CHAMPION: Dupont Wins 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

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Madeleine
Dupont

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Mathilde
Halse

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Denise
Dupont

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My
Larsen

Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN) won 5-4 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, held November 19 - 26, 2022 in Ostersund, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Dupont won 11-3 over Rebecca Morrison (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals

Dupont finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dupont defeated Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) 10-6, then won 9-6 against Marianne Roervik (Oslo, NOR) and 9-1 against Csilia Halasz (Budapest, HUN). Dupont won 11-6 against Morrison, then won 9-6 against Tirinzoni and 9-2 against Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). Dupont went on to lose 10-5 against Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR). Dupont responded with a 7-2 win over Santa Blumberga (Riga, LAT). Dupont won 12-3 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships Championship title, Dupont earned 56.250 world rankings points. For week 17 of the event schedule, Dupont did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Dupont ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

An early-season slump well behind them, Kayla Skrlik's Calgary-based team is rising up the rankings and appears primed to peak at the right time.

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