Sixten Totzek
| Sixten Totzek | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 January 2000 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Baden Hills G&CC, Füssen, GER[1] |
| Skip | Sixten Totzek |
| Third | Joshua Sutor |
| Second | Jan-Luca Häg |
| Lead | Magnus Sutor |
| Mixed doubles partner | Vera Tiuliakova |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Germany |
| World Championship appearances | 3 (2021, 2022, 2023) |
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 1 (2024) |
| European Championship appearances | 5 (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
Sixten Totzek (born 5 January 2000 in Baden-Baden) is a German curler from Rastatt, Germany.[1] He currently skips his own team out of Füssen.
Career
[edit]Totzek played in four World Junior-B Curling Championships from 2016 to 2019 as third and fourth for Team Germany. In 2016 and 2017, he played third for Marc Muskatewitz and in 2018 and 2019, he threw fourth stones for Klaudius Harsch.[2] The team lost the qualifying games in 2016 and 2017 before winning the bronze medal game at the 2018 World Junior B Curling Championships, sending them to the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships. At the championship, the team just missed the playoffs with a 4–5 record after losing their final round robin draw to Canada's Tyler Tardi. Their fifth place finish earned the team a spot at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships without having to qualify through the B Championship. They did not have a good performance at the 2019 championship, finishing with a 3–6 round robin record and being relegated to the B Championship for the following season. They would, however, qualify again through the 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships in December 2019 to secure a spot at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships.[3] There, Totzek would have his best finish to date, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time with a 6–3 record.[4] They then lost to Canada's Jacques Gauthier in the semifinal 7–4 and Scotland's James Craik in the bronze medal game 6–5, settling for fourth place.
Totzek competed in his first European Curling Championship in 2018 as third for the German team. There, his team qualified for the playoffs as the fourth seed with a 5–4 record. They then lost to Sweden's Niklas Edin 6–3 in the semifinal and Italy's Joël Retornaz 8–6 in the bronze medal game, finishing fourth. Despite not winning a medal, the team did qualify Germany for the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship, which Totzek did not participate in. The next season, the team played in the 2019 European Curling Championships, finishing with a 3–6 record. The team was set to represent Germany at the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship before the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6]
For the 2020–21 season, Totzek began skipping the German team. In his first event skipping the team, he led them to a semifinal finish at the Baden Masters. Later, his team represented Germany at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship in Calgary, Alberta[7] where they finished with a 4–9 record.[8] This was not enough to qualify for an Olympic spot, meaning the team needed to finish in the top three at the Olympic Qualification Event to qualify for the Games.
To begin the 2021–22 season, Team Totzek finished third at the WCT Tallinn Mens Challenger. They also reached the final of the Grand Prix Bern Inter before losing to Switzerland's Yves Stocker.[9] At the 2021 European Curling Championships, the team had mixed results, finishing with a 3–6 record. This landed them in eighth place which was enough to qualify for the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship.[10] Next for the team was the Olympic Qualification Event in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Despite entering the event as the fifth ranked nation, the German team struggled to catch on to the ice, finishing in last place with a 1–7 record and failing to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[11] In the new year, however, the team turned things around by winning the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, defeating Italy's Joël Retornaz in the final.[12] At the World Championships, Totzek and teammates Marc Muskatewitz, Joshua Sutor and Dominik Greindl started with a strong 3–1 record before losing their next four games. After winning their next three matches, the team lost their last round robin game to South Korea, finishing in seventh place and just missing the playoffs.[13] After the season, Muskatewitz left the team and was replaced by Klaudius Harsch.
