| Patti Wuthrich | |
| Gender: | F |
| Other Names: | Patti Vande, Patti Vandekerckhove |
| Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Curling Club: | Granite CC (Winnipeg) |
| Hearts Appearances: | 5: |
| Olympic Appearances: | 1 (1988) (demo) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Patti Wuthrich (born July 17, 1958, in Winnipeg[1] as Patti "Vande" Vandekerckhove) is a Canadian curler and curling coach from Gimli, Manitoba.[2]
As a junior curler, she won the 1974 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing second for the Chris Pidzarko rink. She won the 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]
She is married to well-known Canadian ice maker Hans Wuthrich.[6] [7] She is currently the owner of Minerva Tree Farms.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973—74 | Patti Vandekerckhove | CJCC 1974 | |||||
| 1975—76 | Patti Vande | CJCC 1976 (4th)[8] | |||||
| 1976—77 | Patti Vande | Connie Laliberte | CJCC 1977 (? th) | ||||
| 1977—78 | Cathy Pidzarko | Chris Pidzarko | Patti Vandekerckhove | ||||
| 1978—79 | Christine Pidzarko | Iris Armstrong | Patti Vande | ||||
| 1979—80 | Patti Vande | Connie Laliberte | (7th) | ||||
| 1982—83 | Patti Vande | Iris Armstrong | (4th) | ||||
| 1987—88 | Patti Vande | ||||||
| 1995—96 | Maureen Bonar | Patti Wuthrich | (5th) |
| Season | Skip | Event | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Kerri Einarson | |||
| 2018–19 | Kerri Einarson | |||
| Kerri Einarson | Wild Card Game | |||
| 2019–20 | Kerri Einarson |