# Kerli Laidsalu

Kerli Laidsalu (born 22 January 1995) is an Estonian curler from Tallinn, Estonia. She currently plays third on the Estonian women's curling team skipped by Liisa Turmann.

## Career
### Juniors

Laidsalu played in two European Junior Curling Challenge events during her junior career in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, her team finished with a 3–2 record and in 2014, they made the playoffs before losing to Italy in the quarterfinals.
In 2015, the Estonian junior women's team qualified for the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships where Laidsalu played second on the team skipped by Marie Turmann. At the tournament, the team finished in eighth with a 2–7 record. Because of their bottom three finish, they were relegated to the 2016 World Junior B Curling Championships in order to earn their spot at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships. At the B tournament, they just missed out on qualifying for the Worlds, losing the bronze medal qualifying game to Hungary.
While still in juniors, Laidsalu played lead on the Estonian mixed team that represented Estonia at the 2015 World Mixed Curling Championship. Her team of Martin Lill, Kristiine Lill and Siim Sildnik finished in seventeenth place at the tournament with a 4–4 record.

### Women's

Laidsalu competed in her first international women's level event at the 2017 European Curling Championships. There, the team won the bronze medal in the B Division. Later that season, Team Turmann won the 2018 Estonian Women's Curling Championship, qualifying them to represent Estonia at the 2018 European Curling Championships. At the 2018 Euros, the team finished second in the B Division, losing in the final to Norway's Kristin Skaslien. This qualified Estonia for the 2019 World Qualification Event for a chance to make it to the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship. At the Qualification Event, the team missed the playoffs with a 3–4 record. In November 2019, the team won their first World Curling Tour event at the Tallinn Ladies International Challenger. A few weeks later, the team once again represented Estonia at the 2019 European Curling Championships where they got to compete in the A Division. They finished with a 2–7 record, which qualified them once again for the 2020 World Qualification Event. There, they just missed the playoffs with a 4–3 record. The team won two more national championships in 2020 and 2021.
Due the COVID-19 pandemic, the field at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship was expanded to fourteen teams, after the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship was cancelled. The 2021 event was originally planned to be hosted by Switzerland, giving that nation an automatic entry. This gave Europe an extra qualification spot for the 2021 Worlds, which was based on the results of the 2019 European Championship, the last Euros held before the pandemic. As they had finished eighth, this qualified Estonia and the Turmann rink for the 2021 Worlds, the first time Estonia would play at the World Championships. At the World Championships, the team finished in last with a 1–12 record. Their lone win came against Germany.

## Personal life

Laidsalu works as a human resources and marketing specialist with Birkle IT Estonia.

## Teams

| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
| 2012–13 | Marie Turmann | Liisa Turmann | Kädi Kurem | Kerli Laidsalu | Kerli Zirk Johanna Ehatamm |
| 2012–13 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Zirk | Kerli Laidsalu | Kädi Kurem | Johanna Ehatamm |
| 2013–14 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Laidsalu | Kerli Zirk | Johanna Ehatamm | Liisa Turmann |
| 2013–14 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Zirk | Kerli Laidsalu | Johanna Ehatamm | Victoria-Laura Lõhmus |
| 2014–15 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Zirk | Kerli Laidsalu | Johanna Ehatamm | Liisa Turmann Victoria-Laura Lõhmus |
| 2015–16 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Laidsalu | Liisa Turmann | Victoria-Laura Lõhmus | Johanna Ehatamm |
| 2015–16 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Laidsalu | Victoria-Laura Lõhmus | Johanna Ehatamm | Kristin Laidsalu |
| 2017–18 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Laidsalu | Victoria-Laura Lõhmus | Erika Tuvike | Heili Grossmann |
| 2018–19 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Laidsalu | Heili Grossmann | Erika Tuvike | Liisa Turmann |
| 2019–20 | Marie Turmann | Kerli Laidsalu | Heili Grossmann | Erika Tuvike | Liisa Turmann |
| 2020–21 | Marie Turmann | Liisa Turmann | Heili Grossmann | Erika Tuvike | Kerli Laidsalu |
| 2021–22 | Kerli Laidsalu (Fourth) | Liisa Turmann (Skip) | Heili Grossmann | Erika Tuvike | Karoliine Kaare |
| 2022–23 | Marie Kaldvee | Liisa Turmann | Kerli Laidsalu | Erika Tuvike | |
| 2023–24 | Erika Tuvike (Fourth) | Kerli Laidsalu | Liisa Turmann (Skip) | Heili Grossmann | |
| 2024–25 | Erika Tuvike (Fourth) | Kerli Laidsalu | Liisa Turmann (Skip) | Heili Grossmann | |