Wally Henry (curler)
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Born | May 5, 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Madison CC, Madison, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Championship appearances | 2 (1986, 1991) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other appearances | World Senior Championships: 1 (2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wally Henry (born May 5, 1947, in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada) is an American curler and curling coach.
He is a 1986 and 1991 World Men's bronze medallist[1] and a two times United States men's curling champion (1986, 1991).
He worked as a national coach for United States Curling Association.
Awards[]
- USA Curling Coach of the Year: 2007[2]
Teams[]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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1985–86 | Steve Brown | Wally Henry | George Godfrey | Richard Maskel | USMCC 1986 ![]() WCC 1986 ![]() | |
1990–91 | Steve Brown | Paul Pustovar | George Godfrey | Wally Henry | Mike Fraboni | USMCC 1991 ![]() WCC 1991 ![]() |
2006–07 | Geoff Goodland | Wally Henry | USSCC 2007 ![]() WSCC 2007 (4th) |
Record as a coach of national teams[]
Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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2003 | 2003 World Women's Curling Championship | ![]() |
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2005 | 2005 Pacific Curling Championships | ![]() |
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2006 | 2006 World Women's Curling Championship | ![]() |
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2007 | 2007 World Women's Curling Championship | ![]() |
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2008 | 2008 World Women's Curling Championship | ![]() |
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2009 | 2009 World Women's Curling Championship | ![]() |
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2010 | 2010 Winter Olympics | ![]() |
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2012 | 2012 Winter Youth Olympics | ![]() |
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2012 | 2012 Winter Youth Olympics | ![]() |
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2012 | 2012 Winter Youth Olympics | ![]() |
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2016 | 2016 World Junior Curling Championships | ![]() |
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2016 | 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | ![]() |
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Personal life[]
His daughter Debbie McCormick is World and US curling champion, and his son is a curler too.[3]
Wally Henry started curling in 1955, when he was 8 years old.
References[]
- ^ Wally Henry on the World Curling Federation database
- ^ Coaching Awards - USA Curling
- ^ Simon, Kelly (March 3, 2018). "Beaver Dam man reminisces on lifetime of curling". Daily Citizen. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
External links[]
- Wally Henry at World Curling Federation
- Wally Henry at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Wally Henry at Olympedia
- "2010 Olympic Coach Wally Henry added to HP staff - USA Curling". August 22, 2014.
- Video: 1991 World Men's Curling Championship, round robin, Canada (Kevin Martin) — USA (Steve Brown) on YouTube
Categories:
- Living people
- 1947 births
- People from Portage la Prairie
- Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin
- American male curlers
- American curling champions
- American curling coaches
- Canadian emigrants to the United States
- American curling biography stubs