# Alina Kovaleva

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Russian curler (born 1993)

Alina Kovaleva Алина Ковалёва Curler Born (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 33) Slantsy, Leningrad Oblast, Russia Team Curling club Adamant CC, Saint Petersburg, RUS Skip Alina Kovaleva Third Yulia Portunova Second Galina Arsenkina Lead Ekaterina Kuzmina Alternate Maria Komarova Mixed doubles partner Sergey Glukhov Curling career Member Association Russia World Championship appearances 4 (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021) World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances 1 (2011) European Championship appearances 5 (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) Olympic appearances 1 (2022) Medal record Women's Curling Representing Russia World Curling Championships 2017 Beijing 2016 Swift Current European Curling Championships 2015 Esbjerg World Junior Curling Championships 2013 Sochi 2014 Flims World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2011 St. Paul Representing RCF World Curling Championships 2021 Calgary

**Alina Romanovna Kovaleva** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Алина Романовна Ковалёва; born 18 February 1993) is a Russian [curler](/source/Curling) from [Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg).[1] Her major achievement to date was winning the [2015 European Curling Championships](/source/2015_European_Curling_Championships) as alternate. Kovaleva is Merited Master of Sports of Russia (2016).[2]

## Career

Kovaleva practiced curling in her school years in her hometown [Slantsy](/source/Slantsy%2C_Leningrad_Oblast).[3] She then moved to [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg) to the Sports School of Olympic Reserve, No. 2. After three years of curling, she and her coach [Alexey Tselousov](/source/Alexey_Tselousov) became national champions and silver medalists at the [2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship](/source/2011_World_Mixed_Doubles_Curling_Championship). Since then, she has been active in mixed tournaments.

From 2013 to 2014, she was a member of the national junior team, winning the [2013 World Junior Curling Championships](/source/2013_World_Junior_Curling_Championships) in [Sochi](/source/Sochi) and the [2014 World Junior Curling Championships](/source/2014_World_Junior_Curling_Championships) in [Flims](/source/Flims).

Kovaleva plays for Adamant in St. Petersburg as a [skip](/source/Skip_(curling)). As a member of the club, she won the 2013 Russian Cup and became the silver medalist at the [2015 Russian Women's Curling Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Russian_Women%27s_Curling_Championships&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ru](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%83_%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD_2015)], losing 7-4 in the final to Moskva 1.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In November 2015, Kovaleva debuted as the alternate for the national team at the [2015 European Curling Championships](/source/2015_European_Curling_Championships) in [Esbjerg](/source/Esbjerg), replacing [Ekaterina Galkina](/source/Ekaterina_Galkina) who took a break from curling.[4] The Russians won the tournament; it was Kovaleva's first gold medal at the European Championships. She and her team won the [2016](/source/2016_World_Women's_Curling_Championship) bronze as the alternate and the [2017 World Women's Curling Championship](/source/2017_World_Women's_Curling_Championship) silver as the second. She was also the alternate at the [2017 European Curling Championships](/source/2017_European_Curling_Championships), where her team finished 5th. [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In 2018, Kovaleva turned to playing as skip. Her first tour win as a skip came at the 2018 [Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic](/source/Prestige_Hotels_%26_Resorts_Curling_Classic).[5] Later that season, she also won the [2018 China Open](/source/2018_China_Open_(curling)) and the [Russian Curling Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian_Curling_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1). Elsewhere, she skipped the Russian team at the [2018 European Curling Championships](/source/2018_European_Curling_Championships), finishing fourth. She also skipped the Russian team at the [2019 World Women's Curling Championship](/source/2019_World_Women's_Curling_Championship), where she led her team to a 5th place finish. At the end of the season, she skipped in her first [Grand Slam](/source/Grand_Slam_(curling)) event at the [2019 Champions Cup](/source/2019_Champions_Cup), where she made the quarterfinals.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In 2019, Kovaleva won the [2019 Russian Women's Curling Championship](/source/2019_Russian_Women's_Curling_Championship) for the first time.

