- Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink (born
October 7 ,1968 inNorquay, Saskatchewan ) is a Canadiancurler fromOkotoks, Alberta . She and her team of thirdAmy Nixon , secondGlenys Bakker , leadChristine Keshen and alternateSandra Jenkins represented Canada at the2006 Winter Olympics inTurin ,Italy . They won a bronze medal.Kleibrink made her debut at the
1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts , Canada's national curling championship where her team of Sandra Jenkins,Sally Shigehiro and Joanne Wright finished 6-5 representing teamAlberta . Kleibrink didn't qualify for the Scotts again until 2004, but in the mean time she made it to the final of the 1997 Olympic Trials. At the trials, where the winner played for Canada at the1998 Winter Olympics , Kleibrink lost in the final toSandra Schmirler . In 2004 Kleibrink became the first woman to win aCanadian Mixed Curling Championship as skip. She was also the first woman to skip a team at the mixed, when she did so the previous year, where she lost in the final. The same year, at the2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts , Kleibrink and her team of Amy Nixon, Glenys Bakker andStephanie Marchand finished 6-5, out of the playoffs.In 2005, Kleibrink won the
Canada Cup of Curling where she beatJan Betker in the final. Later on that year, Kleibrink qualified for the Olympics, when they beatKelly Scott 's team fromKelowna, British Columbia at the 2005 Canadian Olympic trials. Kleibrink's team began the tournament at 1-3 before winning seven straight games to qualify. In the final end of the championship game, Kleibrink scored 3 points to win the match 8-7.Her best showing at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts to date was during the 2008 event in
Regina, Saskatchewan where she represented Alberta for a third time. They finished in first place after the round robin with a 10-1 record. They then defeatedSherry Middaugh ofOntario to advance to the finals for the first time. However, she was defeated in the championship game by Jennifer Jones of Manitoba [Curling Scoops [http://www.curlingscoops.com/scot08 The 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts] ] .References
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