Analena Jentsch

Analena Jentsch (born 28 May 1997) is a retired German curler from Füssen. She formerly played lead on the German National Women's Curling Team skipped by her sister Daniela Jentsch.

Analena Jentsch
Curler
Born	Analena Jentsch (1997-05-28) 28 May 1997 (age 26) Füssen, Germany
Team
Curling club	CC Füssen Füssen, GER
Curling career
Member Association	Germany
World Championship appearances	8 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
European Championship appearances	7 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Medal record Women's Curling Representing  Germany European Curling Championships 2018 Tallinn 2021 Lillehammer

Career

When she was just 17, Jentsch participated in her first World Women's Curling Championship at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship. Her team of her sister Daniela Jentsch at skip, Stella Heiß at second and Pia-Lisa Schöll at lead beat top teams Sweden and United States before losing their last five games to finish with a record of 4–7. Jentsch played in her first European Curling Championships the following season at the 2015 European Curling Championships as third for the German team. The team missed the playoffs with a 4–5 record but did qualify their country for the 2016 World Championship. The team struggled during the week of the World Championships, finishing the round robin in tenth place with a 3–8 record.

The next season, Jentsch would win her first World Curling Tour event, the Latvia International Challenger.^[1][2] At the 2016 Euros, the German team finished 4–5 again which was once again enough to qualify for the 2017 Worlds. At the Worlds, the team was sitting at 5–4 with two games left. The Germans had a chance to qualify for the playoffs. Unfortunately, they would lose their last two games to Scotland and Czech Republic, ending their chance of reaching the playoffs. That season, the German team was met with disappointment. They tried to qualify for the Olympic Games, at the 2018 Winter Olympic qualification event, but they finished with a record of 2–4, missing the playoffs.

The next season, the team once again qualified for the Worlds after going 3–6 at the Euros. But like in 2016, the team struggled at the World Championship, finishing in twelfth with a 3–9 record. The following season, the German team would have success at the Europeans. They reached the playoffs for the first time in their careers with a 5–4 record. In the semifinal, they lost to the Swiss team Silvana Tirinzoni 6–4. In the bronze medal game though, the Germans turned things around. The team would win the game 7–4, winning them the Bronze Medal.^[3] It was her first medal at an international competition.^[4] Jentsch also won her second tour event this season. Two months after the Europeans, the team won the Qinghai Curling Elite.^[5][6] At the Worlds, her team of Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes and Klara-Hermine Fomm were sitting at 4–6 after their tenth game with two still to go. The team had another chance to clinch a playoff spot. But once again they lost their next game eliminating them from contention.^[7] The team did have a good final game though, beating eventual winners Switzerland 10–8 after scoring four in the last end.^[8]

Team Jentsch's first event of the 2019–20 season was at the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker where they lost in the quarterfinals. They also had playoff appearances at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic and the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic making the semifinals in both events.^[9][10] The German team also qualified for their first Grand Slam of Curling event, the 2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2 where they went 1–3, missing the playoffs. At the 2019 European Curling Championships, the team did not qualify for the playoffs like in 2018, finishing the round-robin in fifth place with a 5–4 record. The team was set to represent Germany at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11][12]

Team Jentsch represented Germany at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship, which was played in a bio-secure bubble in Calgary, Canada due the ongoing pandemic. The team had to play with just three players as second Klara-Hermine Fomm and alternate Emira Abbes tested positive for COVID-19 upon their arrival, and had to be quarantined.^[13] At the Worlds, the threesome of Daniela Jentsch, Mia Höhne and Jentsch finished in ninth place with a 6–7 record.^[14]

The 2021–22 season began for Team Jentsch at the 2021 Euro Super Series where they reached the semifinal round before losing to Rebecca Morrison. They also reached the semifinals of the 2021 Sherwood Park Women's Curling Classic where they were eliminated by Kerri Einarson. In October, the team won the Alberta Curling Series: Thistle tour event, defeating Kayla Skrlik in the final.^[15] At the 2021 European Curling Championships, Team Jentsch finished the round robin with a 6–3 record, qualifying for the playoffs again as the fourth seed. They then lost to Scotland's Eve Muirhead in the semifinal, however, were able to rebound to secure the bronze medal, once again defeating Russia's Alina Kovaleva rink in the bronze medal game.^[16] The team's next event was the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event, where they attempted to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics. After a slow start, they could not rebound in time to reach the qualification round, finishing in sixth place with a 3–5 record. In January, they competed in back-to-back tour events in Switzerland, reaching the semifinals of the St. Galler Elite Challenge and the final of the International Bernese Ladies Cup where they lost to Raphaela Keiser.^[17] Next for the team was the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship where they finished in ninth place with a 5–7 record. Because of their successful tour season, Team Jentsch had enough points to qualify for the year-end 2022 Players' Championship, their first top tier Grand Slam event. There, they finished with 2–3 record, just missing the playoff round.^[18]

