Marta Lo Deserto

Marta Lo Deserto (born March 30, 2002) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.[1] She currently plays third on the Italian National Women's Curling Team skipped by Stefania Constantini.

Marta Lo Deserto
Curler
Lo Deserto at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Born (2002-03-30) March 30, 2002
Pieve di Cadore, Italy
Team
Curling clubCC Dolomiti,
Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA
SkipStefania Constantini
ThirdMarta Lo Deserto
SecondAngela Romei
LeadGiulia Zardini Lacedelli
AlternateElena Mathis
Curling career
Member Association Italy
World Championship
appearances		3 (2021, 2022, 2023)
European Championship
appearances		2 (2021, 2022)

Career

Lo Deserto made her international debut at the 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships as alternate for the Stefania Constantini rink. The team finished 3–3 at the tournament, failing to qualifying for the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships.[2] The next month, she skipped the Italian mixed team at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, finishing with a 3–3 record.[3]

In 2020, her mixed team represented Italy at the 2020 Youth Olympics. After finishing 4–1 in the round robin, they lost to Norway in the quarterfinals.[4] She then competed in the mixed doubles tournament with Spanish curler Aleix Raubert. They lost in the round of 24.[5]

She joined the Italian National Women's Curling Team at third for the 2020–21 season. With teammates Stefania Constantini, Angela Romei, Giulia Zardini Lacedelli and Elena Dami, she competed in her first World Championship at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.[6] The Italian team was originally not supposed to compete in the 2021 championship, but due to the cancellation of qualification events as well as the change in the Olympic Qualification Process, they were added as the fourteenth team.[7] At the World Championships, the team finished in thirteenth place with a 2–11 record, their wins coming against Estonia and Germany.[8]

At the 2021 European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway, the Italian team posted a 4–5 round robin record. This placed them sixth in the group, which was good enough to earn Italy a spot in the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship.[9] In the sixth round robin draw, the team defeated Scotland's Eve Muirhead 8–7, being the only team to defeat the Scottish side as they went on to win the gold medal in the playoff round. In December 2021, the team travelled to Leeuwarden, Netherlands to compete in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event, hoping to secure Italy a spot in the women's event at the Beijing Olympics. After eight draws, the Italian team sat in fourth place in the standings with a 4–3 record. They faced Muirhead's British side in their final round robin draw, with the chance to secure the fourth playoff spot. The team, however, would lose 8–1 to Team Muirhead, meaning Latvia earned the last playoff spot instead of them.[10] At the World Women's Championship, the team finished in tenth-place with a 4–8 record, defeating Czech Republic, Norway, Scotland and Turkey.[11]

Personal life

Lo Deserto is currently a student.[1]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2016–17[12] Marta Lo DesertoFederica GhedinaFrancesca GhedinaErica SiorpaesEmily Ghezze
2017–18 Marta Lo DesertoFederica GhedinaFrancesca GhedinaErica SiorpaesEmily Ghezze
2018–19 Marta Lo DesertoFederica GhedinaFrancesca GhedinaErica SiorpaesEmily Ghezze
2020–21 Stefania ConstantiniMarta Lo DesertoAngela RomeiGiulia Zardini LacedelliElena Dami
2021–22 Stefania ConstantiniMarta Lo DesertoAngela RomeiGiulia Zardini LacedelliElena Dami
2022–23 Stefania ConstantiniMarta Lo DesertoAngela RomeiGiulia Zardini LacedelliCamilla Gilberti
2023–24 Stefania ConstantiniMarta Lo DesertoAngela RomeiGiulia Zardini LacedelliElena Mathis

References
  1. "2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  2. "World Junior-B Curling Championships 2019". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  3. "European Youth Olympic Festival 2019". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  4. Alina Pavlyuchik (January 15, 2020). "Japan, New Zealand, Russia and Norway advance to semi-finals after dramatic quarter-final finish at Youth Olympics". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  5. Alina Pavlyuchik (January 20, 2020). "Final 12 mixed doubles teams confirmed at Youth Olympics". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  6. Richard Gray (April 30, 2021). "Meet the teams competing at the LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  7. Tom Rowland (October 6, 2020). "World Championships expanded to 14 teams for 2020–2021 season". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  8. Jackie Spiegel (May 9, 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  9. "Germany grab last semi-final spot in the women's last round-robin session". World Curling Federation. November 25, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  10. "Scotland women qualify for Beijing 2022, while Japan, Korea and Latvia secure play-off spots at the OQE". World Curling Federation. December 16, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  11. Bryan Murphy (March 28, 2022). "2022 World Women's Curling Championship: Results, final standings of Canada's Bronze medal performance at the international tournament". Sporting News. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  12. "Marta Lo Deserto Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
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