Leslie Frosch

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Leslie Frosch
 
Team
Curling clubGranidears CC,
Granite CC, Seattle
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of the United States.svg United States
World Championship
appearances
4 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1988)
Medal record
Women's curling
United States National Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1979 Winchester, MA
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Kettle Moraine, WI
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983 Grafton, ND
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Darien, CT

Leslie Frosch is an American curler. [1]

At the national level, she is a four-time United States women's champion curler (1979, 1981, 1983, 1988). She competed for the United States at four World Women's Championships.

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Teams

Women's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1978–79 Nancy Langley Dolores Campbell Leslie Frosch Nancy Wallace USWCC 1979 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1979 (5th)
1980–81Nancy Langley Carol Dahl Leslie FroschNancy WallaceUSWCC 1981 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1981 (8th)
1982–83Nancy LangleyDolores CampbellNancy WallaceLeslie FroschUSWCC 1983 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1983 (8th)
1987–88Nancy Langley Nancy Pearson Leslie Frosch Mary Hobson USWCC 1988 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1988 (7th)
2004–05Nancy Richard Doreen Deaver Leslie Frosch Miyo Konno 2005 USWCC/USOCT (9th)
2012–13 Emily Good Elizabeth LeBeau Marissa Wright Leslie Frosch 2013 USWCC-Q (DNQ) [2]

Mixed doubles

SeasonFemaleMaleEvents
2009–10Leslie FroschDavid Cornfield 2010 USMDCC (10th) [3] [4]

Personal life

Her sister Nancy Richard (Langley) is also a curler. They played together in several US championships and Worlds. [5] [6]

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References

  1. Leslie Frosch on the World Curling Federation database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Good1-3 at USA Womens Challenge Round – CurlingZone
  3. "Curling: Seattle set to host 2010 US Mixed Doubles". Team USA. November 2, 2009. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016.
  4. "Seattle's Vukich and Calcagno win 2010 U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship". USA Curling. December 6, 2009. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  5. Richard Seven (November 1, 2008). "Curling makes a cool sport for families". The Seattle Times. There are many more families curling at the club, just a block east of North 128th Street and Aurora Avenue North, like Leslie Frosch and her sister, Nancy Richard. They have won numerous national championships together and curl with their 81-year-old mother. She took up the sport first but was soon joined by her husband and daughters, who first competed on junior teams.
  6. "Marion Frosch Obituary (2015) – The Herald (Everett)". Legacy.com. Marion married Albert Frosch, the love of her life on December 22, 1952. They began their family with Nancy and then Leslie ... She was given a life membership for all of her volunteer activities at Granite Curling club in Seattle. She was President of the Granidears and was on the board of Granite Curling Club.