Jacob Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) won 10-9 over Wesley Wendling (Wausau, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland. of the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland; Jacob Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) won 10-9 over Wesley Wendling (Wausau, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland. Schmidt lost
7-5 to
Italy's Stefano Gilli in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Schmidt finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schmidt defeated
Liqiunan Tao (Beijing, CHN) 6-2, then won
10-9 against
Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) and
8-4 against
Sam Flanagan (Naseby, NZL). Schmidt won
11-3 against
Wendling. Schmidt went on to lose
6-3 against
Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR). Schmidt lost
8-7 to
Italy's Stefano Gilli where Schmidt responded with a
9-8 win over
Manuel Jermann (Arlesheim, SUI). Schmidt won
9-7 against
Orrin Carson (Stirling, SCO), then won
7-6 against
Johnson Tao (Edmonton, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Schmidt earn
13.500 world rankings points. For week 31 of the event schedule, Schmidt did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Schmidt ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
