Sofia Mabergs

Bygg Ida Sofia Mabergs (born April 9, 1993) is a Swedish curler from Gävle.[1] She currently plays lead on Team Anna Hasselborg. With the Hasselborg rink, she won the gold medal in women's curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Sofia Mabergs
Curler
Anna Huhta, Mabergs (second from left), Cecilia Östlund, and Sara McManus at the 2015 Winter Universiade
Born
Sofia Mabergs

(1993-04-09) April 9, 1993
Malung
Team
Curling clubSundbybergs CK,
Sundbyberg, SWE
SkipAnna Hasselborg
ThirdSara McManus
SecondAgnes Knochenhauer
LeadSofia Mabergs
AlternateJohanna Heldin
Career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances		4 (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
European Championship
appearances		4 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2018)
Grand Slam victories5 (2018 Elite 10 (Sept.), 2018 Masters, 2019 Tour Challenge, 2019 National, 2020 Canadian Open)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2018 North Bay
2019 Silkeborg
European Championships
2018 Tallinn
2019 Helsingborg
2016 Renfrewshire
2017 St Gallen
European Mixed
2014 Copenhagen

Career

Juniors

Mabergs played lead on the Swedish junior women's team at the 2011 and 2012 World Junior Curling Championships, on teams skipped by Jonna McManus and Sara McManus respectively. At both events, Sweden placed fourth. Mabergs played third on the Swedish team, skipped by Sara McManus, at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships. That team would place fifth. Mabergs played lead for the University of Gävle team representing Sweden (and again, skipped by Sara McManus) at the 2015 Winter Universiade. There, the team finished fourth.

Mixed

Mabergs played lead for Sweden at the 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship on a team skipped by her brother[2] Patric. After posting a 6–2 record in their group, the team would win three straight playoff games to claim the gold medal.

Women's

Mabergs was the alternate on the Swedish team (skipped by Margaretha Sigfridsson) at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship. Mabergs did not play any games and the team finished 7th. In the off-season, Mabergs joined the Anna Hasselborg rink. The team would go on to win a silver medal at the 2016 European Curling Championships and represented Sweden at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship where they finished fourth.

In February 2018, her team of Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus and Agnes Knochenhauer won the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang defeating Kim Eun-jung in the final. The next month, the rink made it to the final of the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship but they lost in an extra end to Canada's Jennifer Jones.

Mabergs won her first Grand Slam in the inaugural women's Elite 10 in 2018, going undefeated through the tournament and defeating Silvana Tirinzoni in the final.[3] At the 2018 Masters, the Hasselborg rink won their second straight slam, defeating Rachel Homan in the final. The team lost the world final once again at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship, this time to Silvana Tirinzoni.

Team Hasselborg began the 2019–20 season at the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard where they defeated Anna Sidorova in the final. They missed the playoffs at the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic after going 2–2 in the round robin. They defended their title at the 2019 European Curling Championships. Down 4–3 in the tenth end of the final to Scotland's Eve Muirhead, Hasselborg made a runback on her final stone to score two and win. In Grand Slam play, Team Hasselborg were the most dominant team on the women's side, winning them the 2019–20 Pinty's Cup. They lost in the semifinal of the Masters to Tracy Fleury before winning the next three Slams, the Tour Challenge, National and the Canadian Open. The team was set to represent Sweden at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] The Canadian Open would be their last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[6]

The Hasselborg rink won the first event of the 2020–21 season, defeating Raphaela Keiser in the final of the 2020 Women's Masters Basel.[7]

Personal life

Mabergs is currently in a relationship with Canadian curler Brady Scharback.[1] Her older brother is Swedish curler Patric Mabergs.

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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Masters DNP SF SF C SF
Tour Challenge T2 SF F DNP C
National Q Q DNP QF C
Canadian Open DNP SF Q Q C
Players' DNP SF QF F N/A
Champions Cup DNP F QF DNP N/A

Former events
Event 2018–19
Elite 10 C

References
  1. "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  2. http://www.allehanda.se/sport/em-guld-till-lag-wrana
  3. "Hasselborg makes GSOC history winning 1st Elite 10 women's title". www.thegrandslamofcurling.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  4. The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  6. "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  7. Video (full game): 2020 Women's Masters Basel - Final - Raphaela Keiser (Switzerland) vs Anna Hasselborg (Sweden) on YouTube
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