Margie Smith

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Margie Smith
Born (1960-03-20) March 20, 1960 (age 63)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Team
Curling club St. Paul CC, St. Paul, Minnesota
Skip Margie Smith
Third Norma O'Leary
Second Debbie Dexter
Lead Shelly Kosal
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
World Championship
appearances
0
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Senior Curling Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Östersund
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Geneva
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Dumfries
Representing Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota
United States Women's Curling Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 St. Paul
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Ogden
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Bemidji

Margie Smith (born March 20, 1960, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is an American curler from Shoreview, Minnesota. She is a former U.S. national senior women's champion.

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Smith has played in eight national championships, coming closest to winning in her first event in 1987, where she lost in the final to Washington's Sharon Good. She has also curled in the 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2009 and 2011 U.S. women's championships.

While never winning the women's nationals, Smith did win the women's senior national championship in 2011. This qualified her and her team of Debbie Dexter, Rachel Orvik, and Sally Barry to represent the United States at the 2011 World Senior Curling Championships. They finished the round robin in second place with an 8–2 record, but they lost both their semi-final match and the bronze medal match, forcing them to settle for 4th place. They won the women's senior national championship again in 2023.

On top of her other successes, Smith also won the 2007 U.S. club national championship.

Teams

SeasonSkipViceSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2010-11 [1] Margie SmithDebbie DexterSally BarryRachel Orvik2011 US Senior Women's Curling Championship Gold medal icon.svg
Margie SmithDebbie DexterRachel OrvikSally BarryShelly Kosal 2011 World Senior Women's Curling Championships (4th)
2012-13Margie SmithNorma O'LearyDebbie DexterShelly KosalLucy DeVore2013 US Senior Women's Curling Championship Gold medal icon.svg
2013-14 [2] Margie SmithNorma O'LearyDebbie DexterShelly Kosal2014 US Senior Women's Curling Championship Gold medal icon.svg

2014 World Women's Senior Curling Championship Bronze medal icon.svg

2017-18Margie SmithDebbie DexterPeggy GazzolaShelly Kosal2018 US Senior Women's Curling Championship Gold medal icon.svg

2018 World Women's Senior Curling Championship Silver medal icon.svg

2018-19 [3] Margie SmithNorma O'LearyDebbie DexterShelly Kosal2019 US Senior Women's Curling Championship Gold medal icon.svg
2019-20 [4] Margie Smith Ann Swisshelm Shelley DropkinShelly Kosal2020 US Senior Women's Curling Championship Gold medal icon.svg
2021-22 [5] Margie Smith Ann Swisshelm Shelly KosalShelley Dropkin2022 US Senior Women's Curling Championship Gold medal icon.svg

2022 World Women's Senior Curling Championship Silver medal icon.svg

2022-23 [6] Margie Smith Ann Swisshelm Shelly KosalShelley Dropkin2023 US Senior Women's Curling Championship Gold medal icon.svg

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