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Joan McCusker (born June 8, 1965 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan as Joan Elizabeth Inglis) is a Canadian curler and Olympic gold medallist.

Joan McCusker
Curler
Born	(1965-06-08) June 8, 1965 (age 56) Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Career
World Championship appearances	3 (1993, 1994, 1997)
Olympic appearances	1 (1998)
Medal record Women's curling Representing  Canada Winter Olympics 1998 Nagano Team World championships 1993 Geneva Team 1994 Oberstdorf Team 1997 Berne Team Representing  Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts 1993 Brandon 1994 Kitchener 1997 Vancouver 1995 Calgary 1998 Regina Canadian Olympic Curling Trials 1997 Brandon

Career

McCusker's greatest successes in curling came during the years she played second on the team of Sandra Schmirler (skip), Jan Betker (third), and Marcia Gudereit (lead). In 1993, 1994, and 1997 they won the Scott Tournament of Hearts,[1] the Canadian women's championship, the first Canadian women's team to win multiple times with the same lineup.[2] As the Tournament of Hearts champions McCusker's team went on to represent Canada at the World Curling Championships three times and won each time.[3] At the 1998 Winter Olympics McCusker and the rest of the Schmirler rink represented Canada, defeating Denmark to win the gold medal.[2] The success of the team of Schmirler, McCusker, Betker, and Gudereit came to an abrupt end in 2000 when Schmirler died of cancer.[4]

In 2000 McCusker and her teammates were inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[1] In 2019 McCusker and her Olympic teammates were named the greatest female Canadian curling team of all time as part of a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.[5]

Personal life

McCusker grew up with her 6 siblings on a farm near Saltcoats, Saskatchewan.[6] She comes from a family of curlers and her sisters Cathy Trowel and Nancy Inglis have also curled competitively at the provincial and national levels. Her husband Brian is also a curler and is a three time Saskatchewan champion.[7] Joan and Brian have three children.

McCusker was an elementary school teacher until 1998, when she quit to focus on her curling and broadcasting career.[2] Since 2001, McCusker has been part of CBC's curling coverage team,[8] working with Bruce Rainnie and Mike Harris. She also is a motivational speaker.[6]

She currently coaches the Casey Scheidegger rink.[9]

References

External links

• Joan McCusker at World Curling Federation
• Joan McCusker at Olympedia
• Joan McCusker at the Canadian Olympic Committee
• Joan McCusker at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Preceded by Don Duguid	CBC Sports Lead Curling analyst (with Mike Harris) 2001-present	Succeeded by Present

На других языках

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- [en] Joan McCusker

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[it] Joan McCusker

Joan McCusker (Yorkton, 8 giugno 1965) è una giocatrice di curling canadese.

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[ru] Маккаскер, Джоан

Джоа́н Элизабе́т Макка́скер (англ. Joan Elizabeth McCusker, урождённая Джоа́н Элизабе́т И́нглиш, англ. Joan Elizabeth Inglis; 8 июня 1965, Йорктон, Саскачеван, Канада) — канадская кёрлингистка. Играла на позиции второго.

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