Mathilde Halse
{{Short description|Danish curler (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Mathilde Halse
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|5|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nuuk, Greenland{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/03/2020-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide.pdf |title=2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Curling Canada |access-date=2020-03-09 |quote=}}
| Curling club = Hvidovre CC,
Hvidovre
Gentofte CC,
Gentofte
| Skip = Madeleine Dupont
| Third = Mathilde Halse
| Second = Denise Dupont
| Lead = My Larsen
| Alternate = Jasmin Holtermann
| Member Association = {{DEN}}
| World Championship appearances = 5 ({{WWCC|2021}}, {{WWCC|2022}}, {{WWCC|2023}}, {{WWCC|2024}}, {{WWCC|2025}})
| European Championship appearances = 7 ({{EuCC|2017}}, {{EuCC|2018}}, {{EuCC|2019}}, {{EuCC|2021}}, {{EuCC|2022}}, {{EuCC|2023}}, {{EuCC|2024}})
| Olympic appearances = 2 (2018, 2022)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's Curling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Curling Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2022 Östersund | }}
}}
Mathilde Emma Halse (born 2 May 1999) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen.{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2024/03/2024-BKT-Tires-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-V1.pdf |title=2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide |work=Curling Canada |accessdate=11 March 2024}} She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/curling/athlete-profile-n3028769-mathilde-halse.htm |title=Mathilde HALSE |work=Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games |access-date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206022122/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/curling/athlete-profile-n3028769-mathilde-halse.htm |archive-date=6 February 2018 |url-status=dead}} She currently plays third on the Danish National Women's Curling Team skipped by Madeleine Dupont.
Career
She started curling in 2014. Before that she was a figure skater.{{cn|date=November 2023}} Halse became the skip of the Danish National Junior Women's Curling Team in 2019, where she skipped the team at the 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships (January). They lost in the quarterfinals and would not qualify for the World Juniors. Later that year, she became the skip of the National Women's Team and represented Denmark at the 2019 European Curling Championships, where they went 2–7. This qualified them for the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cp-newsalert-world-women-s-curling-championship-cancelled-1.1456723 |title=World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled |website=The Sports Network |author=The Canadian Press |date=12 March 2020 |access-date=9 May 2021}}{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2020/03/wwcc2020-cancelled/ |title=World Women’s Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada |date=12 March 2020 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=9 May 2021}} At the 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships (December), the team was successful in qualifying for the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships in Krasnoyarsk, Russia where they went 4–5.
Halse competed at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship as third for the Danish team skipped by Madeleine Dupont. The event was played in a bio-secure "bubble" to prevent the spread of the virus. The Danish team qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2011, finishing the round robin with an 8–5 record. They then lost in the qualification game to the United States, skipped by Tabitha Peterson 8–7.{{Cite news |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/other-sports/news/world-womens-curling-championship-2021-results-standings-schedule-tv-channel/u71y40j4c3avz93qns1vkuc3 |title=World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel |publisher=Sporting News |author=Jackie Spiegel |date=9 May 2021 |access-date=9 May 2021}}
Halse became European champion with the Danish national team at the 2022 Women's European Curling Championships after an extra-end win over the Swiss team skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni. This was a second-ever European title for Danish women, with the previous win coming in 1994.{{Cite web |last= |date=26 November 2022 |title=Denmark win Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2022 women’s title |url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/11/ecc2022-women-gold/ |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=World Curling Federation |language=en-GB}}
In April 2023, Halse announced on social media that she would take a break from competitive curling for a season to focus on her studies.{{Cite web |last=Halse |date=30 April 2023 |title=Announcement about taking a break from competitive curling |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CrqEFRftpw5/ |access-date=1 August 2023 |website=Instagram}}
Personal life
As of 2024, Halse has completed a physiotherapy education. She works as a physical therapist.{{cn|date=November 2024}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Sports links}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220226085445/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1013766-mathilde-halse.htm Mathilde Halse] at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)
- {{facebook|Team.Lander.Halse|Team Lander-Halse}}
{{Footer European Curling Champions (women)}}
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Category:Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Danish female curlers
Category:Olympic curlers for Denmark
Category:Sportspeople from Gentofte Municipality
Category:Curlers from Copenhagen
Category:Greenlandic sportswomen
Category:Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:21st-century Danish sportswomen
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