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Erika Doornbos (born October 12, 1956) is a Dutch curler. She plays for Curling Club Utrecht and plays lead in the Dutch national team. At the 2004 European Curling Championships, Doornbos was an alternate for Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon's 12th place team. In 2005, she was Leibbrandt-Demmon's second and they finished in 7th place.
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Robert Michael Doornbos is a Dutch former racing driver who also competed with a Monégasque licence. He has been test and third driver for the Jordan and Red Bull Racing Formula One teams, as well as driving for Minardi and Red Bull Racing in 2005 and 2006. Doornbos then drove for Minardi Team USA in the 2007 and final season of the Champ Car World Series. He competed in the Superleague Formula racing series in 2008, and drove for the Netherlands team in A1 Grand Prix's 2008–2009 season. In 2009, Doornbos competed in the IndyCar Series. He began the season with Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, but switched to HVM Racing after the race in Kentucky Speedway.
Ben Wiegers was the coach of the Dutch national women's curling team from 2002 to 2006. When he started coaching the team, they were ranked 17th in Europe. When he quit, the team was ranked 7th in Europe and had qualified for the Women World Curling Championships.
Reinier Butôt is a former Dutch curler from the Curling Club Utrecht. He was the lead of the Dutch national team. In 2001, 2002 and 2003 he played third for Mark Neeleman at the World Junior "B" Curling Championships. All three years they finished 7th. Butôt was also an alternate on two European Championships teams: 12th place for Reg Wiebe in 2002 and 13th place for Floris van Imhoff in 2003. At the 2004 European Championships, Butôt played lead for Erik van der Zwan and they finished 15th. At the 2005 European Championships, he played second for Reg Wiebe's 19th place team.
Mark Rurup is a Dutch curler from Amsterdam who curls out of the Curling Club Utrecht. He is the third of the Praxis Hammerheads which is the Dutch national team. Rurup has played in 3 European Championships. In 2005 he was the alternate for Reg Wiebe, and finished 19th. In 2007, he was the team's lead, and finished 17th. In 2009, he finished 11th, playing third for Mark Neeleman.
Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon is a Canadian-Dutch curling coach who is the National Coach (Bondscoach) for Netherlands Topsport & Talent Curling Program. She coached the National Juniors from 2005- 2014, Team van Dorp 2010 - 2013 and Men's National Selection Team 2014 to current. She also often coaches at International Camps for WCF and is the director of the Junior Division of the Curling Champions Tour.
Elisabeth Anna Maria "Ellen" van der Cammen is a Dutch curler from the Curling Club Utrecht. In 2001, she was an alternate for the team, skipped by Margrietha Voskuilen that finished 13th at the European Curling Championships. In 2002, she was the team's second in a 16th-place finish at the European championships. In 2004, as a third for Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon, the Dutch finished in 12th place. In 2005, they finished in 7th place. After the 2006 World Championships in Grande Prairie, AB, Canada, where the team ended 12th, she left the team in order to have more time for her personal life. She now works as a children's physiotherapist in Krimpen a/d IJssel, Netherlands.
Margrietha Voskuilen is a Dutch curler from the Curling Club Utrecht. She currently plays third for the Dutch national team.
Idske de Jong is a Dutch curler from the Curling Club Motip Dubli. She used to play for Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon's team. The team, with de Jong at that time as the alternate, finished in 7th place at the 2005 European Curling Championships, which qualified them for the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship where they finished in last position. She participated in the 2006 European Curling Championships.
Amy Lee Nixon is a Canadian retired curler and lawyer from Calgary, Alberta. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning 2006 Winter Olympic women's curling team, skipped by Shannon Kleibrink. Nixon was also the chair of the board of governors of Curling Canada from 2021 to 2022.
Marlijn Müller is a Dutch curler who was part of the Dutch national team skipped by Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon, which participates in the A Group at the 2006 European Curling Championships. She decided to leave the team in 2007, and she now coaches the Dutch men's team. In the Dutch competition she plays at Curling Club Prins Willem Alexander. Müller also played in the 2007 European Mixed Curling Championship in Madrid.
Susan O'Connor is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is an Olympic silver medallist.
Amber Holland is a Canadian curler from Loreburn, Saskatchewan. Holland skipped Saskatchewan's team to a national women's championship in 2011 by defeating defending champion Jennifer Jones in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and won a silver medal at the 2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship. She also won a national championship at the junior level in 1992, and captured a silver medal at the World Junior Curling Championships in 1993 after losing in the final.
Heather Nedohin is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. She is a Canadian former and World Junior champion, two-time Tournament of Hearts Champion and a two-time World bronze medalist. She is married to three time World Champion David Nedohin. She currently coaches the Kerri Einarson rink.
Leibbrandt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jill Thurston is a Canadian curler. She skipped her own team out of the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Marie Kaldvee is an Estonian curler from Järveküla, Estonia. She currently skips the Estonian women's curling team.
Elise Adelaïde Haighton was a Dutch feminist and free thinker who wrote under the pseudonyms Hroswitha and Brunhilde or Brunehilde.
Erin Porter is a Canadian curler from Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. She currently plays third on Team Brooke Godsland. She is a five-time Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion and two-time Newfoundland and Labrador junior champion.
Erika Tuvike is an Estonian curler. She currently plays lead on the Estonian women's curling team, skipped by Marie Kaldvee.
Esmee Virginia Brugts is a Dutch professional football player who plays as a forward for Liga F club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.