Analena Jentsch

Analena Jentsch (born May 28, 1997) is a German curler. the lead of the German national women's curling team.[1]

Analena Jentsch
Curler
Born
Analena Jentsch

(1997-05-28) May 28, 1997
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		5 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
European Championship
appearances		5 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Germany
European Curling Championships
2018 Tallinn

Career

When she was just 17, Jentsch participated in her first World Women's Curling Championship at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship. Her team of her sister Daniela Jentsch at skip, Stella Heiß at second and Pia-Lisa Schöll at lead beat top teams Sweden and United States before losing their last five games to finish with a record of 4–7. Jentsch played in her first European Curling Championships the following season at the 2015 European Curling Championships as third 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 of the World Championships, 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.[2][3] At the 2016 Euros, the German team finished 4–5 again which was once again enough to qualify for the 2017 Worlds. At the Worlds, the team was 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 to reach 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 12th with a 3–9 record. The following season, the German team would have success at the Europeans. The German team reached the playoffs for the first time in their careers with a 5–4 record. In the semi-final, they lost to the Swiss team Silvana Tirinzoni 6–4. In the Bronze Medal Game though, the Germans turned things around. The team would win the game 7–4, winning them the Bronze Medal.[4] It was her first medal at an international competition.[5] Jentsch also won her second tour event this season. Two months after the Europeans, the team won the Qinghai Curling Elite.[6][7] At the Worlds, her team of Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes and Klara-Hermine Fomm 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.[8] The team did have a good final game though, beating eventual winners Switzerland 10–8 after scoring four in the last end.[9]

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 had semifinal finishes at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic and Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic and "C Qualifier" finishes at the 2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic. 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 5th 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.[10][11]

Personal life

Jentsch is employed as a soldier athlete. Her sister, Daniela Jentsch is the skip of her team. Their father, Roland Jentsch is well-known German curler too, he was European men's champion in 1991.

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References
  1. "Team Jentsch Website". Team Jentsch. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  2. "Latvia International Challenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  3. "Team Jentsch wins Latvia International Challenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  4. "2018 European Curling Championships: Bronze Medal Game Russia vs Germany" (PDF). Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  5. "Euros 2019". Spiegel Online. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  6. "Qinghai Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  7. "Team Jentsch wins Qinghai Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  8. Strong, Gregory (March 15, 2019). "A capsule look at teams competing at the World Women's Curling Championship". National Post. The Canadian Press. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  9. "2019 World Women's Curling Championships: Draw 20 Switzerland vs Germany" (PDF). Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  10. The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  11. "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
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