Kelly Schafer

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Kelly Schafer
Kelly Wood Vancouver 2010.jpg
Personal information
Birth nameKelly Wood
Born (1981-04-08) 8 April 1981 (age 40)[1]
Dundee[1]
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight56 kg (8 st 11 lb; 123 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryScotland
United Kingdom
SportCurling
ClubSwift Current[1]
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Medal record
Curling
Representing  Scotland
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Swift Current
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Aomori
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Beijing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 St Gallen
Silver medal – second place 2007 Füssen
Silver medal – second place 2010 Champéry
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Braehead

Kelly Schafer (née Wood, born 8 April 1981 in Dundee) is a Scottish curler who has represented her home country and Great Britain on an International and Olympic level. She lives in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

Curling career[]

Schafer made her international curling debut competing at the 1999 World Junior Championships, representing Scotland and the Letham Grange Ice Rink. With Schafer leading the team as skip, they finished a respectable fifth position.[3] Schafer was skip for Team Scotland at the World Juniors two more times, in 2001 and 2002. Both years the team again finished fifth.[4][5]

Scotland's curling dominance over the two other host nations of Great Britain secured its place at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Schafer was shortlisted along with nine other female curlers to be considered for a place on the women's Olympic team and became successful to travel to Turin to defend Rhona Martin's Olympic gold that Team GB won in Salt Lake City in 2002. She joined Rhona Martin, Lynn Cameron, Jackie Lockhart and Debbie Knox. As in her other international games, Shaefer played second throughout the Olympic competition. However, despite beating U.S. 10–4 after only six ends, Team GB's Olympic hopes were shattered as Canada beat Denmark in a nail-biting match in the final end. A win over Canada by Denmark would have enabled Great Britain to go into a playoff to compete for the last semi-final position. When interviewed after the game Kelly conceded Team GB's loss was "gutting" but added "we [Team GB] have to take the positives out of this."

Schafer won her first medal at an international event at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship. She skipped Scotland with teammates Jackie Lockhart, Lorna Vevers, Lindsay Wood and Karen Addison. Scotland won the bronze medal by losing in the semi-final to Denmark, skipped by Angelina Jensen.

Schafer returned to the Olympics in 2010, again playing second but this time for skip Eve Muirhead. Team Great Britain finished 7th with a record of 3–6.[6][7]

A month after the Olympics Schafer again played with Muirhead, this time as third at the 2010 World Championships. Team Scotland played Germany in the final, settling for the silver medal after giving up two points in an extra end.[8]

Though she no longer lives in Scotland, Schafer has been a frequent alternate for Team Scotland, including at the 2012 World Championships in Lethbridge, Alberta, the 2017 World Championships in Beijing, China, and for Great Britain in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Although not a Canadian citizen, Schafer played for Saskatchewan at the 2014 and 2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.

Personal life[]

While representing Scotland at the 2010 World Championships in Swift Current, Kelly Wood met the mayor, Jerrod Schafer, and a romance developed. She would later move to the town. Kelly and Jerrod Schafer married in 2013.[2] They have one child together.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Kelly Wood". Team GB Vancouver 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Only in Canada: A mayor and a skip fall in love over curling. Swift Current Mayor Jerrod Schafer found love on the ice with professional curler Kelly Wood". CBC News. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  3. ^ "STAR CHOICE World Junior Curling Championships 1999: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. ^ "World Junior Curling Championships 2001: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  5. ^ "World Junior Curling Championships 2002: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  6. ^ "XXI. Olympic Winter Games 2010: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kelly Wood". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  8. ^ "Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2010: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  9. ^ http://www.curling.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2016/03/WORLD-WED-ALL.pdf

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