Operating economist and a Curling player, without my own apartment

Finished, the end. About seven years Silvana Tirinzoni worked as a project Manager at a Bank. She earned good money and met a bold and completely change the mode in Weiz's decision: two weeks Ago, she Packed up her things in the Bank, and sets everything on a map: Curling. On a Sport so fascinating in this country during the Olympic Games, a wide mass, but then again, the anonymity disappears. A few spectators, a few sponsors, very little money – that's Curling in Switzerland.

As Tirinzoni had with your Team for the winter games of 2018, qualified, worked until the day before the departure to South Korea. The Swiss were Seventh. Today she says: "If I can still participate in the Olympics, I want to give me a realistic Chance to win a medal. And I can't imagine that I would have a 50-percent workload, as in the past."

"I know that I have achieved something Special in my life. That always makes me happy again."Silvana Tirinzoni

In June, the Zurich-40 was. The business economist with a continuing education and training as a financial analyst and an asset consultant in the private sector, brilliant perspectives. Now you must keep with a reasonable Budget and for not living with a colleague in a shared apartment, "an apartment of your own is in there". But Tirinzoni is happy. Because they feel the longer, the less well-off in a "normal" life, with the ever-recurring sequence, the similar Work. As a Curling player, you are traveling abroad, learn other cultures, but above all, they experienced emotions, goes through UPS and Downs. "This is more satisfying for me, as if I could afford this and that."

The disappointment: On the big stage, they made a mess

Since Saturday Tirinzoni plays with the CC Aarau at the European Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden. A year ago, when she started at the European title fight to their until then biggest success: Ten games in the series won, the team lost in the Final against the Olympic Champions from Sweden. Today, you referred to this tournament as a key moment: "Because I saw what potential there is in the Team, and felt that it was very good." A few months later, the women of CC Aarau in the world Cup met in the Final back to Sweden and won. Tirinzoni speaks of a satisfaction, a relief. "I know that I have achieved something Special in my life. That always makes me happy again."

Who is considered Tirinzonis career, understands the importance of this statement: in 1999, she was Junior world champion, she made it as the only Swiss rider to win two Grand Slam tournaments, has been one of the Best in the world. But then, if you could represent Switzerland at a world Cup (three times), EM, or at Olympia (once) – so on the greatest stage, you failed to get. And so Tirinzoni received presses a stamp on the nerves weak, the Unfinished.

Andreas Schwaller won the 2002 Olympic bronze, multiple European and world championship precious metal. Today, he is a high-performance sport-in-chief of the Union and says he only know a few athletes who had such a passion for the Sport as Tirinzoni. "It took 20 years until she was able to celebrate title success. Many would have given up earlier, you are fascinated by stop will it to me." The mendicant should throw, you've never pulled in recital, holds Tirinzoni. "Because I always had the feeling that It might still work." And Because you do not want to accept the drawer in which it was inserted.

Tirinzoni refers to its successes on the World Tour, where she defeated multiple high-profile competition. Only Those results found to be outside the scene little attention – other than an appearance at the European Championships, world Championships or the Olympic games. "Still, I never had the feeling that the nerves were playing a prank. And I'm glad I was able to put this prejudice is reflected."

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The secret of success: the belly and the head have been found

perhaps The crucial piece of the puzzle to success Tirinzoni was, of all things, after their biggest disappointment, 2018. Because one of their players had to be inside to stop health due, to saw you, and came rapidly to a name: Alina Pätz. The 29-year-old from Zurich, had led the Team to the Baden 2015 Skip to the world Cup title and after the career end of their three players in search of a new team.

Alina Pätz was missing was the last piece of the puzzle, the Tirinzonis Team to success. (Photo: Henning Bagger/Keystone)

It was Pätz, called Tirinzoni first – after five minutes, they agreed. Yes, they even found a solution for the distribution of roles: Tirinzoni remains Skip, but Pätz plays the last two stones as number 4. Pätz referred to this as a "Win-Win-Situation". "There are only a few that make so many thoughts about Curling. And Silvana has a few years more experience than me, is tactically better," she says. Schwaller speaks in Pätz and Tirinzoni of the abdomen and head: "Alina is extremely cold-blooded and decisive, Silvana is the analyst." And: Because the two share the responsibility, you can better focus on their tasks. Currently, the Team is on rank 2 in the world rankings. In Helsingborg, it wants to build there, where it was a year ago, the medal has stopped. Is underestimated, it is hardly more, the prejudices are silent. And Tirinzoni has now the certainty: It works, if it comes down to it.

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