Helen Williams (curler)

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Helen Williams
Curler
Born (1973-03-06) 6 March 1973 (age 48)
Scotland
Team
Curling clubVictorian Curling Association[1]
SkipHelen Williams
ThirdKim Forge
Second
Lead
AlternateAnne Powell
Career
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		6 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2017)
Other appearancesWorld Mixed Curling Championship: 2 (2016, 2017)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Australia
Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Jeonju

Helen Williams (née Helen Wright, born 6 March 1973 in Scotland[2]) is an Australian female curler originally from Scotland.

Biography[]

She is a farmer's daughter from Scotland, from a curling family. She was runner-up in the Scottish Junior Championships, and then played with Olympic gold medallist Rhona Martin’s team for a while. In 1997, when she was part of the Scottish and Britain national training squad and they were looking ahead to the Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998, she injured her right ankle and she had a year away from competitive curling. She moved to Australia, to Perth and did not comes back to Scotland.[2]

She is a resident of Nedlands, Western Australia.[3]

Teams and events[]

Women's[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2001–02 Helen Wright PCC 2001 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2002–03 Helen Wright Lynn Hewitt Lyn Greenwood Ellen Weir Sandy Gagnon PCC 2002 (4th)
2003–04 Helen Wright Sandy Gagnon Lyn Greenwood Gerald Chick PCC 2003 (4th)
2004–05 Helen Wright Lynn Hewitt Sandy Gagnon Janet Cobden PCC 2004 (5th)
2005–06 Helen Wright Kim Forge Sandy Gagnon Lyn Gill PCC 2005 (6th)
2017–18 Helen Williams Kim Forge Anne Powell PACC 2017 (6th)

Mixed[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Coach Events
2016–17 Hugh Millikin Kim Forge Steve Johns Helen Williams WMxCC 2016 (22nd)
2017–18 Hugh Millikin Kim Forge Helen Williams WMxCC 2017 (26th)
2018–19 Hugh Millikin Kim Forge Steve Johns Helen Williams AMxCC 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Curling Victoria". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Day Jobs: How Helen Williams combines curling and curing as a doctor : Athlete365". olympic.org. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Curling: Australia will target top 16 finish at World Mixed Championships, says Nedlands team member". Community News Group. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 Australian Mixed Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

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