Danielle Schmiemann

Danielle Nicole Schmiemann[2] (born May 29, 1996)[3] is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She currently plays third on Team Kelsey Rocque. She is originally from Sundre, Alberta but later moved to and graduated high school in Stony Plain, Alberta.[4]

Danielle Schmiemann
Curler
Born	Danielle Schmiemann (1996-05-29) May 29, 1996
Team
Curling club	Saville Community Sports Centre, Edmonton, AB[1]
Skip	Kelsey Rocque
Third	Danielle Schmiemann
Second	Dana Ferguson
Lead	Rachelle Brown
Mixed doubles partner	Jason Ginter
Career
Member Association	Alberta
Top CTRS ranking	6th (2019–20)
Medal record Women's Curling Representing  Canada World Junior Curling Championships 2015 Tallinn Winter Universiade 2017 Almaty

Career

Schmiemann started at the University of Alberta in 2014, joining the Pandas Curling Program. She played within the program throughout the entirety of her University Degree and now joins a group of very successful Bears and Pandas alumni, including all three of her current teammates Kelsey Rocque, Dana Ferguson and Rachelle Brown.

In 2015, Schmiemann joined the Kelsey Rocque rink of Rocque, Holly Jamieson and Jesse Iles. The team won the Alberta Junior Curling Championship, earning her and her team a berth at the 2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. There, the team went 9–1 in the round robin giving them a birth to the final, where they won against Ontario's Chelsea Brandwood 8–2. The team represented Canada at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships, where they would go undefeated en route to claiming the title. Rocque aged out of juniors following the season and Schmiemann joined the Kristen Streifel rink at third. The team won one tour event, the Crestwood Ladies Fall Classic.[5] At the Alberta Junior Provincials, the team lost the semifinal and would not go to the 2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Later that season, Schmiemann played with Rocque and represented the Alberta Pandas at the 2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships where they defeated the Thompson Rivers WolfPack skipped by Corryn Brown in the final.[6]

Schmiemann chose not to play in her final year of juniors as the 2017 Alberta Junior Provincials and Canadian Junior Curling Championships conflicted with the 2017 Winter Universiade. Because of this, she began skipping her own team for the 2016–17 season. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs in any tour events. With their win at the 2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships earlier the previous year, Schmiemann would play with Rocque at the 2017 Winter Universiade where they would once again find success winning the Gold Medal for Canada. She played in the U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships again in 2018 representing the University of Alberta where they won the title once again alongside teammates Kristen Streifel, Selena Sturmay, Jesse Iles and Paige Papley. This would set them up to represent Canada once again at the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Shortly after this win, Schmiemann would join Rocque as an official team in 2018, with Becca Konschuh at second and Jesse Iles at lead. They made the quarterfinals at the Tour Challenge Tier 2 Grand Slam of Curling event and finished runner-up at the 2019 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts to Chelsea Carey. She then played with Streifel at the 2019 Winter Universiade where they lost to Sophie Jackson from Great Britain in the qualification game. Schmiemann was also chosen to be the flag bearer for the entirety of Team Canada at this Universiade.[7]

Team Rocque had a strong 2019–20 season, starting it off with a semifinal finish at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic. The team qualified for the playoffs at the 2019 Tour Challenge Grand Slam event where they lost to eventual winners Anna Hasselborg. Going into the 2020 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Rocque was the number one seeded team, earning their spot through the CTRS points leader berth. They went 6–1 through the round robin, with their only loss to the Laura Walker. They would play Walker again in the 1 vs. 2 game where they lost 7–1. They had a strong semifinal game, able to easily defeat Krysta Hilker 8–1 setting up the third match for Rocque and Walker during the competition. The team struggled during the final, not able to figure out the ice and losing the final for the second straight year in a row. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] On March 18, 2020, it was announced that both Becca Hebert and Jesse Marlow would be leaving the team.[9] Rocque and Schmiemann then announced on March 21 that Dana Ferguson and Rachelle Brown would be joining them for the 2020–21 season.[10][11]

Schmiemann also competes in the Mixed Doubles discipline with her partner, Jason Ginter. Together they won the 2017 Alberta Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship and would go onto to lose a tie-breaker at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. They made their second appearance at the Nationals in 2019 in Fredericton, New Brunswick where they finished with a record of 4-3 but failed to qualify for playoffs. They had qualified for the 2020 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship to be held in Portage La Prairie before it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[12]

Personal life

Schmiemann graduated from the University of Alberta in 2018 with a Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology.[4] She is currently a student at MacEwan University completing her Acupuncture Diploma. She works at the University of Alberta as a youth curling coach in the winter and a coach in the Green and Gold Sport System camps during the summer.

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead
2012–13[13]	Taylore Maschmeyer	Alison Thiessen	Chelsea Duncan	Danielle Schmiemann
2013–14	Danielle Schmiemann	Kate Goodhelpsen	Brenna Bilassy	Rebecca Boorse
2014–15	Kelsey Rocque	Danielle Schmiemann	Holly Jamieson	Jesse Iles
2015–16	Kristen Streifel	Danielle Schmiemann	Kate Goodhelpsen	Jesse Iles
2016–17	Danielle Schmiemann	Erica Ott	Taylore Maschmeyer	Holly Jamieson
2017–18	Kristen Streifel	Danielle Schmiemann	Taylore Maschmeyer	Jesse Iles
2018–19	Kelsey Rocque	Danielle Schmiemann	Becca Konschuh	Jesse Iles
2019–20	Kelsey Rocque	Danielle Schmiemann	Becca Hebert	Jesse Marlow
2020–21	Kelsey Rocque	Danielle Schmiemann	Dana Ferguson	Rachelle Brown

References

1. "Danielle Schmiemann Profile". Curling Alberta. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
2. "Archived copy". Retrieved March 20, 2020.
3. "Rocque bracing for title defence". Edmonton Journal. January 8, 2015. p. D3. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
4. "Convocation Congrats!". University of Alberta. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
5. "Streifel wins 2015 Crestwood Ladies Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
6. "2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
7. https://www.ualberta.ca/athletics/teams/curling/curling-news/2019/january/albertas-schmiemann-named-canadian-flag-bearer-for-2019-winter-universiade
8. "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
9. "Team Rocque Team Announcement". Facebook. March 18, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
10. "Team Rocque adds Ferguson and Schmiemann". Facebook. March 21, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
11. Jonathan Brazeau (March 22, 2020). "Rachel Brown, Dana Ferguson join Kelsey Rocque's team". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
12. https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/other-sports/news/curling-canada-cancels-2019-20-championships-covid-19/1hmv68u1cedfbz7yjzg7c9nni
13. "Danielle Schmiemann Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 20, 2020.

External links

• Danielle Schmiemann on the World Curling Federation database
• Danielle Schmiemann on the CurlingZone database