Anna HASSELBORG

Sweden

Curling

Date of Birth: 5 May 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Place of birth: STOCKHOLM

Birth Country:

Sweden

Residence: STOCKHOLM

Residence Country:

Sweden

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Curling	Women SWE Sweden	3

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Women's Round Robin Session 1 SWE Sweden 8 JPN Japan 5	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Round Robin Session 2 SWE Sweden 2 GBR Great Britain 8	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Women's Round Robin Session 4 SWE Sweden 7 CAN Canada 6	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Women's Round Robin Session 5 SWE Sweden 6 CHN People's Republic of China 9	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Round Robin Session 6 USA United States of America 4 SWE Sweden 10	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Women's Round Robin Session 8 SUI Switzerland 5 SWE Sweden 6	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Round Robin Session 9 SWE Sweden 9 DEN Denmark 3	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Women's Round Robin Session 11 ROC ROC 5 SWE Sweden 8	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Women's Round Robin Session 12 KOR Republic of Korea 4 SWE Sweden 8	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Women's Semi-final SWE Sweden 11 GBR Great Britain 12	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Bronze Medal Game SWE Sweden 9 SUI Switzerland 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Silkeborg, DEN
2	Women	2018	North Bay, ON, CAN
4	Women	2021	Calgary, AB, CAN
4	Women	2017	Beijing, CHN

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Helsingborg, SWE
1	Women	2018	Tallinn, EST
2	Women	2021	Lillehammer, NOR
2	Women	2017	St. Gallen, SUI
2	Women	2016	Glasgow, SCO
5	Women	2014	Champery, SUI

World Mixed Doubles Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Mixed Doubles	2019	Stavanger, NOR

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2010	Flims, SUI
6	Women	2009	Vancouver, BC, CAN

Hobbies:

Music, spending time at her summer house (outside Stockholm) with her family. (worldcurling.org, 23 Aug 2017, Athlete, 20 Oct 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Masters in Business Economy, Bachelor’s degree in Political Science - Stockholm University.

Family:

Husband, Mathias Eriksson. Daughter, Mira (born 2020)

Languages spoken:

Swedish, English

Club name:

Sundbybergs CK

Coach:

National: Wayne Middaugh (CAN)

Position style:

Skip

Hand:

Right

Sporting relatives:

Father Mikael Hasselborg (Curling): World Championship silver medallist (1985), European gold (1990) and bronze (1994) medallist, and two World senior Championship gold medals (2016, 2017). Coached the Swedish Women’s World Championship (1999) and Junior Women’s World Championship (2010) teams to gold, and the men’s Junior World Championship team to four silver medals (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007).

Brother Marcus Hasselborg (Curling): Three-time World Junior Championship silver medallist (2005, 2006, 2007).

Debut:

2008 European Mixed Championships in Kitzbuhel vs. Poland

Start:

Would tag along with her father at the curling rink when he was practicing. At age seven, she entered and won her first competition with her dad and brother’s team. “I went to throw a draw, my dad was skipping, and I made a perfect tick shot. I got so angry at my dad because I didn’t understand why he didn’t sweep it. So I obviously wanted to skip right from the start.” (worldcurling.org, 20 Feb 2020, Athlete, 20 Oct 2021)

Reason:

Her parents met through curling and with the international successes her dad, brother and uncle (Swedish national coach) have had, she loved the sport from the beginning. (Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling YouTube, 13 Apr 2019)

Ambition:

Motivated by winning major titles, and being the best version of herself while winning. Especially wants to win the World Championships. (worldcurling.org, 20 Feb 2020)

Training:

Trains with teammate Agnes Knochenhauer in Stockholm for 90 minutes each weekday morning, followed by lunch and off-ice workouts in the afternoon. Duration 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Team training is once a week in Stockholm.

Memorable:

Winning a gold medal at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. "We didn't have any expectations of the Olympics, I just wanted to have fun. I just wanted to play good and I wanted to be the best version of myself, and I wanted our team to be the best version or ourselves. It was the most fun I have ever had. We were so focused through the week so it was just like a landslide of feelings. It was amazing." (worldcurling.org, 20 Feb 2020)

Influence:

Brother. “He’s the one who knows all my demons, he knows how to say the right things at the right moments. He understands me.” (Athlete, 20 Oct 2021)

Ritual:

Pre-throw ritual: Cleans her slider (twice), cleans the underside of the stone, fixes her hair (because she can’t see if she doesn’t). (worldcurling.org, 20 Feb 2020)

Philosophy:

“Enjoy yourself. Be curious. Push yourself to be the best person you can be.” (Athlete, 20 Oct 2021)

Award:

HM The King’s Medal for Contributions with Swedish Sport (2019)
Best Female Athlete Team of PyeongChang 2018 at the ANOC Awards (2018)

General Interest

NO BABY BLUES
Three months after giving birth to her daughter Mira, in June 2020, she won the Women’s Masters Basel world tour event in Arlesheim, her first competition back after maternity leave. (tellerreport.com, 20 Sep 2020)

DREAM TEAM
Hasselborg, Sara McManus and Agnes Knochenhauer won gold together at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Flims. Split at the start of their senior careers, with Hasselborg and Knochenhauer teaming up, and McManus playing with future teammate Sofia Mabergs. In 2015, Hasselborg contacted McManus about forming a new team, with the goal of qualifying for the Olympic Winter Games. The quartet won gold in PyeongChang 2018, and have two European titles (2018, 2019) and two World Championship silver medals (2018, 2019). (sportsnet.ca, 20 Jan 2018)

NO MIXING
After winning the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Championship with Team Edin third Oskar Eriksson, her team decided to focus on women’s four-player team curling for Beijing. This opened the door for Almida De Val to contact Eriksson and recruit him for the 2020-21 season, which eventually resulted in Olympic bronze at Beijing 2022.

ICE TECHS
Prepares the ice surface for her own practice sessions along with teammate Agnes Knochenhauer. “I think it’s a big part of being a curler too, to understand ice. You should be curious. I’m a very curious person, I always ask a lot of questions.” (Athlete, 20 Oct 2021)

MORE SPORTING RELATIVES
Uncle Stefan Hasselborg (Curling): World Championship silver medallist (1985), European gold (1990) and bronze (1994) medallist. Sweden’s national coach from 1998-2010. Coached the women’s team to gold at two Olympic Winter Games (2006, 2010), one World Championship (2006) and two Europeans (2000, 2005); and the men’s team to two European titles (1998, 2001).

Cousin Mio Hasselborg (Curling): Back-to-back European Championship gold medallist (2001, 2002).

Milestones

First curler to simultaneously hold the European Championship, World Mixed doubles Championship and Olympic Winter Games titles.

Member of the first Swedish women’s team to win a Grand Slam title (2018) and the first women’s team to win three Grand Slam titles in a row.

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze
:: Bronze Medal Event

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