Team Jentsch began the 2022–23 season at the 2022 Euro Super Series where they defeated Maia Ramsfjell, skipping Team Marianne Rørvik, 5–3 in the championship game.^[19] In the fall, the team played in two Grand Slam events, the 2022 National and the 2022 Tour Challenge, failing to qualify at both. Unlike 2021, the team could not qualify for the playoffs at the 2022 European Curling Championships, finishing seventh overall with a 5–4 record.^[20] After failing to reach the playoffs in seven straight events, Team Jentsch turned things around in the new year. They won back-to-back titles at the 2023 New Year Medalist Curling and the 2023 Mercure Perth Masters after going on a twelve-game win streak.^[21] They also had quarterfinal appearances at the St. Galler Elite Challenge and the 2023 International Bernese Ladies Cup. The team's final event of the season was the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship. After eight games, they sat tied for third in the standings with a good chance of making the playoffs.^[22] Unfortunately, however, they lost their final four round robin games, falling to tenth place with a 5–7 record.^[23]

Following the 2022–23 season, she, along with her sister, retired from competitive curling.^[24]

Personal life

Jentsch is employed as a soldier athlete. Her sister, Daniela Jentsch is the skip of her team. Their parents are also well-known German curlers. Their father, Roland Jentsch was the European men's champion in 1991 and their mother Christiane Jentsch won the gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.^[25]

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
2012–13^[26]	Daniela Jentsch	Martina Linder	Marika Trettin	Analena Jentsch
2013–14	Daniela Jentsch	Martina Linder	Marika Trettin	Analena Jentsch
2014–15	Daniela Jentsch	Analena Jentsch	Stella Heiß	Pia-Lisa Schöll	Marika Trettin
2015–16	Daniela Jentsch	Analena Jentsch	Marika Trettin	Pia-Lisa Schöll	Maike Beer
2016–17	Daniela Jentsch	Analena Jentsch	Josephine Obermann	Pia-Lisa Schöll	Emira Abbes
2017–18	Daniela Jentsch	Josephine Obermann	Analena Jentsch	Pia-Lisa Schöll	Emira Abbes
2018–19	Daniela Jentsch	Emira Abbes	Analena Jentsch	Klara-Hermine Fomm	Mia Höhne
2019–20	Daniela Jentsch	Emira Abbes	Klara-Hermine Fomm	Analena Jentsch	Mia Höhne
2020–21	Daniela Jentsch	Emira Abbes	Alina Androsova-Kaulfersch	Analena Jentsch	Pia-Lisa Schöll
	Daniela Jentsch	Mia Höhne	Klara-Hermine Fomm	Analena Jentsch	Emira Abbes
2021–22	Daniela Jentsch	Emira Abbes	Mia Höhne	Analena Jentsch	Klara-Hermine Fomm
2022–23	Daniela Jentsch	Emira Abbes	Mia Höhne	Analena Jentsch
	Daniela Jentsch	Emira Abbes	Lena Kapp	Analena Jentsch	Pia-Lisa Schöll

References

1. "Latvia International Challenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
2. "Team Jentsch wins Latvia International Challenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
3. "2018 European Curling Championships: Bronze Medal Game Russia vs Germany" (PDF). Retrieved August 23, 2019.
4. "Euros 2019". Spiegel Online. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
5. "Qinghai Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
6. "Team Jentsch wins Qinghai Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
7. Strong, Gregory (March 15, 2019). "A capsule look at teams competing at the World Women's Curling Championship". National Post. The Canadian Press. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
8. "2019 World Women's Curling Championships: Draw 20 Switzerland vs Germany" (PDF). Retrieved August 23, 2019.
9. "2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
10. "2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic". Facebook. Team Jentsch. October 20, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
11. The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
12. "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
13. George Karrys (April 30, 2021). "Let's Send Love to The Germans". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
14. Jackie Spiegel (May 9, 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
15. "2021 Alberta Curling Series: Thistle". CurlingZone. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
16. "Germany women win European bronze medals in Lillehammer". World Curling Federation. November 26, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
17. "2022 International Bernese Ladies Cup: Spielplan + Resultate / schedule + results". Curling Bern. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
18. Jonathan Brazeau (April 15, 2022). "Wrana, Homan and Hasselborg make the cut for Players' Championship playoffs". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
19. "Jentsch wins Euro Super Series season opener". British Curling. August 21, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
20. "Live Blog: Day six at the ECC". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
21. "Jentsch wins Perth Masters". CurlingZone. January 7, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
22. "Canada's Einarson bounces back against South Korea after loss to Germany at curling worlds". CBC Sports. March 22, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
23. "Live Blog: Day seven at the WWCC". World Curling Federation. March 24, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
24. @teamjentsch (May 16, 2023). "Retirement Announcement" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
25. Louisa De Bellis. "Daniela Jentsch: "Ich will ich sein und davon die beste version."" (in German). Athlet. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
26. "Analena Jentsch Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

External links

• Analena Jentsch at World Curling 
• Jentsch Sisters Leave German Curling