Mike Woloschuk | |
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Born | May 9, 1970 |
Team | |
Curling club | Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney |
Career | |
Member Association | Australia |
World Championship appearances | 2 (2006, 2007) |
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 2 (2005, 2006) |
Medal record |
Mike Woloschuk (born May 9, 1970, in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian-Australian curler. [1]
At the international level, he is a two-time Pacific-Asia men's champion curler (2005, 2006).
As of the 2007 World Championships, Woloschuk was living in Brisbane. [2] He retired from international curling after the 2007 World Men's Curling Championships in Edmonton. Since then, he spent time living back in Canada and he currently resides in USA, working as a mining executive. [3]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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2005–06 | Ian Palangio (fourth) | Hugh Millikin (skip) | Ricky Tasker | Mike Woloschuk | PCC 2005 | ||
Hugh Millikin | Ricky Tasker | Mike Woloschuk | Stephen Johns | Ian Palangio | Earle Morris | WCC 2006 (9th) | |
2006–07 | Ian Palangio (fourth) | Hugh Millikin (skip) | Sean Hall | Mike Woloschuk | David Imlah | Earle Morris (WCC) | PCC 2006 WCC 2007 (10th) |
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