Team Kovaleva began the abbreviated [2020–21 season](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_curling_season) at the [2020 Russian Women's Curling Cup](/source/2020_Russian_Women's_Curling_Cup), where they went undefeated to claim the title.[6] In December 2020, they competed in the 2020 national championship as it had been postponed due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic). There, they finished second in the round robin with an 8–1 record. They then defeated Team [Anna Sidorova](/source/Anna_Sidorova) in both the 1 vs. 2 page playoff and final to claim the national title.[7] A "curling bubble" was set up in [Calgary](/source/Calgary), [Canada](/source/Canada) in the spring, which hosted several events, including the [2021 World Women's Curling Championship](/source/2021_World_Women's_Curling_Championship) and two slams.[8] Team Kovaleva qualified for the playoffs at the first slam, the [2021 Champions Cup](/source/2021_Champions_Cup_(curling)), before losing to [Silvana Tirinzoni](/source/Silvana_Tirinzoni) in the quarterfinals. They then missed the playoffs at the [2021 Players' Championship](/source/2021_Players'_Championship), finishing 2–3. The following week, the team represented the RCF (Russian Curling Federation) at the World Championships, as Russia is prohibited from competing under its flag or any national symbols at any Olympic Games or world championships until 16 December 2022. The team finished second through the round robin with an 11–2 record, giving them a direct bye to the semifinals. They then defeated Sweden's [Anna Hasselborg](/source/Anna_Hasselborg) 8–7 in the semifinal before losing the final to Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni after Kovaleva missed a [freeze](/source/Glossary_of_curling#Freeze) on her final shot.[9][10]

In their first event of the [2021–22 season](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_curling_season), Team Kovaleva went undefeated to claim the [Saint Petersburg Classic](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Petersburg_Classic&action=edit&redlink=1).[11] At the first Slam of the season, the [2021 Masters](/source/2021_Masters_(curling)), the team reached the semifinals where they lost to [Tracy Fleury](/source/Tracy_Fleury).[12] They also qualified for the playoffs at the [2021 National](/source/2021_National), however, lost to [Silvana Tirinzoni](/source/Silvana_Tirinzoni) in the quarterfinal round. At the [2021 European Curling Championships](/source/2021_European_Curling_Championships), Team Kovaleva went through the round robin with a 7–2 record, qualifying for the playoffs. They then lost to Sweden's [Anna Hasselborg](/source/Anna_Hasselborg) and Germany's [Daniela Jentsch](/source/Daniela_Jentsch) in the semifinal and bronze medal games, respectively, placing fourth.[13] Because of their second place finish at the 2021 World Championship, Kovaleva and her teammates [Yulia Portunova](/source/Yulia_Portunova), [Galina Arsenkina](/source/Galina_Arsenkina), [Ekaterina Kuzmina](/source/Ekaterina_Kuzmina) and [Maria Komarova](/source/Maria_Komarova) qualified directly for the [2022 Winter Olympics](/source/Curling_at_the_2022_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament) where they represented the [ROC](/source/Russian_Olympic_Committee_athletes_at_the_2022_Winter_Olympics) (Russian Olympic Committee). At the Games, the team had a poor performance, finishing at the bottom of the standings with a 1–8 record.[14] The Olympics would be the team's final event of the season as due to the [Russian invasion of Ukraine](/source/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine), all Russian teams were banned from participating in any [World Curling Championships](/source/World_Curling_Championships) in 2022.[15] The team was also excluded from the final two Grand Slams of the season, the [2022 Players' Championship](/source/2022_Players'_Championship) and the [2022 Champions Cup](/source/2022_Champions_Cup_(curling)). At the end of the season, Team Kovaleva competed in the [2022 Nornickel Curling Cup](/source/2022_Nornickel_Curling_Cup), held only between Russian teams. There, they finished in third place.[16]

## Grand Slam record

Key C Champion F Lost in Final SF Lost in Semifinal QF Lost in Quarterfinals R16 Lost in the round of 16 Q Did not advance to playoffs T2 Played in Tier 2 event DNP Did not participate in event N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season

