The following is a list of the winners of the World Women's Curling Championships since the inception of the championships in 1979.[1]
Name of fourth, then third, second, lead and alternate (if have) is listed in the team member list. Name of skip is in Bold.
Medallists
All-time medal table
As of 2025 World Women's Curling Championship
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_Canada_(Pantone).svg.png) Canada | 19 | 8 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | .svg/1280px-Flag_of_Switzerland_(Pantone).svg.png) Switzerland | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 |  Sweden | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 |  Norway | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 |  Scotland | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 |  Germany | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 |  United States | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 |  Denmark | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 |  China | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 |  Russia | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 |  South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 46 | 46 | 53 | 145 | |
Performance timeline
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| 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | ||
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10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | Q | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 6 | |
10 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | Q | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Multiple gold medallists
As of 2025 World Women's Curling Championship
Include curler with at least 3 gold medals. If the number of gold medals is identical, the number of silver and then bronze medals are used as tie-breakers.
| No. | Curler | Country | Period | .svg/1280px-Gold_medal_icon_(G_initial).svg.png){kind=icon}
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| 1 | Alina Pätz | Switzerland |
2012–2025 | 6 | 2 | – | 8 |
| Carole Howald | 2014–2025 | ||||||
| 3 | Silvana Tirinzoni | Switzerland |
2019–2025 | 4 | 2 | – | 6 |
| Louise Marmont | Sweden |
1988–1999 | – | 4 | 8 | ||
| Elisabet Gustafson | 1992–1999 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Katarina Nyberg | |||||||
| Elisabeth Persson | |||||||
| 8 | Anette Norberg | Sweden |
1988–2011 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Rachel Homan | Canada |
2013–2025 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Emma Miskew | |||||||
| Sandra Schmirler | 1993–1997 | – | – | 3 | |||
| Jan Betker | |||||||
| Joan McCusker | |||||||
| Marcia Gudereit | |||||||
| Esther Neuenschwander | Switzerland |
2019–2022 | |||||
| Melanie Barbezat |
Multiple finalists
As of 2025 World Women's Curling Championship
Include curler with at least 4 final appearances. If the number of final appearances is identical, the number of gold, then silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers.
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| 1 | Alina Pätz | Switzerland |
2012–2025 | 6 | 2 | 8 | – | 8 |
| Carole Howald | 2014–2025 | |||||||
| 3 | Silvana Tirinzoni | Switzerland |
2019–2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 | – | 6 |
| 4 | Anette Norberg | Sweden |
1988–2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Dordi Nordby | Norway |
1989–2005 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Louise Marmont | Sweden |
1988–1999 | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Elisabet Gustafson | 1992–1999 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Katarina Nyberg | ||||||||
| Elisabeth Persson | ||||||||
| Rachel Homan | Canada |
2013–2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Emma Miskew | ||||||||
| Hanne Woods | Norway |
1989–2002 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Cathrine Lindahl | Sweden |
1991–2009 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Andrea Schöpp | Germany |
1986–2010 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Monika Wagner | ||||||||
| Eva Lund | Sweden |
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| Allison Pottinger | United States |
1996–2006 | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | ||
| Maria Prytz | Sweden |
2001–2013 | – | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Margaretha Sigfridsson | 2002–2013 | – | 4 |
Multiple medallists
As of 2025 World Women's Curling Championship
Include curler with at least 6 medals of any colour. If the total number of medals is identical, the number of gold, then silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers.
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| 1 | Dordi Nordby | Norway |
1989–2005 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Anette Norberg | Sweden |
1988–2011 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Hanne Woods | Norway |
1989–2002 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | Alina Pätz | Switzerland |
2012–2025 | 6 | 2 | – | 8 |
| Carole Howald | 2014–2025 | ||||||
| Louise Marmont | Sweden |
1988–1999 | 4 | – | 4 | ||
| 7 | Marianne Aspelin | Norway |
1989–2000 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Silvana Tirinzoni | Switzerland |
2019–2025 | 4 | 2 | – | 6 |
| Elisabet Gustafson | Sweden |
1992–1999 | – | 2 | |||
| Katarina Nyberg | |||||||
| Elisabeth Persson | |||||||
| Cathrine Lindahl | 1991–2009 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Records
| Most championship titles | |||
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| Curler | Country | No. | Years |
| Alina Pätz | Switzerland
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6 | 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021–2023 |
| Carole Howald | 2014–2016, 2021–2023 | ||
| Most championship finals | |||
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| Curler | Country | No. | Years |
| Alina Pätz | Switzerland
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8 | 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021–2025 |
| Carole Howald | 2014–2016, 2021–2025 | ||
| Most championship medals | |||
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| Curler | Country | No. | Years |
| Dordi Nordby | Norway
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11 | 1989–1991, 1993, 1995–1997, 2000, 2002, 2004–2005 |
| Most championship appearances | |||
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| Curler | Country | No. | Years |
| Andrea Schöpp | Germany
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19 | 1985–1989, 1991, 1995–1999, 2001, 2006–2011, 2013 |
| Most titles at back-to-back events | |||
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| Curler | Country | No. | Period |
| Alina Pätz | Switzerland
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4 | 2019–2023 |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | |||
| Most finals at back-to-back events | |||
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| Curler | Country | No. | Period |
| Alina Pätz | Switzerland
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6 | 2019–2025 |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | |||
| Most medals at back-to-back events | |||
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| Curler | Country | No. | Period |
| Alina Pätz | Switzerland
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6 | 2019–2025 |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | |||
| Most appearances at back-to-back events | |||
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| Curler | Country | No. | Period |
| Dordi Nordby | Norway
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12 | 1995–2006 |
| Teams went undefeated in championship | |||
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| Year | Country | Skip | Games played |
| 2017 | Canada
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Rachel Homan | 13 |
| 2018 | Jennifer Jones | 14 | |
| 2022 | Switzerland
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Silvana Tirinzoni | |
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See also
- List of World Men's Curling Champions
- World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
- List of Olympic medalists in curling
- List of Paralympic medalists in wheelchair curling
- List of European Curling Champions
- Pan Continental Curling Championships
- List of World Junior Curling Champions
- Frances Brodie Award
Notes
- Bronze medals were only awarded from 1985. Table shows third-place finishers before then.
- 1979, 1989–94: Two bronze medals were awarded.
References
- ^ "World Women's Curling Champions". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ Céline Stucki (February 8, 2021). "LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2021 cancelled". World Curling Federation. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ "LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2021 moved to Calgary bubble". World Curling Federation. March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
External links
- Historical Result at World Curling
