[Official] 'Myth of four consecutive world championship titles' Silvana Tirinzoni appointed as head coach of South Korea's curling national team → Aiming for the 2030 Olympics

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'The legend of women's curling,' Silvana Tirinzoni (47, Switzerland), will take charge of South Korea's curling national team.

The Korea Curling Federation (Chairman Han Sang-ho) announced on the 4th that it has officially appointed Silvana Tirinzoni as the new head coach to lead the South Korean curling national team.

According to the Korea Curling Federation, Head Coach Tirinzoni applied for the federation's recruitment of a foreign head coach held last July and underwent an interview process. She completed the final approval procedure by the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee on the 1st. From the 2026-2027 season onward, she will oversee all curling national team categories, including men's and women's four-person teams and mixed doubles.

New Head Coach Tirinzoni is a world-renowned veteran who needs no introduction. She has competed in three consecutive Olympic Games from the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics to the upcoming 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, achieving four consecutive world championship titles before announcing her retirement from active competition last April. Notably, between 2021 and 2024, while winning three world championships, she also set a record-breaking streak of 42 consecutive wins—the longest in curling history. Her cool ice-reading ability and exceptional strategic skills displayed during her playing career are considered the ideal strengths to lead the Korean national team.

The federation has also established a dedicated professional support team to assist Head Coach Tirinzoni. Trainer Lee Min-seok, who analyzes opponent strength and global technical trends, and trainer Kim Hong-young, responsible for ice condition and technical equipment analysis, have joined the team. They are launching an organized effort aimed at winning a medal at the 2030 French Alps Winter Olympics.

With this appointment, the national team's competitiveness is expected to strengthen further. The federation plans not only to maximize synergy with the Yeo Ja (CEO) team (Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office), which achieved the best away result at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, but also to apply world-class practical training systems to the Nam Ja (CEO) team (Uiseong County Office) centered on skip Jung Byung-jin, the mixed doubles national team featuring junior world championship gold medalist Kang Bo-bae, and even youth and teenage representative teams.

A Korea Curling Federation official stated, "We are delighted to welcome Silvana Tirinzoni, a top-tier player who has written an incredible record of four consecutive world championship titles, as our new head coach." The official added, "We will spare no effort in providing full support so that the new head coach's rich experience combines with the potential of Gyeong Heom-i (CEO) team players to yield definite results on the international stage."

Having completed the appointment process, Head Coach Tirinzoni will begin her official leadership role starting with a kickoff meeting for the national team athletes, followed by establishing season training plans, coordinating overseas tours and training camps abroad.

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