- Kelly Scott
Kelly Scott (born
June 1 ,1977 inWinnipeg, Manitoba as Kelly Lynn Mackenzie) is a Canadiancurler fromKelowna, British Columbia .Scott won the 1995
World Junior Curling Championships andCanadian Junior Curling Championships when she curled out ofManitoba . She was also runner up at the 1991 Canadian Junior Curling Championships when she played lead forJill Staub . In 2005, Scott qualified for the2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts , where she finished second in the round-robin. At the Olympic trials that year, Scott would lose in the final toShannon Kleibrink .In March 2006, Scott won the
2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts . After leading the round robin with an 9-2 record, she beatColleen Jones in the semi-final and then beat defending champion Jennifer Jones in the final with a solid 8-6 win. The Scott team went on to the2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship inGrande Prairie, Alberta where her team won the bronze medal.At the 2006
Players' Championships , Scott scored a rare "Eight-Ender" in one of her games againstCathy King . [http://www.curlingzone.com/forums/scores/index.php?tournamentgameid=48621&tournamentid=1309]Scott defended her title at the
2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts defeatingJan Betker 's Saskatchewan team in the final. Later, she won the2007 World Women's Curling Championship , defeatingDenmark 's team ofAngelina Jensen 8-4 in final. Scott became the first female skip to win a gold medal at both a World Junior Championship and a World Championship.Scott works at Nutri-Lawn, which is owned by her parents, as a Financial Officer. In the summer 2006 Kelly Scott quit her job with the city of Kelowna due to the heavy pressure of the competitive curling season.She is married to Chad Scott.
Team mates (as of 2007):
*Jeanna Schraeder (Third)
*Sasha Carter (Second)
*Renee Simons (Lead)
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