Helen Williams (curler) explained

Helen Williams
Birth Date:1973 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Scotland
Curling Club:Victorian Curling Association[1]
Skip:Helen Williams
Third:Sara Westman
Second:Karen Titheridge
Lead:Kristin Tsourlenes
Alternate:Michelle Fredericks-Armstrong
World Mixed Championship Appearances:2
Pacific Championship Appearances:6
Pan Continental Championship Appearances:1

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

Biography

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.

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

Teams and events

Women's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2001–02 Helen Wright AWCC 2001
2002–03 Helen Wright Lynn Hewitt Lyn Greenwood Ellen Weir Sandy Gagnon AWCC 2002
(4th)
2003–04 Helen Wright Sandy Gagnon Lyn Greenwood AWCC 2003
(4th)
2004–05 Helen Wright Lynn Hewitt Sandy Gagnon Janet Cobden AWCC 2004
(5th)
2005–06 Helen Wright Sandy Gagnon AWCC 2005
(6th)
2017–18 Helen Williams Kim Forge AWCC 2017
(6th)
2022–23Helen Williams Michelle Fredericks-Armstrong AWCC 2022
2023–24Helen Williams Kim Forge Anne Powell AWCC 2023
2024–25Helen Williams Karen Titheridge Michelle Fredericks-Armstrong AWCC 2024

Mixed

Season Skip Third Second Lead Coach Events
2016–17 Helen Williams WMxCC 2016 (22nd)
2017–18 Hugh Millikin Kim Forge Helen Williams WMxCC 2017 (26th)
2018–19 Hugh Millikin Kim Forge Steve Johns Helen Williams AMxCC 2018 [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Curling Victoria . 2018-11-01 .
  2. Web site: Day Jobs: How Helen Williams combines curling and curing as a doctor : Athlete365. olympic.org. 2018-11-05.
  3. Web site: Curling: Australia will target top 16 finish at World Mixed Championships, says Nedlands team member . Community News Group . September 20, 2017 . 2018-11-05 .
  4. Web site: 2018 Australian Mixed Curling Championship. CurlingZone. 2018-11-05.