Gary Cormack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | May 27, 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Tunnel Town Curling Club, Delta, BC, Richmond Curling Centre, Richmond, BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Wheelchair Championship appearances | 3 (2005, 2007, 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Paralympic appearances | 1 (2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gary Cormack [1] (born May 27, 1950 in Kenora, Ontario) is a Canadian wheelchair curler, [2] 2006 Winter Paralympics champion.
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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2005–06 | Chris Daw | Gerry Austgarden | Gary Cormack | Sonja Gaudet | Karen Blachford (WPG) | CWhCC 2006 ![]() WPG 2006 ![]() | |
2006–07 | Chris Daw | Gerry Austgarden | Gary Cormack | Sonja Gaudet | Ina Forrest | Joe Rea | WWhCC 2007 (4th) |
2007–08 | Darryl Neighbour | Gerry Austgarden | Ina Forrest | Sonja Gaudet | Gary Cormack | Joe Rea | WWhCC 2008 (4th) |
2009–10 | Gary Cormack | Rich Green | Vince Miele | Corinne Jensen | Samantha Siu | Len Stewart | CWhCC 2010 ![]() |
2010–11 | Gary Cormack | Frank LaBounty | Vince Miele | Alison Duddy | CWhCC 2011 (4th) | ||
2012–13 | Gary Cormack | Frank LaBounty | Vince Miele | Alison Duddy | Samantha Siu | Karen Watson | CWhCC 2013 ![]() |
2013–14 | Darryl Neighbour | Frank LaBounty | Vince Miele | Alison Duddy | Gary Cormack | Karen Watson | CWhCC 2014 (5th) [7] |
2018–19 | Darryl Neighbour | Bob Macdonald | Gary Cormack | Janice Ing | Vic Shimizu | CWhCC 2019 (9th) [8] | |
2019–20 | Bob Macdonald | Alison Duddy | Gary Cormack | Vince Miele | [9] |
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