Cristina Lestander

Cristina Lestander (born June 27, 1962 as Cristina Wirz) is a former Swiss curler.

Cristina Lestander
Curler  ♀
Other names	Cristina Wirz
Born	(1962-06-27) June 27, 1962
Team
Curling club	Bern Egghölzi Damen CC, Bern, Zug CC, Zug
Career
Member Association	Switzerland
World Championship appearances	5 (1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1998)
European Championship appearances	5 (1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995)
Olympic appearances	1 (1988 – demo)
Other appearances	World Senior Championships: (2013, 2017)
Medal record Curling World Championships 1983 Moose Jaw European Championships 1983 Västerås 1988 Perth 1990 Lillehammer Swiss Women's Championship[1] 1982 1983 1986 1989 1998 World Senior Championships 2017 Lethbridge

She is a 1983 World women's champion.

She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.

She works for Swiss Curling Association.[2]

Awards

• Frances Brodie Award: 1989.

Teams

Women's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
1981–82	Erika Müller	Barbara Meyer	Nicole Oetliker	Cristina Wirz			SWCC 1982 WCC 1982 (7th)
1982–83	Erika Müller	Barbara Meyer	Barbara Meier	Cristina Wirz			SWCC 1983 WCC 1983
1983–84	Erika Müller	Barbara Meyer	Barbara Meier	Cristina Wirz			ECC 1983
1985–86	Erika Müller	Irene Bürgi	Barbara Meier	Cristina Lestander			SWCC 1986 WCC 1986 (6th)
1987–88	Cristina Lestander	Barbara Meier	Christina Gartenmann	Katrin Peterhans			ECC 1987 (5th) OG 1988 (demo) (7th)
1988–89	Cristina Lestander	Barbara Meier	Ingrid Thulin	Katrin Peterhans			ECC 1988 SWCC 1989 WCC 1989 (5th)
1990–91	Cristina Lestander	Christine Krieg	Nicole Oetliker	Christina Gartenmann			ECC 1990
1995–96	Cristina Lestander	Claudia Bärtschi	Andrea Stöckli	Katrin Peterhans	Jutta Tanner	Heinz Schmid, Erika Müller	ECC 1995 (7th)
1997–98	Cristina Lestander	Selina Breuleux	Madlaina Breuleux	Annick Lusser	Sandra Arnold	Heinz Sommerhalder	SWCC 1998 WCC 1998 (6th)
2012–13	Erika Müller	Barbara Gurini	Cristina Lestander	Anna Müller	Barbara Sieber	Michael Müller	WSCC 2013 (5th)
2016–17	Martina Baumann	Cristina Lestander	Tanja Santschi	Mara Grassi	Rahel Haesler
	Cristina Lestander	Anne Marie Müller	Monika Gafner	Daniela Gygax	Irene Beck	Daniel Zimmermann	WSCC 2017
2018–19	Martina Baumann	Cristina Lestander	Tanja Santschi	Mara Grassi	Rahel Haesler

Mixed

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Events
1984	Beat Stephan	Cristina Wirz	Simon Roth	Irène Bretscher	SMxCC 1984 [3]

Mixed doubles

Season[4]	Male	Female
2016–17	Konrad Schneider	Cristina Lestander

References

1. Curling Schweizermeisterschaft – www.ccflims.ch – 3. bis 20. Februar 2016, Flims(in German) (at last page list of all Swiss curling champion teams: men's 1943–2015 and women's 1964–2015; before 2003 team line-ups shown in reverse order: alternate (if exists), lead, second, third, skip)
2. Geschäftsstelle und Kommunikation – swisscurling(in German)
3. Swiss curling champions 1943–2011 (web-archive)(in German and French)
4. "Bern Mixed Doubles CCT -- Lestander/Schneider". curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09.

External links

• Cristina Lestander on the World Curling Federation database
• Cristina Lestander on the World Curling Tour database
• Cristina Lestander on the CurlingZone database
• Cristina Lestander on Facebook
• Profil – Once an Olympian – always an Olympian | swiss olympians(in German)
• 30 Jahre nach dem WM-Titel greifen die Aarauer Golden Girls wieder an – Regionalsport (AZ) – Sport – Aargauer Zeitung(in German)
• «Ladies, the ice is yours!» | BZ Berner Zeitung(in German)