Mirjam Ott

Mirjam Ott (born 27 January 1972 in Bern) is a retired Swiss curler from Laax, Switzerland. She is the former skip of the Swiss women's team, representing the country at four Winter Olympics, seven World Championships and eleven European Championships. She currently coaches the Silvana Tirinzoni rink.^[1]

Mirjam Ott
Curler
Ott at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Born	(1972-01-27) 27 January 1972 (age 53) Bern, Switzerland
Curling career
Member Association	Switzerland
World Championship appearances	7 (1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
European Championship appearances	11 (1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Olympic appearances	4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Medal record Women's Curling Representing  Switzerland Winter Olympics 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin World Championships 2012 Lethbridge 2008 Vernon European Championships 1996 Copenhagen 2008 Örnsköldsvik 2004 Sofia 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2009 Aberdeen 2001 Vierumäki 2006 Basel 2010 Champéry 2013 Stavanger

Career

Ott won the Olympic silver medal twice; in the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City (with skip Luzia Ebnöther) and 2006 in Turin (as skip herself), making her the first woman with two Olympic medals in curling. In 2008 the team won the European Championship in Sweden. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, her team finished a disappointing fourth place, as Ott's touch completely deserted her late in the semi-final and bronze medal matches. Ott won the 2012 World Women's Curling Championship after defeating Sweden's Margaretha Sigfridsson in the final.

At the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, Ott skipped her team to a second consecutive fourth-place finish at the Olympic Winter Games. Switzerland were beaten 6-5 by Great Britain in the Bronze Medal match. She retired following the 2013–14 season.^[2]

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead
1996–97	Mirjam Ott	Marianne Flotron Manuela Kormann	Franziska von Känel	Caroline Balz
2001–02	Luzia Ebnöther	Mirjam Ott	Tanya Frei	Nadia Röthlisberger Laurence Bidaud
2004–05	Mirjam Ott	Binia Beeli	Brigitte Schori	Michèle Knobel
2005–06	Mirjam Ott	Binia Beeli	Valeria Spälty	Michèle Moser
2006–07	Mirjam Ott	Binia Feltscher-Beeli	Valeria Spälty	Janine Greiner
2007–08	Mirjam Ott	Carmen Schäfer	Valeria Spälty	Janine Greiner
2008–09	Mirjam Ott	Carmen Schäfer	Valeria Spälty	Janine Greiner
2009–10	Mirjam Ott	Carmen Schäfer	Carmen Küng	Janine Greiner
2010–11	Mirjam Ott	Carmen Schäfer	Carmen Küng	Janine Greiner
2011–12	Mirjam Ott	Carmen Schäfer	Carmen Küng	Janine Greiner
2012–13	Mirjam Ott	Carmen Schäfer	Carmen Küng	Janine Greiner
2013–14	Mirjam Ott	Carmen Schäfer	Carmen Küng	Janine Greiner

Grand Slam record

Key
C	Champion
F	Lost in Final
SF	Lost in Semifinal
QF	Lost in Quarterfinals
R16	Lost in the round of 16
Q	Did not advance to playoffs
T2	Played in Tier 2 event
DNP	Did not participate in event
N/A	Not a Grand Slam event that season

Event	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14
Autumn Gold	N/A	DNP	SF	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries	N/A	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q
Masters	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Q	SF
Colonial Square	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Q	DNP
Players'	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q	DNP	Q	DNP