Kim Forge

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Kim Forge
Born (1971-05-04) 4 May 1971 (age 50)
Team
Curling clubVictorian Curling Association [1]
Skip Helen Williams
Third Kim Forge
Second Ashleigh Street
Lead Michelle Fredericks Armstrong
Alternate Anne Powell
Career
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances
9 (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017)
Other appearances World Mixed Curling Championship: 3 (2015, 2016, 2017)

Kim Forge (born 4 May 1971 in Crossfield, Alberta, Canada) is an Australian female curler originally from Canada.

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Originally from Alberta, Forge went to Australia at early 2000s on a teaching exchange program and never moved back to Canada.

She has been the President of the Australian Curling Federation since 2015 [2] and in 2016 was named to the World Curling Federation Athletes Commission. [3] [4]

As a curler, Forge has represented Australia at four World Mixed Doubles Championships, nine Pacific-Asia Championships and at three World Mixed Curling Championships.

Teams and events

Women's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2005–06 Helen Wright Kim Forge Sandy Gagnon Lyn Gill Cherie Curtis PCC 2005 (6th)
2007–08Kim ForgeSandy GagnonLynette Kate Gill Madeleine Kate Wilson Cherie Curtis PCC 2007 (4th)
2008–09Kim ForgeSandy GagnonLyn Gill Laurie Weeden Madeleine Wilson Janice Mori, Jennifer Coker PCC 2008 (5th)
2009–10Kim ForgeLaurie WeedenLyn GillMadeleine Wilson NZWG 2009 (5th)
PCC 2009 (5th)
2010–11Kim ForgeLaurie WeedenLyn GillMadeleine WilsonJanice Mori PCC 2010 (5th)
2012–13Laurie Weeden (fourth)Kim Forge (skip)Lyn Gill Blair Murray Janice Mori PACC 2012 (4th)
2013–14Kim ForgeSandy Gagnon Anne Powell Blair MurrayJanice Mori PACC 2013 (5th)
2014–15Kim ForgeSandy Gagnon Kate Montenay Jenny Riordan Gord Mountenay PACC 2014 (5th)
2017–18Helen WilliamsKim Forge Ashleigh Street Michelle Fredericks Armstrong Anne Powell Robert Armstrong PACC 2017 (6th)

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadCoachEvents
2015–16 Ian Palangio Kim Forge Steve Johns Anne Powell AMxCC 2015 Gold medal icon.svg [5]
WMxCC 2015 (29th)
2016–17 Hugh Millikin Kim ForgeSteve Johns Helen Williams WMxCC 2016 (22nd)
2017–18Hugh MillikinKim Forge Christopher Ordog Helen Williams James Ordog WMxCC 2017 (26th)
2018–19Hugh MillikinKim ForgeSteve JohnsHelen Williams AMxCC 2018 Silver medal icon.svg [6]
2018–19Hugh MillikinKim ForgeSteve JohnsAnne PowellAMxCC 2019 Gold medal icon.svg
WMxCC 2019 (26th)

Mixed doubles

SeasonMaleFemaleCoachEvents
2009–10 Hugh Millikin Kim Forge Sandy Gagnon WMDCC 2010 (5th)
2010–11Hugh MillikinKim Forge Jay Merchant WMDCC 2011 (16th)
2011–12 Stephen Johns Kim Forge Darah-Lyn Provencal WMDCC 2012 (24th)
2014–15Stephen JohnsKim Forge AMDCC 2014 Gold medal icon.svg
WMDCC 2015 (28th)
2015–16Hugh MillikinKim Forge AMDCC 2015 Silver medal icon.svg [7]

Private life

She married with Australian farmer Rod Forge. [8]

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