Patti Wuthrich

For other people named the same surname, see Wuthrich.

For other people named the same surname, see Vandekerckhove.

Patti Wuthrich
Curler  ♀
Other names	Patti Vande, Patti Vandekerckhove
Born	(1958-07-17) July 17, 1958 (age 67) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Team
Curling club	Granite CC (Winnipeg)
Curling career
Member Association	Canada
Hearts appearances	5: (1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996)
Olympic appearances	1 (1988) (demo)
Medal record Curling Representing   Canada Olympic Games (demonstration) 1988 Calgary Women's Representing Manitoba Scott Tournament of Hearts 1978 Sault Ste. Marie 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]

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

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

Record as a coach of national teams

Year	Tournament, event	National team	Place
2014	2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships	South Korea (women)

Record as a coach of club teams

Season	Skip	Event	Place
2015–16	Kerri Einarson	2016 STOH	4th
2016–17	Kerri Einarson	2016 Canada Cup of Curling
2018–19	Kerri Einarson	2018 Canada Cup
	Kerri Einarson	2019 STOH Wild Card Game	2nd
2019–20	Kerri Einarson	2020 STOH

References

1. Patti Vande | Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website
2. "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-12. 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".

External links

• Patti Vande at World Curling
• Patti Vande at World Curling
• Patti Vande at Team Canada
• "Thinking Time: A new rule gets a look at the Canada Cup of Curling". Curling Canada. November 28, 2011.
• Patti Wuthrich - Curling Canada Stats Archive
• Video:
  • Draw 10 Media Scrum - 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on YouTube (YouTube channel "Curling Canada") (Video interviews with Jennifer Jones, Patti Wuthrich, Jill Brothers and Jenn Hanna after Draw 10 at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.)
  • Russian curling boosted by Canada ahead of Sochi Olympics on YouTube (YouTube channel "RT Sport"; November 8, 2010) (Curling is a fairly new sport for Russians but the country's sports bosses are keen for it to dominate at the next winter Games in Sochi. So, the National Olympic Committee has turned to Canada for help.) (with Patti Wuthrich, Hans Wuthrich, Jason Gunnlaugson and others)