Heili Grossmann
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| Born | 23 November 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Tallinn CC, Tallinn, EST | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Liisa Turmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fourth | Erika Tuvike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Kerli Laidsalu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Heili Grossmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Estonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 2 (2021, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 5 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Heili Grossmann (born 23 November 1984 in Tartu) is an Estonian curler from Tallinn, Estonia.[1] She currently plays lead on the Estonian women's curling team skipped by Liisa Turmann.
Career[edit]
Grossmann competed in her first international event at the 2017 European Curling Championships where she served as alternate for the Marie Turmann rink. There, the team won the bronze medal in the B Division.[2] Grossmann joined the Turmann team the following season as their second. Team Turmann had won the 2018 Estonian Women's Curling Championship,[3] qualifying the team to represent Estonia at the 2018 European Curling Championships At the 2018 Euros, the team finished second in the B Division, losing in the final to Norway's Kristin Skaslien.[4][5] This qualified Estonia for the 2019 World Qualification Event for a chance to make it to the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship. Grossmann did not compete at the qualification event, as she was replaced by Triin Madisson. In 2019, the team won their first World Curling Tour event at the Tallinn Ladies International Challenger.[6] A few weeks later, the team once again represented Estonia at the 2019 European Curling Championships where they got to compete in the A Division. They finished with a 2–7 record, which qualified them once again for the 2020 World Qualification Event.[7] There, they just missed the playoffs with a 4–3 record.[8] The team won two more national championships in 2020[9] and 2021.[10]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the field at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship was expanded to fourteen teams, after the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship was cancelled.[11] The 2021 event was originally planned to be hosted by Switzerland, giving that nation an automatic entry. This gave Europe an extra qualification spot for the 2021 Worlds, which was based on the results of the 2019 European Championship, the last Euros held before the pandemic.[12] As they had finished eighth, this qualified Estonia and the Turmann rink for the 2021 Worlds,[1] the first time Estonia would play at the World Championships.[13] At the World Championships, the team finished in last with a 1–12 record. Their lone win came against Germany.[14]
Personal life[edit]
Grossmann is employed a global human resources systems expert. She is married and has two children.[1]
Teams[edit]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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| 2012–13[15] | Anne-Liis Leht | Margit Peebo | Heili Grossmann | Ülle Lumiste | Tene Link |
| 2014–15 | Anne-Liis Leht | Heili Grossmann | Tene Link | Viktoria Rudenko | Margit Peebo |
| 2015–16 | Anne-Liis Leht | Viktoria Rudenko | Tene Link | Kaja Liik-Tamm | Heili Grossmann |
| 2017–18 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Laidsalu | Victoria-Laura Lõhmus | Erika Tuvike | Heili Grossmann |
| 2018–19 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Laidsalu | Heili Grossmann | Erika Tuvike | Liisa Turmann |
| 2019–20 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Laidsalu | Heili Grossmann | Erika Tuvike | Liisa Turmann |
| 2020–21 | Marie Turmann | Liisa Turmann | Heili Grossmann | Erika Tuvike | Kerli Laidsalu |
| 2021–22 | Kerli Laidsalu (Fourth) | Liisa Turmann (Skip) | Heili Grossmann | Erika Tuvike | Karoliine Kaare |
| 2023–24 | Marie Kaldvee | Liisa Turmann | Kerli Laidsalu | Erika Tuvike | Heili Grossmann |
| Erika Tuvike (Fourth) | Kerli Laidsalu | Liisa Turmann (Skip) | Heili Grossmann |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "B-Division highlights". World Curling Federation. November 25, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "2018 Estonian Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "B-Division final line-ups set". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "Norway women and Denmark men win European B-Division". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "Champion: Turmann Wins 2019 Tallinn Ladies International Chellenger". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ Céline Stucki (November 21, 2019). "Women's semi-final line-ups complete". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "2020 World Qualification Event". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "Eesti Meistrivõistlused Kurlingus 2019/2020 a" (PDF) (in Estonian). Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "Eesti Meistrivõistlused Kurlingus 2020/2021 a". Google Docs. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ Tom Rowland (October 6, 2020). "World Championships expanded to 14 teams for 2020–2021 season". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ Céline Stucki (September 1, 2020). "Five 2020–2021 season world qualification events cancelled". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "Eesti kurlingunaiskond alustab homme ajaloolist MM-i, suurvõistluse eel tuvastati ühes koondises koroona". Delfi Sport (in Estonian). Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ Jackie Spiegel (May 9, 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
- ^ "Heili Grossmann Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
