Anna Sidorova Анна Сидорова
Curler
Born	(1991-02-06)6 February 1991 (age 34) Moscow,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union
Team
Curling club	Moskvitch CC, Moscow,RUS
Skip	Anna Sidorova
Third	Yulia Portunova
Second	Liudmila Privivkova
Lead	Maria Ignatenko
Alternate	Sofia Tkach
Curling career
Member Association	Russia
World Championship appearances	9 (2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018)
European Championship appearances	8 (2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2017)
Olympic appearances	2 (2010,2014)
Medal record Women'sCurling Representing Russia World Championships 2017 Beijing 2014 Saint John 2015 Sapporo 2016 Swift Current 2018 North Bay European Championships 2012 Karlstad 2015 Esbjerg 2014 Champéry 2011 Moscow World Junior Championships 2011 Perth 2012 Östersund Winter Universiade 2013 Trentino 2015 Granada 2011 Erzurum

Anna Vladimirovna Sidorova (Russian:А́нна Влади́мировна Си́дорова; born 6 February 1991) is aRussiancurler.^[1] She currentlyskips her own team. Sidorova was the skip of the Russian team that won bronze medals at theWorld Women's Curling Championships from 2014 to 2016 and the silver medal at the2017 World Women's Curling Championship.

As a junior, Sidorova represented Russia at fourWorld Junior Curling Championships (2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012). She won the bronze medal as theskip of the Russian junior team in 2011 and 2012.

At the age of 19, Sidorova was named late to theRussian Olympic Team for the2010 Winter Olympics inVancouver, British Columbia, Canada as the team's third. OriginallyOlga Jarkova was named to the team; however, Jarkova was taken out at the last minute and Sidorova was added to the team. For the fifth match, against the U.S., and the sixth match, against Switzerland, Sidorova replacedLudmila Privivkova as skip. She also replacedLudmila Privivkova in the eighth Game against China as the Skip. Sidorova thus became the youngest skip at the games, since British skipEve Muirhead, while also 19 years old at the time, is ten months older.^{[citation needed]}

In addition to playing third on the Russian Olympic Team, Sidorova has also skipped her own team on the World Curling Tour (with Olga Jarkova throwing second stones).^[2] She joined Privivkova's team in 2011. In 2012, Sidorova began skipping the team, with Privivkova at third. The team won a gold medal at theEuropean Curling Championships in 2012 with their new lineup.^{[citation needed]}

Sidorova was the skip of team Russia at the2014 Winter Olympics. She led the team to a ninth-place finish, with a 3–6 record. She also skipped Team Russia at the2014 World Women's Curling Championship held from 15 to 23 March inSaint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Her team finished the round robin with an 8–3 record, earning the third seed in the playoffs. Team Russia lost to Team Korea in the 3 vs. 4 playoff game, but in a rematch the following day Sidorova and her teammates defeated Team Korea to win the bronze medal. It was the first medal for Russia in the history of the world women's curling championships.^{[citation needed]}

She then followed up with bronze medals at both the 2015 and 2016 world women's curling championships, and a gold medal at the2015 European Curling Championships in the meantime. She just narrowly missed playing for gold for the first time at the 2016 Worlds, losing to Team Japan on the last shot of the semifinal. After defeating Canada's Chelsea Carey for her third straight bronze, she spoke of feeling encouraged by getting closer to the gold or silver each time, and hoped that 2017 and 2018 would be her years. She made her first World Championship final at the2017 Worlds, but settled for silver after losing to Canada'sRachel Homan 8–3 in the final.^[3]

Sidorova's rink was initially chosen to represent Russia at the2018 Winter Olympics, but poor play during the 2017–18 season forced the Russian Curling Federation to hold a best-of-sevenOlympic Trials against St. Peterburg'sVictoria Moiseeva rink to see who would represent the "Olympic Athletes from Russia" team at the Olympics. Sidorova lost the series in five games.

Sidorova was the alternate for the Russian team at the2018 Worlds, where the Russian team would take home the bronze medal. Sidorova represented Russia at three legs of the2018–19 Curling World Cup. In thefirst leg she went 3-3, at thethird leg she went 4-2 just missing the final by one point. At theGrand Final, she went 4-2 once again just missing the final.

Team Sidorova started the2019–20 season at the2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic where they lost in the qualification game.^[4] They next played in theStu Sells Oakville Tankard where they lost toAnna Hasselborg in the final.^[5] They missed the playoffs at the inauguralWCT Uiseong International Curling Cup^[6] before having a quarterfinal finish at theWomen's Masters Basel.^[7] Despite their early successes on tour, Team Sidorova lost the Russian qualifier for the2019 European Curling Championships toAlina Kovaleva in six games.^[8] They turned things around however the following month at theKaruizawa International where they went an undefeated 7–0 throughout the event and defeatedSatsuki Fujisawa 5–4 in the final.^[9][10] They also had a semifinal finish at theGlynhill Ladies International and a quarterfinal finish at theInternational Bernese Ladies Cup. Their final event of the season was at the2020 Russian Women's World Qualification Event where they would once again lose to the Kovaleva rink in a best of seven series.^[11]

Sidorova and her team began the abbreviated2020–21 season at the2020 Russian Women's Curling Cup where they went undefeated until the final where they lost to Team Kovaleva.^[12] In December 2020, Team Sidorova competed in the 2020 national championship as it had been postponed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. There, they topped the round robin with an 8–1 record, defeating the Kovaleva rink in their final round robin draw. They then lost both the 1 vs. 2 page playoff and final to Kovaleva, settling for silver.^[13] In April 2021, her team competed in the 2021 national championship where they lost in the final to theOlga Jarkova rink.^[14] Sidorova ended her season at the2021 WCT Arctic Cup mixed doubles tournament where she competed withAlexey Timofeev. The pair finished 2–2 through the round robin, not enough to advance to the playoffs.^[15]

She was a figure skater until age 13, when a leg injury forced her to give up the sport. At that point, she took upcurling.^[16] Sidorova was a student in 2016.^[17] She attendedLesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health.^[18]

Sidorova's Russian rink had a fairly successful Grand Slam season in 2012–13, making it as far as the semi-finals at the2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic. She made it to her first Grand Slam finals at the2015 Players' Championship, losing to Eve Muirhead.

• Anna Sidorova atWorld Curling
• Anna Sidorova atOlympics.com
• Anna Sidorova atOlympedia
• Official website of Team Sidorova

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