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{{Short description|Andorran photographer and curler}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox curler
|name = Ana Arce
| role = {{Flatlist|
* Photographer
* curler
}}
|image =
|image_size =
|birth_place = [[Madrid]]
|Curling club =
|Skip =  [[Ellen Kittelsen]]
|Third = Ana Arce
|Second = [[Leticia Hinojosa de Torres]]
|Lead = [[Irene Santiago Calvillo]]
|Alternate =
|World Championship appearances = 0
|European Championship appearances = 6 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009)
}}
'''Ana Arce''' (born 5 January 1964) is a photographer and former skip of the [[Andorra]]n national women's [[curling]] team. She now plays on the [[Spain|Spanish]] national team.

==Photography==
She produced the ''Ana Arce Team Sponsorship Calendar 2006'' featuring [[nude]] or semi-nude photographs of women curlers from a variety of countries including [[Denmark]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[England]], [[Poland]], [[Germany]] and [[Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions. Nude calendar aims to thaw curling's image |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/vancouver-sun/20051101/282647502917062 |access-date=2024-07-01 |via=PressReader}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-11-01 |title=Make A Date: Curlers To Pose Nude For International Calendar |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2005/11/01/Sponsorships-Advertising-Marketing/Make-A-Date-Curlers-To-Pose-Nude-For-International-Calendar.aspx |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=www.sportsbusinessjournal.com |language=en}}</ref> The curlers included [[Daniela Jentsch]], [[Melanie Robillard]], [[Lynsay Ryan]], [[Kasia Selwand]] and [[Claudia Toth]]. She produced a second calendar for 2007 which included [[Christine Keshen]], [[Linn Githmark]], [[Debbie McCormick]] and [[Jackie Lockhart]].{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}

==Curling==
Arce played in the 2002, 2003 and 2004 [[European Curling Championships]] for Andorra. Skipping the team, she placed 17th, 15th and 21st respectively. In 2005, she moved to the Spanish team. Her international debut for Spain was at the [[2005 European Mixed Curling Championship]] playing lead for [[Antonio De Mollinedo Gonzalez]]. Spain finished 16th. Her debut for Spain at the {{EuCC|2005|2005 European Championships}} happened a few months later. She played third for [[Ellen Kittelsen]], and the team finished 17th.

In 2006, with the same skips, Arce placed 20th at the [[2006 European Mixed Curling Championship|2006 European Mixed]] and 17th at the {{EuCC|2006|European Championships}}. At the [[2007 European Mixed Curling Championship|2007 European Mixed]], she placed 21st on De Mollinedo's team. She would not play at the European Championships again until 2009, finishing 19th on Kittelsen's rink. In the meantime she placed 13th at the [[2008 European Mixed Curling Championship|2008 European Mixed]] and 9th at the [[2009 European Mixed Curling Championship|2009 event]] respectively. In 2008, the team was skipped by [[José Luis Hinojosa de Torres-Peralta]] and she was the team's female alternate. The 2009 team was skipped by De Mollinedo again.<ref>[http://results.worldcurling.org/Person.aspx?id=589 Ana Arce Profile on World Curling Federation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513011456/http://results.worldcurling.org/Person.aspx?id=589 |date=May 13, 2012 }}</ref>

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[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Spanish photographers]]
[[Category:Andorran photographers]]
[[Category:Spanish female curlers]]
[[Category:Andorran female curlers]]
[[Category:Spanish people of Andorran descent]]
[[Category:Naturalised citizens of Andorra]]<!-- [[Category:Citizens of Andorra through descent]] -->
[[Category:Spanish women photographers]]
[[Category:20th-century Spanish sportswomen]]


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