Schmirler, Sandra

Schmirler, Sandra
▪ 2001

      Canadian curler (b. June 11, 1963, Biggar, Sask.—d. March 2, 2000, Regina, Sask.), was captain of the Canadian women's curling team that won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics—the first Olympics in which curling was a medal sport. Before Schmirler and her Olympic teammates Jan Betker, Joan McCusker, and Marcia Gudereit captured the gold medal, they won three world championships (1993–94, 1997). In 1999 Schmirler was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame. One of Canada's most popular sports figures, she was admired for her outgoing personality as well as her athletic skill. Her appearance at a news conference three weeks before her death from cancer attracted widespread media attention.

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