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Sharon Vukich

Sharon Vukich

American curler

Sharon Vukich is an American curler from Seattle, Washington. She is a two-time women's national Champion, two-time senior women's national champion, and one-time mixed doubles national champion.[1]

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Curling career

Vukich skipped her team to gold at the United States Championship twice, in 1980 and 1987.[1] As champion she represented the United States at the World Championships those years, finishing in fourth and fifth place, respectively.[2][3] She returned to national prominence with back-to-back gold medals at the United States Senior Championships in 2009 and 2010.[4] At World's they finished sixth and fourth places, respectively.[5][6] In 2010 she also won the Mixed Doubles National Championship with teammate Mike Calcagno. The 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship was held concurrently with the World Senior Championship and Vukich competed at both.[7] At World Mixed Doubles they finished in tenth place.[8]

Personal life

Vukich's parents were curlers and helped found the Granite Curling Club in Seattle.[9] Vukich met her late husband Jim while curling.[10] He was also a multi-time national champion, having won the Men's Championship in 1987 and 1989.[11] Vukich's daughter Emily (Em) Good and son Jake Vukich are also successful competitive curlers, Emily having competed at the 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship and Jake at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships.[12][13]

Teams

Women's

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Mixed doubles

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References

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    "Royal Bank of Scotland World Curling Championships 1980". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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    "World Curling Championships 1987". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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    "World Senior Curling Championships 2009". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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    "World Senior Championships 2010". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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    "World Mixed Doubles Championship 2010". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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    "Curling runs in the family at Olympic trials". The Denver Post. February 26, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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    "Men's Champions". USA Curling. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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    "Em Good". USA Curling. Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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    "Jake Vukich". USA Curling. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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    Kolesar, Terry (February 9, 2011). "Smith, Goodland rinks capture senior titles". U.S. Curling News. p. 15. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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    "CURLING: SEVEN TEAMS CLINCH 2012 NATIONALS SPOTS". Team USA. December 27, 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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    "CURLING: WISCONSIN'S PAM OLEINIK WINS THIRD SENIOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL TITLE". Team USA. December 4, 2011. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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    "Vukich 2–3 at USA Women's Challenge Round". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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