Marlene Albrecht

{{Infobox curler | name = Marlene Albrecht | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|13 March 1988}} | birth_place = [[Zürich]], Switzerland | Curling club = [[Curling Club Aarau|CC Aarau]], <br>[[Aarau|Aarau, SUI]] | Skip = | Third = | Second = | Lead = | Alternate = | Member Association = {{SUI}} | World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WWCC|2013}}) | European Championship appearances = 2 ({{EuCC|2011}}, {{EuCC|2017}}) | Olympic appearances = 1 ([[Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2018]]) | Grand Slam victories = 1 ([[2015 GSOC Tour Challenge|2015 Tour Challenge]]) | medaltemplates = }}

'''Marlene Albrecht''' (born 13 March 1988 in [[Zürich]]) is a Swiss [[curling|curler]]. She is the former lead for [[Silvana Tirinzoni]] and with this rink represented Switzerland at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]].

==Career== Albrecht only competed in one [[World Curling Championships|World Women's Curling Championship]] in 2013 at the [[2013 World Women's Curling Championship|Titlis Glacier Mountain World Women's Curling Championship 2013]]. She was playing third for [[Silvana Tirinzoni]]. They lost the second tiebreaker 7-4 to the United States. In 2015, her and her team of Silvana Tirinzoni, [[Manuela Siegrist]] and [[Esther Neuenschwander]] won the [[2015 GSOC Tour Challenge]] [[Grand Slam of Curling]] event. It was the first breakthrough victory for the team. At the [[2017 European Curling Championships]], Team Tirinzoni finished fourth after losing the bronze medal game to Italy. The team won the [[2017 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials]] which won them the right to represent Switzerland at the [[Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2018 Winter Olympics]] in [[Pyongchang]]. They finished the games with a 4-5 round robin record, missing the playoffs and a medal opportunity. After the season finished, Albrecht and teammate Siegrist announced they would be stepping back from competitive curling. Albrecht now plays [[mixed doubles]] with Canadian curler [[Matt Wozniak]].

==Personal life== Albrecht is currently employed as an accountant.<ref>2018 Continental Cup Media Guide</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.teamtirinzoni.ch/ Team Tirinzoni's Home Page] * {{Sports links}}

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