Melanie Robillard

Melanie Robillard

Melanie Robillard at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born	3 October 1982 (1982-10-03) (age 29) Sussex
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Curling
Club	SC Riessersee
Medal record Curling Competitor for  Germany World Championships Gold 2010 Swift Current European Championships Gold 2009 Aberdeen European Mixed Gold 2008 Kitzbühel

Melanie Robillard (born October 3, 1982 in Sussex, New Brunswick) is a curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Career

She curled for Jenn Hanna's team in 2000 as her lead. They would lose in the provincial junior finals that year. In 2002, Robillard skipped her own team to the provincial junior finals, but lost.^[1] Robillard, who has a German mother, officially played alternate for the German team at the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, but ended up playing second for seven of the eleven matches. Later on in the year, she played lead for the German mixed team that won the gold medal at the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship.^[2] She competed on the German women's teams, skipped by Andrea Schöpp, as second in the 2010 Winter Olympics, and as third in the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, which they won.^[3][4]

Personal life

She is currently studying law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She speaks French, English, German and Spanish.^[5]

In 2005, Robillard posed nude for a calendar to promote women's curling.^[6]

See also

• Ana Arce
• Daniela Jentsch
• Lynsay Ryan
• Kasia Selwand
• Claudia Toth

External links

• Melanie Robillard on the World Curling Federation database

References

1. ^ HIT RADIO FFH - Sport - Melanie Robillard
2. ^ Worldcurling-Profil from Melanie Robillard
3. ^ Curling Team Schöpp
4. ^ [1]
5. ^ Local heroes: Melanie Robillard | Vancouver 2010 | Sports | Ottawa Sun
6. ^ Women of Curling (Fire on Ice)

Persondata
Name	Robillard, Melanie
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Date of birth	October 3, 1982
Place of birth	Sussex
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