Frances Brodie Award

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The Frances Brodie Award was created in honour of Frances Brodie, who started the first World Women's Curling Championship in 1979, and also presided over the Ladies Committee of the International Curling Federation, now known as the World Curling Federation. It is presented to the curler who best displayed skill, honesty, fair play, friendship and sportsmanship during the World Women's Curling Championships. The winner is selected by her fellow curlers in the tournament.

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Winners

YearWinnerCountry
1989 Cristina Lestander Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1990 Almut Hege-Schöll Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1991 Veronika Huber Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
1992 Amy Hatten Wright Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1993 Jaana Jokela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
1994 Helena Blach Lavrsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
1995 Ayako Ishigaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1996 Kirsty Hay Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
1997 Jaana Jokela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
1998 Jackie Lockhart Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
1999 Marianne Aspelin Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2000 Rhona Martin Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
2001 Ann Swisshelm Silver Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2002 Kim Mi-yeon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2003 Dordi Nordby Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2004 Madeleine Dupont Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
2005 Cassie Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2006 Junko Sonobe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2007 Lindsay Wood Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
2008 Mirjam Ott Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2009 Marianne Rørvik Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2010 Linn Githmark Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2011 Henriette Løvar Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2012 Eve Muirhead Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
2013 Corinna Scholz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2014 Alison Kreviazuk Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2015 Sanna Puustinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2016 Irene Schori [1] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2017 Wang Bingyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2018 Jill Officer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2019 Rui Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2021 Alina Pätz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2022 Alina Pätz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2023 Bridget Becker Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
2024 Angela Romei Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

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References

  1. "Continuing to Battle On and Off the Ice Schori Receives Francis Brodie Award". Swift Current Online. March 28, 2016.