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Canadian curler and coach
Karri Willms
Curler ♀
Born (1969-04-16) April 16, 1969 (age 55)
Team
Curling clubVictoria CC, Victoria,
Juan de Fuca CC, Victoria
Curling career
Member Association British Columbia
Hearts appearances3 (1991, 1992, 1993)
World Championship
appearances		1 (1991)
Olympic
appearances		1 (1992 - demo)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Canada
Winter Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Albertville (demonstration)
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1991 Winnipeg
Representing  British Columbia
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Gold medal – first place 1991 Saskatoon
Silver medal – second place 1992 Halifax

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

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. She retired from curling afterwards.

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

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.

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

External links


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