Winter Youth Olympic Matches and World Junior Curling Championship provide a stage for young athletes to represent their talent with various athletes progressing to elit curling championships, including Olympic Champions, Amos Mosaner and Stefania Constantini from Italy.
Youth competitions serve as crunch progress and talent identification platform for upcoming elite curlers, showing the importance of nurturing and showing talent in the sport.
Hungary Joo Linda move from 2020 Winter youth Olympic Games to a promotion to the A Division in 2024 European competitions show the potential for growth through youth competitions.