Kalynn Park

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Kalynn Park
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Other namesKalynn Virtue [1]
Born (1988-09-12) September 12, 1988 (age 35)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Team
Curling club Glencoe CC,
Calgary, AB
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
1 (2015)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta
Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Ottawa
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Ottawa

Kalynn Park (born September 12, 1988) is a Canadian curler and curling coach. She is right-handed.

Contents

She and Charley Thomas won the 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials and represented Canada at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. [2]

Achievements

Teams and events

Women's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2005–06Kalynn ParkMegan Anderson Jessie Kaufman Joanne Taylor
2006–07Kalynn Park Cary-Anne Sallows Jessie KaufmanJoanne TaylorHeather Moore CJCC 2007 (5th)
2008–09 Casey Scheidegger Kalynn Park Jessie Scheidegger Jayme Coutts Don Scheidegger CJCC 2009 Bronze medal icon.svg
2009 Kaitlyn Lawes Jenna Loder Laryssa Grenkow Breanne Meakin Kalynn ParkRob Meakin WJCC 2009 Silver medal icon.svg
2009–10Casey Scheidegger (fourth)Kalynn Park Diane Foster (skip) Rachelle Pidherny
2010–11 Desiree Owen Kalynn ParkCary-Anne McTaggart Stephanie Malekoff
2011–12Casey ScheideggerKalynn ParkJessie Scheidegger Joelle Horn
2012–13 Shannon Kleibrink Bronwen Webster Kalynn Park Chelsey Matson
2013–14Shannon KleibrinkBronwen WebsterKalynn ParkChelsey Matson
2014–15 Teryn Hamilton Kalynn Park Sandi Weber Alanna Blackwell
2015–16Kalynn Park Shana Snell Amanda Craigie Kaitlin Stubbs
2016–17Kalynn VirtueShana SnellAmanda CraigieKaitlin Stubbs
2017–18Shannon Kleibrink Sarah Wilkes Kalynn Park Alison Thiessen
2018–19 Kristen Streifel Kelly Schafer Kalynn Park Dayna Demers
2019–20Kristen StreifelKelly SchaferKalynn ParkDayna Demers

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
2008–09 Tom Appelman Kalynn Park Branden Klassen Rachelle Pidherny CMxCC 2009 (10th)

Mixed doubles

SeasonMaleFemaleCoachEvents
2013–14 Charley Thomas Kalynn Park CMDCT 2014 Silver medal icon.svg
2014–15Charley ThomasKalynn Park Jim Waite (WMDCC) CMDCT 2015 Gold medal icon.svg
WMDCC 2015 (4th)
2015–16Charley ThomasKalynn Park CMDCT 2016 (5th)
2016–17 [3] Charley ThomasKalynn Virtue CMDCT 2017 (9th)
2017–18Charley ThomasKalynn Park CMDCOT 2018 (11th)
CMDCC 2018 (5th)
2018–19Kalynn Park John Morris Nolan Thiessen CWC 2018–19 (2nd leg) (5th)

Coaching (national teams)

YearEventTeamPlace
2015–16 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (mixed doubles)
23

Personal life

Park is a graduate of the University of Alberta and Athabasca University. She works as a Paralegal. [4] She is the daughter of curler Kevin Park and was married to Brock Virtue. [5]

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References

  1. "HOMAN AND MORRIS EARN BERTH TO MIXED DOUBLES TRIALS". Curling Canada. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  2. Con Griwkowsky (2015-09-18). "Kalynn Park and Charley Thomas getting the hang of curling event just in time for Olympics". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  3. "VIRTUE AND THOMAS THROUGH TO MIXED DOUBLES TRIALS". Curling Canada. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  4. Kalynn Park - Law Fifty One: Personal Injury Lawyers
  5. "Terry Jones: Sweeting the favourite at Alberta Scotties". Edmonton Journal. January 23, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2024.