Event 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 Masters QF DNP Q DNP DNP N/A SF Tour Challenge Q DNP DNP DNP DNP N/A N/A The National DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP N/A QF Canadian Open QF DNP DNP DNP SF N/A N/A Players' Q DNP DNP DNP N/A Q DNP Champions Cup DNP DNP DNP QF N/A QF DNP

## Awards

- Gratitude by the Sports Minister of the Russian Federation (4 December 2015) – *for the successful appearance as a member of the national curling team at the European Curling Championships in Esbjerg (Denmark)*.[17]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Media_Guide_1-0)** ["2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200315003033/https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/03/2020-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide.pdf) (PDF). Curling Canada. Archived from [the original](https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/03/2020-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide.pdf) (PDF) on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Приказ от 28 июня 2016 г. № 80 нг «О присвоении почетного спортивного звания „Заслуженный мастер спорта России“»](http://www.minsport.gov.ru/upload/iblock/1e4/1e4f656ec02fefe91d4f45b2fb5f36d8.pdf) [Order of June 28, 2016 No. 80 ng "On the assignment of the honorary sports title "Honored Master of Sports of Russia""] (PDF) (in Russian). Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation. 28 June 2016. p. 5. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ковалева: основная цель — попасть в состав женской сборной России"](http://www.curling.ru/news/3194) [Kovaleva: The main goal is to get into the Russian women's team.]. *curling.ru* (in Russian).{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Кёрлингистка Галкина решила сделать передышку после тяжелого сезона"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151123120143/http://rsport.ru/others/20150902/859648299.html) [Curler Galkina decided to take a break after a tough season.]. *rsport.ru* (in Russian). Archived from [the original](http://rsport.ru/others/20150902/859648299.html) on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Alina Kovaleva wins Prestige Hotels and Resorts Curling Classic"](http://www.curlingzone.com/post.php?postid=2108#1). *CurlingZone*. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["2020 Russian Women's Curling Cup – Playoffs"](https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6734&eventtypeid=82&view=Playoffs#1). *CurlingZone*. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["2020 Russian Women's Curling Championship – Playoffs"](https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6812&eventtypeid=82&view=Playoffs#1). *CurlingZone*. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Women's Worlds added to bubble"](https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/03/05/womens-worlds-added-to-bubble/). Curling Canada. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [**Video** (full game): 2021 World Women's Curling Championship - Final - Switzerland (Silvana Tirinzoni) vs RCF (Alina Kovaleva)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKNasCG04dA) on [YouTube](/source/YouTube_video_(identifier))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ZK Goh (10 May 2021). ["Tirinzoni and Switzerland successfully defend world women's curling title with win over RCF"](https://olympics.com/en/news/tirinzoni-switzerland-successfully-defend-world-women-curling-title). Olympics. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Saint Petersburg Classic"](https://worldcurlingtour.org/women/event/578). *World Curling Tour*. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Jonathan Brazeau (23 October 2021). ["Jacobs to meet Mouat in Masters men's final"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250120194817/https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/jacobs-to-meet-mouat-in-masters-mens-final/). Grand Slam of Curling. Archived from [the original](https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/jacobs-to-meet-mouat-in-masters-mens-final/) on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Germany women win European bronze medals in Lillehammer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220124205535/https://worldcurling.org/2021/11/ecc2021-women-bronze/). World Curling Federation. 26 November 2021. Archived from [the original](https://worldcurling.org/2021/11/ecc2021-women-bronze/) on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Great Britain and Japan women complete play-off picture"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230321030136/https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/beijing-w-s12/). World Curling Federation. 17 February 2022. Archived from [the original](https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/beijing-w-s12/) on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["World Curling Federation adopts emergency regulation for sanctioned competitions"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220228231940/https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/emergency-regulation/). World Curling Federation. 28 February 2022. Archived from [the original](https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/emergency-regulation/) on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** [""You won't see many shows like this." Team Kovaleva players about the Nornickel Curling Cup"](http://arcticcurling.ru/news/takie-shou-malo-gde-uvidish-igroki-team-kovaleva-o-nornickel-curling-cup/) (in Russian). Arctic Cup. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Виталий Мутко встретился с женской сборной командой России по керлингу"](http://www.minsport.gov.ru/press-centre/news/27900/) [Vitaly Mutko met with the Russian women's curling team.]. *minsport.gov.ru* (in Russian).

