Penny Shantz | |
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Other names | Penny Ryan |
Born | May 23, 1960 |
Team | |
Curling club | North Shore WC, North Vancouver, BC |
Curling career | |
Member Association | British Columbia |
Hearts appearances | 2: (1983, 1989) |
Olympic appearances | 1 (1988) (demo) |
Medal record |
Penny Shantz (also known as Penny Ryan and Penny Shantz-Henderson; [1] born May 23, 1960 [2] ) is a Canadian curler.
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.
In the 1980s, she was married to famous Canadian curler Pat Ryan, World and Brier champion. [3] [4]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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1982 [5] | Ruby Sowinski | Deb Lewis | Penny Ryan | Bonnie Bower | ||
1982–83 | Cathy Shaw | Christine Jurgenson | Sandra Rippel | Penny Ryan | STOH 1983 | |
1987–88 | Linda Moore | Lindsay Sparkes | Debbie Jones | Penny Ryan | Patti Vande (OG) | COCT 1987 OG 1988 |
1988–89 | Debbie Shermack | Penny Ryan | Diane Alexander | Twyla Pruden | Sandra Rippel | STOH 1989 (8th) |
1989–90 [6] | Kerrylyn Richard | Penny Ryan | Susan Auty | Iris Nielson | Sandra Jenkins [5] | |
2002–03 | Marilyn Bodogh | Theresa Breen | Susan Froud | Sara Gatchell | Penny Shantz | CC 2003 (T-7th) |
2004–05 | Penny Shantz | Kerrylyn Richard | Elizabeth Folk | Sandra Jenkins | ||
2006–07 | Penny Shantz | Sandra Jenkins | Sherry Heath | Susan Hamilton | ||
2007 | Sandra Jenkins | Penny Shantz | Susan Hamilton | Sherry Heath | Brittany Rouck | |
2011–12 | Penny Shantz | Debbie Jones-Walker | Deborah Pulak | Shirley Wong | CSCC 2012 (10th) | |
2012–13 | Penny Shantz | Sandra Jenkins | Kate Horne | Sherry Heath | ||
2013–14 | Penny Shantz | Sandra Jenkins | Debbie Pulak | Kate Horne | CSCC 2014 (7th) | |
2014–15 | Penny Shantz | Sandra Jenkins | Colleen Robson | Kate Horne | ||
2016–17 | Lynne Noble | Penny Shantz | Colleen Robson | Kathy Branch | CSCC 2017 | |
2017–18 | Lynne Noble | Penny Shantz | Colleen Robson | Karen Lepine | CSCC 2018 (4th) | |
2018–19 | Sandra Jenkins | Penny Shantz | Colleen Robson | Kate Horne | ||
2021 | Penny Shantz | Tina Chestnut | Nicole Guizzo | Nancy Betteridge | CCCC 2021 | |
2022 | Penny Shantz | Cindy Curtain | Shirley Wong | Janet Suter | CMCC 2022 | |
2023 | Penny Shantz | Cindy Curtain | Shirley Wong | Janet Suter | CMCC 2023 | |
2022 | Penny Shantz | Cindy Curtain | Danielle Shaughnessy | Donna Mychaluk | CMCC 2024 |
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