Lori Mountford | |
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Other names | Lori Ann Mountford |
Born | July 31, 1959 Portage, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Career | |
World Championship appearances | 3 (1992,1995, 1996) |
Olympic appearances | 2 (1988, 1998) |
Lori Ann Mountford (born July 31, 1959) is an American curler. [1] [2] Born in Portage, Wisconsin, [1] she graduated from Poynette High School and started curling at age 20 at Madison Curling Club. [3] Mountford is a two-time Olympian, competing the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was first re-introduced as an exhibition sport and then again at the 1998 Winter Olympics when curling was a full event. Her team, skipped by Lisa Schoeneberg, placed 5th both times. [4]
Mountford was inducted into the United States Curling Association Hall of Fame in 2016. [3]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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1987–88 | Lisa Schoeneberg | Erika Brown | Carla Casper | Lori Mountford | 1987 USOCT 1988 OG (5th) | ||
1990–91 | Lisa Schoeneberg | Erika Brown | Lori Mountford | Jill Jones | Vicki Bodeen | [5] | |
1991–92 | Lisa Schoeneberg | Amy Hatten-Wright | Lori Mountford | Jill Jones | 1992 USWCC 1992 WWCC | ||
1992–93 | Erika Brown | Lori Mountford | Debbie Henry | Tracy Sachtjen | Diane Brown | [5] | |
1993–94 | Lisa Schoeneberg | Amy Wright | Lori Mountford | Marcia Tillisch | [5] | ||
1994–95 | Lisa Schoeneberg | Erika Brown | Lori Mountford | Marcia Tillisch | Allison Darragh | 1995 USWCC 1995 WWCC (6th) [6] | |
1995–96 | Lisa Schoeneberg | Erika Brown | Lori Mountford | Allison Darragh | Debbie Henry | 1996 USWCC 1996 WWCC [7] | |
1997–98 | Lisa Schoeneberg | Erika Brown | Debbie Henry | Lori Mountford | Stacey Liapis | Steve Brown | 1997 USOCT 1998 OG (5th) [8] |
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