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Helen Williams (curler)

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Helen Williams
Curler
Born (1973-03-06) 6 March 1973 (age 51)
Scotland
Team
Curling clubVictorian Curling Association[1]
SkipHelen Williams
ThirdSara Westman
SecondKaren Titheridge
LeadKristin Tsourlenes
AlternateMichelle Fredericks-Armstrong
Curling career
Member Association Australia
World Mixed Championship
appearances		2 (2016, 2017)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		6 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2017)
Pan Continental Championship
appearances		1 (2023)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Australia
Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Jeonju

Helen Williams (née Helen Wright, born 6 March 1973 in Scotland[2]) is an Australian female curler originally from Scotland.

Biography

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She is a farmer's daughter from Scotland, from a curling family. She was runner-up in the Scottish Junior Championships, and then played with Olympic gold medallist Rhona Martin’s team for a while. In 1997, when she was part of the Scottish and Britain national training squad and they were looking ahead to the Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998, she injured her right ankle and she had a year away from competitive curling. She moved to Australia, to Perth and did not comes back to Scotland.[2]

She is a resident of Nedlands, Western Australia.[3]

Teams and events

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Women's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2001–02 Helen Wright Lynn Hewitt Lyn Greenwood Ellen Weir Sandy Gagnon AWCC 2001 1st place, gold medalist(s)
PCC 2001 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2002–03 Helen Wright Lynn Hewitt Lyn Greenwood Ellen Weir Sandy Gagnon AWCC 2002 1st place, gold medalist(s)
PCC 2002 (4th)
2003–04 Helen Wright Sandy Gagnon Lyn Greenwood Janet Cobden Jenn Gagnon Gerald Chick AWCC 2003 1st place, gold medalist(s)
PCC 2003 (4th)
2004–05 Helen Wright Lynn Hewitt Sandy Gagnon Janet Cobden Gail Munro AWCC 2004 1st place, gold medalist(s)
PCC 2004 (5th)
2005–06 Helen Wright Kim Forge Sandy Gagnon Lyn Gill Cherie Curtis AWCC 2005 1st place, gold medalist(s)
PCC 2005 (6th)
2017–18 Helen Williams Kim Forge Ashleigh Street Michelle Fredericks-Armstrong Anne Powell Robert Armstrong AWCC 2017 1st place, gold medalist(s)
PACC 2017 (6th)
2022–23 Helen Williams Karen Titheridge Kim Irvine Michelle Fredericks-Armstrong Adrienne Kennedy AWCC 2022 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023–24 Helen Williams Kim Forge Anne Powell Beata Bowes AWCC 2023 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024–25 Helen Williams Sara Westman Karen Titheridge Kristin Tsourlenes Michelle Fredericks-Armstrong AWCC 2024 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Mixed

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Coach Events
2016–17 Hugh Millikin Kim Forge Steve Johns Helen Williams WMxCC 2016 (22nd)
2017–18 Hugh Millikin Kim Forge Christopher Ordog Helen Williams James Ordog WMxCC 2017 (26th)
2018–19 Hugh Millikin Kim Forge Steve Johns Helen Williams AMxCC 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Curling Victoria". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Day Jobs: How Helen Williams combines curling and curing as a doctor : Athlete365". olympic.org. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Curling: Australia will target top 16 finish at World Mixed Championships, says Nedlands team member". Community News Group. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 Australian Mixed Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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