Selina Rychiger
{{Short description|Swiss curler (born 2003)}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Selina Rychiger
| image =
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| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|11|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Matten, Switzerland{{Cite news|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cea3FDPNBz0/|title=Meet the team|publisher=@teamschwallergc|website=Instagram|date=June 5, 2022|access-date=December 22, 2024}}
| Curling club = GC Zurich,
Zurich, SUI{{Cite news|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/27/xenia-schwaller-die-nachwuchs-curlerin-wird-fluegge/|title=Xenia Schwaller: Die nachwuchs-curlerin wird flügge|language=German|publisher=GC.Zürich|date=June 25, 2023|access-date=December 22, 2024}}
| Skip = Xenia Schwaller
| Third = Selina Gafner
| Second = Fabienne Rieder
| Lead = Selina Rychiger
| Alternate =
| Mixed doubles partner = Simon Gloor
| Member Association = {{SUI}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's Curling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{SUI}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2024 Lohja | }}
}}
Selina Rychiger (born 7 November 2003) is a Swiss curler from Bern.{{Cite web|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/teams/team-xenia-schwaller/|title=Team Xenia Schwaller|website=Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=December 22, 2024}} She currently plays lead on Team Xenia Schwaller. Playing for Schwaller, Rychiger won gold at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships.
Career
Rychiger won back-to-back bronze medals at the Swiss Junior Curling Championships in 2019 and 2020 as alternate for Fabienne Rieder.{{Cite web|url=https://resultat.curling.ch/archiv/juniors/2018-19/juniorinnen/a-sm/|title=Juniorinnen A SM / CS A juniors filles 2018-19|website=Swiss Curling|access-date=December 22, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://resultat.curling.ch/archiv/juniors/2019-20/juniorinnen/a-sm/|title=Juniorinnen A SM / CS A juniors filles 2019-20|website=Swiss Curling|access-date=December 22, 2024}} With most of the 2020–21 season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, her team only played in one event, finishing 1–3 at the 2020 Women's Masters Basel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=6611&teamid=149004|title=2020 Women's Masters Basel|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 22, 2024}} The following season, the team finished second at the Swiss trials for both the 2022 and 2023 World Junior Curling Championships to the Grasshopper Club Zurich led by Xenia Schwaller.{{Cite news|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUSfCCzMkRo/|title=World Junior Championships here we come!!|publisher=@teamschwallergc|website=Instagram|date=September 26, 2021|access-date=December 22, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://resultat.curling.ch/archiv/juniors/2021-22/juniorinnen/a-sm/|title=Juniorinnen A SM / CS A juniors filles 2021-22|website=Swiss Curling|access-date=December 22, 2024}} Following the season, Rychiger and Rieder joined the Zurich rink at alternate and third respectively, replacing Malin Da Ros and Sarah Müller. The team also consisted of skip Xenia Schwaller, second Marion Wüest and lead Selina Gafner.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cea24WktlD_/|title=Announcement: Malin decided to step back from competitive curling to focus on studies|publisher=@teamschwallergc|website=Instagram|date=June 5, 2022|access-date=December 22, 2024}}
Team Schwaller began competing in more women's events during the 2022–23 season while still junior eligible. The team played in the 2022 Women's Masters Basel where they went undefeated until the quarterfinals where they narrowly lost to the Silvana Tirinzoni rink 4–3.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=7468#1|title=2022 Women's Masters Basel|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 22, 2024}} They continued their momentum into the rest of the season, going undefeated to claim the Match Town Trophy in October and the St. Galler Elite Challenge in the new year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nordiccurlingtour.com/match-town-trophy-2022|title=2022 Match Town Trophy|website=Nordic Curling Tour|access-date=December 22, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=7433|title=2023 St. Galler Elite Challenge|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 22, 2024}} They also won the OVCA U21 Junior Superspiel in Ottawa, Ontario, defeating many of the top ranked Canadian junior teams in the process. In February, the team represented Switzerland at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships where they were dominant through the round robin, qualifying for the playoffs with an undefeated 9–0 record. In the semifinal, they faced Japan. After controlling most of the match, the gave up three points in the tenth end to lose 7–5. They could not recover in the bronze medal game, finishing fourth after an 8–5 loss to Norway.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/curling/news/china-scotland-win-world-junior-curling-crowns|title=China, Scotland Win World Junior Curling Crowns|publisher=The Curling News|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=March 4, 2023|access-date=December 22, 2024}} The next month, the team turned things around by once again going undefeated to capture the 2023 Swiss junior championship, qualifying for the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships the following season.{{Cite web|url=https://resultat.curling.ch/archiv/2022-23/a-sm-girls/|title=Juniorinnen A SM / CS A juniors filles 2022-23|website=Swiss Curling|access-date=December 22, 2024}}
