Melissa Soligo

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Melissa Soligo
 
Born (1969-02-07) February 7, 1969 (age 54)
Team
Curling club Victoria CC, Victoria, BC
Juan de Fuca CC, Victoria, BC
Career
Member AssociationFlag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia
Hearts appearances4 (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)
World Championship
appearances
1 (1991)
Olympic
appearances
1 (1992 - demo)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Winter Olympics
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Albertville (demonstration)
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Winnipeg
Representing Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Saskatoon
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Halifax

Melissa Soligo (born February 7, 1969 in Trail, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian curler and curling coach, currently living in Victoria, British Columbia.

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Soligo began curling at age 11. In her youth, she also played volleyball, basketball, field hockey and fastball.

She is a 1991 World women's silver medallist and 1991 Canadian women's champion.

She won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. [1]

Her competitive curling career was cut short when she was struck by an intoxicated driver while she was walking. [2] She then made the choice to switch to coaching. Early in her career she focused on coaching junior teams in Canada. In 2002 she began coaching the South Korean curling teams where under her leadership the men's team won the Pacific Curling Championship. She has also been the national team leader of Curling Canada's wheelchair curling program, the coach of BC's wheelchair curling team and is currently a national coach, mentor coach and High Performance Director at CurlBC.

Personal life

Soligo has a bachelor of education degree with a major in physical education and geography from the University of Victoria. [3] Achieved her Level 5 Professional Coach Certification (one of only two in Canada who have this in curling). [4]

Awards

Teams and events

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1987–88 Colleen Hannah Melissa Soligo Lori Atkins Tracy Butt CJCC 1988 (4th)
1988–89 Julie Sutton Pat Sanders Georgina Hawkes Melissa Soligo Diane Nelson STOH 1989 (5th)
1990–91Julie Sutton Jodie Sutton Melissa Soligo Karri Willms Elaine Dagg-Jackson STOH 1991 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1991 Silver medal icon.svg
1991–92Julie SuttonJodie SuttonMelissa SoligoKarri WillmsElaine Dagg-Jackson STOH 1992 Silver medal icon.svg
WOG 1992 (demo) Bronze medal icon.svg
1992–93Julie SuttonJodie SuttonMelissa SoligoKarri WillmsElaine Dagg-Jackson STOH 1993 (4th)

Record as a coach of national teams

YearTournament, eventNational teamPlace
2002 2002 Pacific Curling Championships Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (men)
Gold medal icon.svg
2004 2004 World Junior Curling Championships Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (men)
4
2004 2004 Pacific Curling Championships Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (women)
Bronze medal icon.svg
2016 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (mixed)
5

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References

  1. Official Report 1992W page 630 - Olympic Official Reports Collection
  2. "PARC: Promoting Awareness of RSD and CRPS in Canada". www.rsdcanada.org. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  3. "Melissa Soligo | Coaching Association of Canada". Archived from the original on 2019-08-30.
  4. https://old.curlbc.ca/honour-curl-bc-provincial-coach-symposium-success/
  5. "Award winners and All Stars announced during playoff weekend at Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Curling Canada. February 6, 2018.
  6. Hall of Fame Inductees - Curl BC