With their new lineup, Team Totzek struggled to find consistency during the 2022–23 season, only qualifying in two of their six tour events.[14] At both the Grand Prix Bern Inter and the St. Galler Elite Challenge, they lost in the quarterfinals. This continued into the 2022 European Curling Championships where they finished with a 3–6 record, again securing the last spot at the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship.[15] There, they finished in ninth place with a 4–8 record.[16] Harsch left the rink following the season with Jan-Luca Häg joining the team at lead, shifting Magnus Sutor to second and Joshua Sutor to third. In their first event of the new season, Team Totzek won the German European Trials in a 3–2 series over Benny Kapp.[17] This earned the team the right to compete in their fifth straight European Championship where they had their best start ever, winning their first three games.[18] They then lost five of their last six games to finish just outside the playoffs with a 4–5 record.[19] Despite qualifying Germany for the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship, Team Kapp won the German Men's Curling Championship and were chosen to represent the country at the World Championships.[20]
Also during the 2023–24 season, Totzek won the German Mixed Doubles Trials with partner Lena Kapp, qualifying for the 2023 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event.[21] There, the team won all eight of their games, becoming the first qualifiers for the 2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Östersund, Sweden.[22] At the championship, the duo had a good 3–1 start before losing three consecutive games, ultimately finishing sixth in their pool with a 4–5 record.[23]
Personal life
[edit]Totzek is a student.[1]
Teams
[edit]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16[24] | Marc Muskatewitz | Sixten Totzek | Michael Wiest | Sebastian Oswald | Joshua Sutor |
| 2016–17 | Marc Muskatewitz | Sixten Totzek | Jan-Luca Häg | Marc Weiler | Magnus Sutor |
| 2017–18 | Sixten Totzek (Fourth) | Klaudius Harsch (Skip) | Joshua Sutor | Jan-Luca Häg | Till Wunderlich |
| 2018–19 | Sixten Totzek (Fourth) | Klaudius Harsch (Skip) | Joshua Sutor | Magnus Sutor | Jan-Luca Häg |
| Marc Muskatewitz | Sixten Totzek | Daniel Neuner | Ryan Sherrard | Sebastien Schweizer | |
| 2019–20 | Sixten Totzek | Joshua Sutor | Jan-Luca Häg | Magnus Sutor | Klaudius Harsch |
| Marc Muskatewitz | Sixten Totzek | Joshua Sutor | Dominik Greindl | Benny Kapp | |
| 2020–21 | Sixten Totzek | Marc Muskatewitz | Joshua Sutor | Dominik Greindl | Klaudius Harsch |
| 2021–22 | Sixten Totzek | Marc Muskatewitz | Joshua Sutor | Dominik Greindl | Magnus Sutor |
| 2022–23 | Sixten Totzek | Klaudius Harsch | Magnus Sutor | Dominik Greindl | Marc Muskatewitz |
| 2023–24 | Sixten Totzek | Joshua Sutor | Magnus Sutor | Jan-Luca Häg | Benny Kapp |
| 2024–25 | Sixten Totzek | Joshua Sutor | Jan-Luca Häg | Magnus Sutor |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "2023 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Sixten Totzek Profile". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ Michael Houston (February 16, 2020). "Three women's teams remain unbeaten on day two of World Junior Curling Championships". Inside The Games. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "Semifinal Bound!". Curling Canada. February 19, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ The Canadian Press (March 14, 2020). "Men's curling world championship in Scotland cancelled due to COVID-19". The Star. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ "LGT World Men's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Glasgow, Scotland". World Curling Federation. World Curling Federation. March 14, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ Donna Spencer (March 31, 2021). "A team-by-team look at the men's world curling championship field". CBC. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Italy and Norway complete the men's play-off field after the last round-robin session". World Curling Federation. November 25, 2021. Archived from the original on June 2, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Men's play-off field complete at the OQE". World Curling Federation. December 16, 2021. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "2022 Aberdeen International Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Scotland and Switzerland secure the last world men's play-off places". World Curling Federation. April 9, 2022. Archived from the original on June 2, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Team Sixten Totzek: 2022–23". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Live Blog: Day seven at the ECC". World Curling Federation. November 24, 2022. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "World Men's play-offs set". World Curling Federation. April 8, 2023. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "2023 German European Trials". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Four teams remain undefeated after two days of play in Aberdeen". World Curling Federation. November 19, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Semi-final field complete at the Europeans". World Curling Federation. November 23, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "German Men's Champion and World Men's Championship Trials Winner 🏆". Instagram. @teamkapp.roehrs. February 5, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "DCV WMDQE 2023 Trials". Instagram. @team_schoell_sutor. November 18, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "China, France, Germany and New Zealand qualify for World Mixed Doubles 2024". World Curling Federation. December 7, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Play-off field complete at World Mixed Doubles". World Curling Federation. April 25, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Sixten Totzek Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
