Patti Wuthrich

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Patti Wuthrich
 
Other namesPatti Vande,
Patti Vandekerckhove
Born (1958-07-17) July 17, 1958 (age 65)
Team
Curling clubGranite CC (Winnipeg)
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Hearts appearances5: (1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996)
Olympic
appearances
1 (1988) (demo)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games (demonstration)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Calgary Women's
Representing Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba
Scott Tournament of Hearts
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1978 Sault Ste. Marie
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1979 Mount Royal

Patti Wuthrich (born July 17, 1958, in Winnipeg [1] as Patti "Vande" Vandekerckhove) is a Canadian curler and curling coach from Gimli, Manitoba. [2]

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As a junior curler, she won the 1974 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing second for the Chris Pidzarko rink. She won the 1978 Canadian women's championship playing lead for Cathy Pidzarko.

She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. The Canadian women's team won the gold medal, defeating Sweden in the final.

Patti Vandekerckhove was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1986. [3]

After retirement she began coaching teams on the national and international level, for example the team of Kerri Einarson [4] or the Korean team of Kim Eun-jung. [5]

Personal life

She is married to well-known Canadian ice maker Hans Wuthrich. [6] [7] She is currently the owner of Minerva Tree Farms. [2]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1973—74 Chris Pidzarko Cathy Pidzarko Patti Vandekerckhove Barbara Rudolph CJCC 1974 Gold medal icon.svg
1975—76Patti Vande Denise Ledoyen Connie Laliberte Donna Rogalski CJCC 1976 (4th) [8]
1976—77Patti Vande Cindy Jensen Colleen Clark Connie LaliberteCJCC 1977 (? th)
1977—78Cathy PidzarkoChris Pidzarko Iris Armstrong Patti Vandekerckhove STOH 1978 Gold medal icon.svg
1978—79Christine Pidzarko Rose Tanasichuk Iris ArmstrongPatti Vande STOH 1979 Silver medal icon.svg
1979—80 Donna Brownridge Patti Vande Carolyn Hall Connie Laliberte STOH 1980 (7th)
1982—83Patti Vande Carol Dunstone Iris Armstrong Maureen Bonar STOH 1983 (4th)
1987—88 Linda Moore Lindsay Sparkes Debbie Jones Penny Ryan Patti Vande OG 1988 Gold medal icon.svg
1995—96Maureen Bonar Gerri Cooke Allyson Bell Patti Wuthrich STOH 1996 (5th)

Record as a coach of national teams

YearTournament, eventNational teamPlace
2014 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (women)
Silver medal icon.svg

Record as a coach of club teams

SeasonSkipEventPlace
2015–16 Kerri Einarson 2016 STOH
4th
2016–17Kerri Einarson 2016 Canada Cup of Curling
Bronze medal icon.svg
2018–19Kerri Einarson 2018 Canada Cup
Silver medal icon.svg
Kerri Einarson 2019 STOH Wild Card Game
2nd
2019–20Kerri Einarson 2020 STOH
Gold medal icon.svg

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References

  1. Patti Vande | Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website
  2. 1 2 "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  3. "Vandekerckhove, Patti — CCA Hall of Fame — ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle" . Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  4. "Kerri Einarson to leave curling team at the end of the season - Winnipeg". Globalnews.ca. February 13, 2018.
  5. "Wuthricha good fit with Korean curlers – Red Deer Advocate". November 4, 2013.
  6. Gimli's Ice Man from Manitoba | What Travel Writers Say (in English)
  7. Minerva Tree Farms - Company
  8. "Schoolgirl Championship: Round-Robin".