Julie Skinner | |
Gender: | F |
Other Names: | Julie Lynn Skinner |
Birth Name: | Julie Lynn Sutton |
Birth Date: | 23 April 1968 |
Birth Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Hearts Appearances: | 7 (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2004) |
World Championship Appearances: | 2 (1991, 2000) |
Olympic Appearances: | 2 (1992, 2002) |
Julie Lynn Skinner (Sutton, born April 23, 1968, in Calgary, Alberta) is a retired[1] Canadian curler and Olympic medallist from Victoria, British Columbia.[2] [3] She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.[4] She is also a former world champion from 2000.
After winning the 1987 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Skinner became the junior world champion in 1988, as skip for the Canadian team. She also won the 1986 Canadian Junior Women's Curling Championship playing third for her sister Jodie Sutton.
At the time of her World junior championship title, Skinner was a student at the University of Victoria[5] and was from Oliver, British Columbia.[6] She is the twin sister of her teammate Jodie Sutton.[7]