Karri Anne Willms (born April 16, 1969) is a Canadian curler and curling coach from Vernon, British Columbia.[1]

She is a 1991 World women's silver medallist and 1991 Canadian women's champion.

She won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.[2] She retired from curling afterwards.

In 2018 she began working for the World Curling Federation as the Competitions and Development Officer.[3]

Personal life

Willms worked at a bank before her and husband Renato Lepore "took a break" and moved to Novara, Italy to work as mechanics on the JD Motorsport pit crew in Formula Renault racing.

Awards

  • STOH All-Star teams: 1992 (lead)
  • British Columbia Curling Hall of Fame: 1996, together with all of the Julie Sutton 1991–1993 team.[4]

Teams and events

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
1990–91 Julie Sutton Jodie Sutton Melissa Soligo Karri Willms Elaine Dagg-Jackson STOH 1991 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1991 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1991–92 Julie Sutton Jodie Sutton Melissa Soligo Karri Willms Elaine Dagg-Jackson STOH 1992 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WOG 1992 (demo) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1992–93 Julie Sutton Jodie Sutton Melissa Soligo Karri Willms Elaine Dagg-Jackson STOH 1993 (4th)

Record as a coach of national teams

Year Tournament, event National team Place
2012 2012 European Curling Championships  Italy (men)
15
2013 2013 Olympic Qualifying Event  Latvia (women)
5
2014 2014 European Curling Championships  Latvia (men)
10

References

  1. ^ "Willms switches gears between cars, curling - Sportsnet.ca".
  2. ^ Official Report 1992W page 630 - Olympic Official Reports Collection
  3. ^ Staff - World Curling Federation
  4. ^ Hall of Fame Inductees - Curl BC


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karri_Willms
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