## External links

- [Alina Kovaleva](https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/6315) at [World Curling](/source/World_Curling)

- [Alina Kovaleva](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/alina-kovaleva) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Alina Kovalyova](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/148783) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Alina Kovaleva](https://web.archive.org/web/20220311082551/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1036536-alina-kovaleva.htm) at the [Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics](/source/Beijing_2022_Winter_Olympics) (archived)

- [Profile on Adamant CC](http://www.curling.adamant.ru/commands/wooman/) (in Russian)

v t e European Women's Curling Champions Year: (country's flag) champion skip 1975: Betty Law 1976: Elisabeth Branäs 1977: Elisabeth Branäs 1978: Inga Arfwidsson 1979: Gaby Casanova 1980: Elisabeth Högström 1981: Susan Schlapbach 1982: Elisabeth Högström 1983: Elisabeth Högström 1984: Almut Hege 1985: Jaqueline Landolt 1986: Andrea Schöpp 1987: Andrea Schöpp 1988: Elisabeth Högström 1989: Andrea Schöpp 1990: Dordi Nordby 1991: Andrea Schöpp 1992: Elisabet Johansson 1993: Elisabet Johansson 1994: Helena Blach Lavrsen 1995: Andrea Schöpp 1996: Mirjam Ott 1997: Elisabet Gustafson 1998: Andrea Schöpp 1999: Dordi Nordby 2000: Elisabet Gustafson 2001: Anette Norberg 2002: Anette Norberg 2003: Anette Norberg 2004: Anette Norberg 2005: Anette Norberg 2006: Liudmila Privivkova 2007: Anette Norberg 2008: Mirjam Ott 2009: Andrea Schöpp 2010: Stina Viktorsson 2011: Eve Muirhead 2012: Anna Sidorova 2013: Margaretha Sigfridsson 2014: Binia Feltscher 2015: Anna Sidorova 2016: Victoria Moiseeva 2017: Eve Muirhead 2018: Anna Hasselborg 2019: Anna Hasselborg 2021: Eve Muirhead 2022: Madeleine Dupont 2023: Silvana Tirinzoni 2024: Silvana Tirinzoni 2025: Anna Hasselborg 2015: Russia (RUS) Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Alexandra Raeva, Nkeirouka Ezekh, Alina Kovaleva

v t e World Junior Women's Curling Champions Year: (country's flag) champion skip 1988: Julie Sutton 1989: LaDawn Funk 1990: Kirsty Addison 1991: Eva Eriksson 1992: Gillian Barr 1993: Kirsty Addison 1994: Kim Gellard 1995: Kelly Mackenzie 1996: Heather Godberson 1997: Julia Ewart 1998: Melissa McClure 1999: Silvana Tirinzoni 2000: Matilda Mattsson 2001: Suzanne Gaudet 2002: Cassandra Johnson 2003: Marliese Miller 2004: Linn Githmark 2005: Tania Grivel 2006: Liudmila Privivkova 2007: Sarah Reid 2008: Eve Muirhead 2009: Eve Muirhead 2010: Anna Hasselborg 2011: Eve Muirhead 2012: Hannah Fleming 2013: Alina Kovaleva 2014: Kelsey Rocque 2015: Kelsey Rocque 2016: Mary Fay 2017: Isabella Wranå 2018: Kaitlyn Jones 2019: Vlada Rumiantseva 2020: Mackenzie Zacharias 2022: Sae Yamamoto 2023: Fay Henderson 2024: Xenia Schwaller 2025: Kang Bo-bae 2026: Kang Bo-bae 2013: Russia (RUS) Alina Kovaleva, Yulia Portunova, Aleksandra Saitova, Oksana Gertova, Olesia Gluschenko

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