Karri_Willms

Karri Willms

Karri Willms

Canadian curler and coach

Karri Anne Willms (born April 16, 1969) is a Canadian curler and curling coach from Vernon, British Columbia.[1]

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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

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Record as a coach of national teams

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References

  1. [1]
    "Willms switches gears between cars, curling - Sportsnet.ca".
  2. [2]
    Official Report 1992W page 630 - Olympic Official Reports Collection
  3. [3]
    Staff - World Curling Federation
  4. [4]
    Hall of Fame Inductees - Curl BC


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