| Penny Shantz | |
| Gender: | F |
| Other Names: | Penny Ryan |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Curling Club: | North Shore WC, North Vancouver, BC |
| Hearts Appearances: | 2: |
| Olympic Appearances: | 1 (1988) (demo) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Penny Shantz (also known as Penny Ryan and Penny Shantz-Henderson;[1] born May 23, 1960[2]) is a Canadian curler.
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.
In the 1980s, she was married to famous Canadian curler Pat Ryan, World and Brier champion.[3] [4]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982[5] | Penny Ryan | ||||||
| 1982–83 | Penny Ryan | ||||||
| 1987–88 | Penny Ryan | Patti Vande (OG) | |||||
| 1988–89 | Penny Ryan | Sandra Rippel | (8th) | ||||
| 1989–90[6] | Penny Ryan | Sandra Jenkins | |||||
| 2002–03 | Penny Shantz | CC 2003 (T-7th) | |||||
| 2004–05 | Penny Shantz | Kerrylyn Richard | Sandra Jenkins | ||||
| 2006–07 | Penny Shantz | Sandra Jenkins | |||||
| 2007 | Sandra Jenkins | Penny Shantz | Susan Hamilton | Sherry Heath | |||
| 2011–12 | Penny Shantz | Debbie Jones-Walker | CSCC 2012 (10th) | ||||
| 2012–13 | Penny Shantz | Sandra Jenkins | Sherry Heath | ||||
| 2013–14 | Penny Shantz | Sandra Jenkins | Debbie Pulak | Kate Horne | CSCC 2014 (7th) | ||
| 2014–15 | Penny Shantz | Sandra Jenkins | Kate Horne | ||||
| 2016–17 | Penny Shantz | Colleen Robson | |||||
| 2017–18 | Lynne Noble | Penny Shantz | Colleen Robson | CSCC 2018 (4th) | |||
| 2018–19 | Sandra Jenkins | Penny Shantz | Colleen Robson | Kate Horne | |||
| 2021 | Penny Shantz | Tina Chestnut | Nicole Guizzo | Nancy Betteridge | CCCC 2021 | ||
| 2022 | Penny Shantz | Cindy Curtain | Shirley Wong | Janet Suter | CMCC 2022 | ||
| 2023 | Penny Shantz | Cindy Curtain | Shirley Wong | Janet Suter | CMCC 2023 | ||
| 2022 | Penny Shantz | Cindy Curtain | Danielle Shaughnessy | Donna Mychaluk | CMCC 2024 |