Throughout the 2023–24 season, Team Schwaller became a dominant force on the women's tour, defeating many of the top teams in the world. Their triumphant run began at the 2023 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic where they advanced to the semifinals after previous victories over Ha Seung-youn, Laurie St-Georges and Kim Eun-jung.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=7819&view=Main#1|title=2023 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 22, 2024}} The team then won four straight tour events. On the Nordic Curling Tour, they defended their title at the Match Town Trophy before also claiming the Sundbyberg Open and the Danish Open.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nordiccurlingtour.com/Match-Town-Trophy-2023|title=2023 Match Town Trophy|website=Nordic Curling Tour|access-date=December 22, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nordiccurlingtour.com/danish-open|title=2023 Danish Open|website=Nordic Curling Tour|access-date=December 22, 2024}} They then won the DeKalb Superspiel in Canada, defeating the likes of Krista McCarville, Delaney Strouse and Selena Sturmay in the process.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=7984&teamid=170308&eventid=7984&teamid=171084|title=2023 DeKalb Superspiel|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 22, 2024}} In the final, they won 6–5 over Serena Gray-Withers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/scott-howard-leads-three-man-team-to-impressive-victory-in-penticton-against-stacked-field-1.2044653|title=Scott Howard leads three man team to impressive victory in Penticton against stacked field|publisher=TSN|date=December 4, 2023|access-date=December 22, 2024}} At the 2023 Western Showdown, they defeated 2018 Olympic gold medalist Anna Hasselborg in their round robin meeting, eventually losing to Korea's Gim Eun-ji in a qualification game.{{youTube|xkeuph_caTo|Video (full game): 2023 Western Showdown – Anna Hasselborg vs. Xenia Schwaller}}
To begin the 2024 part of their season, they went undefeated until the final of the 2024 Cortina Curling Cup, falling 6–4 to Turkey's Dilşat Yıldız.{{Cite news|url=https://cortinacurlingcup.com/news/e-il-team-yildiz-a-inaugurare-lalbo-doro-della-cortina-curling-cup/|title=È il team Yildiz a inaugurare l'albo d'oro della Cortina Curling Cup|language=Italian|publisher=Cortina Curling Cup|date=January 13, 2024|access-date=December 22, 2024}} They then played in the 2024 International Bernese Ladies Cup where after a 3–2 round robin record, they defeated the world number one ranked Team Silvana Tirinzoni in the quarterfinals before losing out to Korea's Gim in the semifinals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingbern.ch/55-Internationaler-Berner-Damen-Cup-2024#|title=55. Internationaler Berner Damen Cup 2024|website=Curling Bern|access-date=December 22, 2024}} Next for Team Schwaller was the 2024 Swiss Women's Curling Championship where they again beat Tirinzoni in the round robin, along with Corrie Hürlimann and Roxane Héritier to finish 3–1 and qualifying directly for the final. There, they could not beat Tirinzoni for a third time, losing the match 5–4 and settling for silver.{{Cite web|url=https://resultat.curling.ch/archiv/2023-24/elite-sm-frauen/|title=Level 2: SM Frauen / CS femmes 2023/24|website=Swiss Curling|access-date=December 22, 2024}} Their success throughout the season made them the highest ranked team headed into the World Junior championships in Lohja, Finland. For the second straight year, they finished 9–0 through the round robin, again earning the top spot in the playoff round.{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2024/02/wjcc2024-day6/|title=Semi-finals set at World Juniors|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=February 22, 2024|access-date=December 22, 2024}} They then beat Canada's Myla Plett in the semifinal before securing the gold medal with a dominant 10–3 win against Japan's Momoha Tabata.{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2024/02/wjcc2024-w-medal-games/|title=Switzerland women crowned world junior champions|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=February 24, 2024|access-date=December 22, 2024}} With the amount of points cumulated throughout the season, Team Schwaller became the first junior team to qualify outright for a Grand Slam of Curling event.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/eight-ends-what-you-need-to-know-for-the-2024-princess-auto-players-championship/|title=Eight Ends: What you need to know for the 2024 Princess Auto Players' Championship|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=April 8, 2024|access-date=December 22, 2024}} At the year-end 2024 Players' Championship, the team finished with a 1–4 record, defeating four-time Canadian champion Kerri Einarson 6–4 in their sole win.{{Cite news|url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/schwaller-upsets-einarson-at-players-championship-to-score-first-win-in-gsoc/|title=Schwaller upsets Einarson at Players' Championship to score first win in GSOC|publisher=Grand Slam of Curling|author=Jonathan Brazeau|date=April 10, 2024|access-date=December 22, 2024}}
Personal life
Rychiger and her teammates are employed as soldier athletes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DCR2fMoNBXg/|title=Sports Army|publisher=@teamschwallergc|website=Instagram|date=November 12, 2024|access-date=December 22, 2024}}
Teams
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col"| Season
! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2018–19{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=42157&view=Teams#1|title=Selina Rychiger Past Teams|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 22, 2024}}
| Fabienne Rieder || Selina Gafner || Nadine Rieder || Larissa Rubin || Selina Rychiger |
| scope="row"| 2019–20
| Fabienne Rieder || Selina Gafner || Tina Zürcher || Nadine Rieder || Selina Rychiger |
| scope="row"| 2020–21
| Fabienne Rieder || Xenia Schwaller || Tina Zürcher || Selina Rychiger || Nadine Rieder |
| scope="row"| 2021–22
| Fabienne Rieder || Tina Zürcher || Laurane Flückiger || Selina Rychiger || |
| scope="row"| 2022–23
| Xenia Schwaller || Fabienne Rieder || Marion Wüest || Selina Gafner || Selina Rychiger |
| scope="row"| 2023–24
| Xenia Schwaller || Selina Gafner || Fabienne Rieder || Selina Rychiger || Marion Wüest |
| scope="row"| 2024–25
| Xenia Schwaller || Selina Gafner || Fabienne Rieder || Selina Rychiger || |
References
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External links
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