Karri Willms
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BornApril 16, 1969
Curling clubVictoria CC, Victoria,
Juan de Fuca CC, Victoria
Juan de Fuca CC, Victoria
Member Association
British Columbia
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| Born | April 16, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Victoria CC, Victoria, Juan de Fuca CC, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hearts appearances | 3 (1991, 1992, 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1991) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (1992 - demo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karri Anne Willms (born April 16, 1969) is a Canadian curler and curling coach from Vernon, British Columbia.[1]
She is a 1991 World women's silver medallist and 1991 Canadian women's champion.
She won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.[2] She retired from curling afterwards.
In 2018 she began working for the World Curling Federation as the Competitions and Development Officer.[3]
Willms worked at a bank before her and husband Renato Lepore "took a break" and moved to Novara, Italy to work as mechanics on the JD Motorsport pit crew in Formula Renault racing.
Awards
- STOH All-Star teams: 1992 (lead)
- British Columbia Curling Hall of Fame: 1996, together with all of the Julie Sutton 1991–1993 team.[4]
Teams and events
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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| 1990–91 | Julie Sutton | Jodie Sutton | Melissa Soligo | Karri Willms | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | STOH 1991  WCC 1991  |
| 1991–92 | Julie Sutton | Jodie Sutton | Melissa Soligo | Karri Willms | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | STOH 1992 WOG 1992 (demo)  |
| 1992–93 | Julie Sutton | Jodie Sutton | Melissa Soligo | Karri Willms | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | STOH 1993 (4th) |
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