- Lorraine Lang
Lorraine Lang (born in
October 8 ,1956 ,Port Arthur, Ontario as Lorraine Edwards) is a Canadian curler fromThunder Bay, Ontario . She currently plays lead forKrista Scharf .In 1981, Lang won the
Canadian Mixed Curling Championship playing lead for her future husbandRick Lang .Lang played in her first
Scott Tournament of Hearts in 1983 as a third forAnne Provo . The team finished 4-6. She returned to the Hearts in 1988 asHeather Houston 's third. At the 1988 Hearts, the team had to win two tie-breakers before winning two playoff games to claim the championship. They defeated the defending championPat Sanders . At the 1988 World Championships, the team won the silver medal, losing to Germany'sAndrea Schöpp in the final. The Hearts victory gave them a berth at the1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts . The team would go on to win that as well. They had to win three playoff games before beatingChris More of Manitoba in the final. At the 1989 World Championships, they avenged their silver medal by defeatingTrine Trulsen of Norway in the final. Their Hearts victory in 1989 qualified them for the1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts . They were not able to win for a third straight year, however as they lost toAlison Goring of Ontario in the semi-final. The team returned to the Hearts in 1991 as Team Ontario. The team lost toHeidi Hanlon ofNew Brunswick in the semi-final. It would be Lang's last Hearts until 2006 when she played lead for Krista Scharf. At the2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts , the team finished with a 4-7 record, out of the playoffs. She returned with Scharf to the2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts where the finished with a 6-5 record and lost in a tie-breaker.
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