Karri Willms Explained

Karri Willms
Gender:F
Birth Date:16 April 1969
Curling Club:Victoria CC, Victoria,
Juan de Fuca CC, Victoria
Hearts Appearances:3
World Championship Appearances:1
Olympic Appearances:1 (1992 - demo)
Show-Medals:yes

Karri Anne Willms (born April 16, 1969) is a Canadian curler and curling coach from Vernon, British Columbia.[1]

She is a and .

She won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.[2] She retired from curling afterwards.

In 2018 she began working for the World Curling Federation as the Competitions and Development Officer.[3]

Personal life

Willms worked at a bank before her and husband Renato Lepore "took a break" and moved to Novara, Italy to work as mechanics on the JD Motorsport pit crew in Formula Renault racing.

Awards

(lead)

Teams and events

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1990–91 Karri Willms
1991–92 Julie Sutton Jodie Sutton Melissa Soligo Karri Willms Elaine Dagg-Jackson
1992–93 Julie Sutton Jodie Sutton Melissa Soligo Karri Willms Elaine Dagg-Jackson (4th)

Record as a coach of national teams

Year Tournament, event National team Place
2012 (men)
2013 (women)
2014 (men)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Willms switches gears between cars, curling - Sportsnet.ca.
  2. https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/22654/ Official Report 1992W page 630 - Olympic Official Reports Collection
  3. https://worldcurling.org/about/staff Staff - World Curling Federation
  4. https://www.curlbc.ca/awards/hall-of-fame-inductees/ Hall of Fame Inductees - Curl BC