Patti Wuthrich (born July 17, 1958, in Winnipeg[1] as Patti "Vande" Vandekerckhove) is a Canadian curler and curling coach from Gimli, Manitoba.[2]
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| Other names | Patti Vande, Patti Vandekerckhove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 17, 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Granite CC (Winnipeg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hearts appearances | 5: (1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (1988) (demo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As a junior curler, she won the 1974 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing second for the Chris Pidzarko rink. She won the 1978 Canadian women's championship playing lead for Cathy Pidzarko.
She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. The Canadian women's team won the gold medal, defeating Sweden in the final.
Patti Vandekerckhove was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1986.[3]
After retirement she began coaching teams on the national and international level, for example the team of Kerri Einarson[4] or the Korean team of Kim Eun-jung.[5]
Personal life
editShe is married to well-known Canadian ice maker Hans Wuthrich.[6][7] She is currently the owner of Minerva Tree Farms.[2]
Teams
edit| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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| 1973—74 | Chris Pidzarko | Cathy Pidzarko | Patti Vandekerckhove | Barbara Rudolph | CJCC 1974 
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| 1975—76 | Patti Vande | Denise Ledoyen | Connie Laliberte | Donna Rogalski | CJCC 1976 (4th)[8] | |
| 1976—77 | Patti Vande | Cindy Jensen | Colleen Clark | Connie Laliberte | CJCC 1977 (? th) | |
| 1977—78 | Cathy Pidzarko | Chris Pidzarko | Iris Armstrong | Patti Vandekerckhove | STOH 1978
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| 1978—79 | Christine Pidzarko | Rose Tanasichuk | Iris Armstrong | Patti Vande | STOH 1979 
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| 1979—80 | Donna Brownridge | Patti Vande | Carolyn Hall | Connie Laliberte | STOH 1980 (7th) | |
| 1982—83 | Patti Vande | Carol Dunstone | Iris Armstrong | Maureen Bonar | STOH 1983 (4th) | |
| 1987—88 | Linda Moore | Lindsay Sparkes | Debbie Jones | Penny Ryan | Patti Vande | OG 1988
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| 1995—96 | Maureen Bonar | Gerri Cooke | Allyson Bell | Patti Wuthrich | STOH 1996 (5th) |
Record as a coach of national teams
edit| Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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| 2014 | 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships |  South Korea (women) |
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Record as a coach of club teams
edit| Season | Skip | Event | Place |
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| 2015–16 | Kerri Einarson | 2016 STOH | 4th
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| 2016–17 | Kerri Einarson | 2016 Canada Cup of Curling |  |
| 2018–19 | Kerri Einarson | 2018 Canada Cup | |
| Kerri Einarson | 2019 STOH Wild Card Game | 2nd
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| 2019–20 | Kerri Einarson | 2020 STOH | |
References
edit- ^ Patti Vande | Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website
- ^ a b "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ "Vandekerckhove, Patti — CCA Hall of Fame — ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle". Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ^ "Kerri Einarson to leave curling team at the end of the season - Winnipeg". Globalnews.ca. February 13, 2018.
- ^ "Wuthricha good fit with Korean curlers – Red Deer Advocate". November 4, 2013.
- ^ Gimli's Ice Man from Manitoba | What Travel Writers Say(in English)
- ^ Minerva Tree Farms - Company
- ^ "Schoolgirl Championship: Round-Robin".
External links
edit- Patti Vande at World Curling
- Patti Vande at World Curling
- Patti Vande at Team Canada
- "Thinking Time: A new rule gets a look at the Canada Cup of Curling". Curling Canada. November 28, 2011.
- Patti Wuthrich - Curling Canada Stats Archive
- Video:
- Draw 10 Media Scrum - 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on YouTube (YouTube channel "Curling Canada") (Video interviews with Jennifer Jones, Patti Wuthrich, Jill Brothers and Jenn Hanna after Draw 10 at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.)
- Russian curling boosted by Canada ahead of Sochi Olympics on YouTube (YouTube channel "RT Sport"; November 8, 2010) (Curling is a fairly new sport for Russians but the country's sports bosses are keen for it to dominate at the next winter Games in Sochi. So, the National Olympic Committee has turned to Canada for help.) (with Patti Wuthrich, Hans Wuthrich, Jason Gunnlaugson and others)
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