Karri Willms
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| Born | April 16, 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Victoria CC, Victoria, , Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hearts appearances | 3 (1991, 1992, 1993) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1991) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (1992 - demo) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| 1990–91 | Julie Sutton | Jodie Sutton | Melissa Soligo | Karri Willms | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | STOH 1991  WCC 1991 
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| 1991–92 | Julie Sutton | Jodie Sutton | Melissa Soligo | Karri Willms | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | STOH 1992 WOG 1992 (demo) 
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| 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 |
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| 2012 | 2012 European Curling Championships |  Italy (men) |
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| 2013 | 2013 Olympic Qualifying Event |  Latvia (women) |
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| 2014 | 2014 European Curling Championships | Latvia (men) |
References[]
External links[]
- Karri Wilms at World Curling Federation
- Karri Wilms at Olympics.com
- Karri Wilms at the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Karri Wilms at Olympedia
- Karri Willms – Curling Canada Stats Archive
- "Willms switches gears between cars, curling - Sportsnet.ca". March 17, 2014.
- Gord Holder (May 20, 2014). "Canadian coach driving Latvia's curling goals". Ottawa Citizen.
- "World Curling boost team with new appointments - InsideTheGames". June 20, 2018.
- Canada's Karri Willms competing in the curling event at the 1992 Albertville Olympic winter Games. (CP PHOTO/COA/Ted Grant)
- "Per chi crede nella divina provvidenza... ecco in Italia Karri Wilms" (in Italian). Curling Italia. September 18, 2012.
- "Latvijas izlasēm smaga diena Eiropas čempionātā - Citi sporta veidi - TVNET Sports" (in Latvian). November 26, 2013.
- World Senior Curling Championships 2019 - Competition Officials
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