | Fanny Sjöberg |
| 2019–20 | Isabella Wranå | Jennie Wåhlin | Almida de Val | Fanny Sjöberg |
| 2020–21 | Isabella Wranå | Jennie Wåhlin | Almida de Val | Fanny Sjöberg |
References edit
- ^ "Team Wranå". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ a b "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 2021-12-25. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ^ "2019 World Junior Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "2018 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "2018 Paf Masters Tour". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "2019 Winter Universiade". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "WCT Recap:Sweden's Team Isabella Wranå win second event of the season". TSN. November 4, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "2019 Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "2019 Paf Masters Tour". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Jonathan Brazeau (November 8, 2019). "Hasselborg, Koe qualify for KIOTI Tractor Tour Challenge Playoffs". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Jonathan Brazeau (December 12, 2019). "Carey escapes with win over Tirinzoni at Boost National". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "Women's Masters 2020 – Team SWE Wranå". Rinkmaster. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ "Winners of the Sweden National Challenge!". Facebook. Team Panthera. December 13, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ "Vändningen: VM damer flyttas till Calgary, Kanada" (in Swedish). Svenska Curlingförbundet. March 5, 2021. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ "Semi-finals are set at the World Mixed Championship". World Curling Federation. October 20, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "Sweden wins World Mixed Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. October 21, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "Fanny Sjöberg Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
