About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Alison Goring, Amber Holland, Beth Iskiw, Cathy Gauthier, Cathy King, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Christine Jurgenson, Colleen Jones, Connie Laliberte, Corinne Peters, Dawn Askin, Diane Dezura, Georgina Wheatcroft, Heather Houston, Heather Kalenchuk, Heather Nedohin, Janet Anderson Perkin, Janet Arnott, Jan Betker, Jeanna Schraeder, Jennifer Jones (curler), Jessica Mair, Jill Officer, Joan McCusker, Jolene Campbell, Joyce McKee, Julie Skinner, Kelley Law, Kelly Scott, Kim Kelly, Kim Schneider, Laine Peters, Linda Moore, Lindsay Sparkes, Lorraine Lang, Mabel DeWare, Marcia Gudereit, Marilyn Bodogh, Marj Mitchell, Mary-Anne Arsenault, Muriel Coben, Nancy Delahunt, Pat Sanders, Penny LaRocque, Renee Simons, Sandra Schmirler, Sasha Carter, Sylvia Fedoruk, Tammy Schneider, Vera Pezer. Excerpt: Sandra Marie Schmirler, (June 11, 1963 - March 2, 2000), was a Canadian curler who captured three Canadian Curling Championships (Scott Tournament of Hearts) and three World Curling Championships. Schmirler also skipped (captained) her Canadian team to a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the first year women's curling was a medal sport. At tournaments where she was not competing, Schmirler sometimes worked as a commentator for CBC Sports, which popularized her nickname Schmirler the Curler and claimed she was the only person who had a name that rhymed with the sport she played. She died in 2000 at 36 of cancer, leaving a legacy that extended outside of curling. Schmirler was honored posthumously with an induction into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and was awarded the World Curling Freytag Award, which later led to her induction into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame. While attending school in Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada, Schmirler started curling in Grade 7 as part of the school's physical education program. She...
