| Sharon Vukich | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Sharon Good | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Sharon Kozai | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Granite CC, Seattle, WA | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 2 (1980, 1987) | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 1 (2010) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sharon Vukich is an American curler from Seattle, Washington. She is a two-time women's national Champion, two-time senior women's national champion, and one-time mixed doubles national champion. [1]
Vukich skipped her team to gold at the United States Championship twice, in 1980 and 1987. [1] As champion she represented the United States at the World Championships those years, finishing in fourth and fifth place, respectively. [2] [3] She returned to national prominence with back-to-back gold medals at the United States Senior Championships in 2009 and 2010. [4] At World's they finished sixth and fourth places, respectively. [5] [6] In 2010 she also won the Mixed Doubles National Championship with teammate Mike Calcagno. The 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship was held concurrently with the World Senior Championship and Vukich competed at both. [7] At World Mixed Doubles they finished in tenth place. [8]
Vukich's parents were curlers and helped found the Granite Curling Club in Seattle. [9] Vukich met her late husband Jim while curling. [10] He was also a multi-time national champion, having won the Men's Championship in 1987 and 1989. [11] Vukich's daughter Emily (Em) Good and son Jake Vukich are also successful competitive curlers, Emily having competed at the 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship and Jake at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships. [12] [13]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1979–80 | Sharon Kozai | Joan Fish | Betty Kozai | Aija Edwards | 1980 USWCC  1980 WWCC (4th) [2] | ||
| 1986–87 | Sharon Good | Joan Fish | Beth Bronger-Jones | Aija Edwards | 1987 USWCC 1987 WWCC (5th) [3] | ||
| 2008–09 | Cristin Clark | Sharon Vukich | Emily Good | Katy Sharpe | Gabrielle Coleman | 2009 USWCC/USOCT (9th) | |
| Sharon Vukich | Joan Fish | Cathie Tomlinson | Aija Edwards | 2009 USSCC 2009 WSCC (6th) [5] | |||
| 2009–10 | Sharon Vukich | Linda Cornfield | Susan Curtis | Betty Kozai | Dani Thibodeaux | 2010 USSCC | |
| Sharon Vukich | Mary Colacchio | Susan Curtis | Betty Kozai | Dani Thibodeaux | Kenneth Thomson | 2010 WSCC (4th) [6] | |
| 2010–11 | Sharon Vukich | 2011 USSCC (5th) [14] | |||||
| 2011–12 | Cristin Clark | Em Good | Elle LeBeau | Sharon Vukich | Brady Clark | [15] | |
| Sharon Vukich | Miyo Konno | Linda Cornfield | Cathie Tomlinson | 2012 USSCC  [16] | |||
| 2012–13 | Sharon Vukich | Cynthia Garzina | Jennifer Westhagen | Cathie Tomlinson | [17] | ||
| Sharon Vukich | Linda Cornfield | Colleen Richardson | Betty Kozai | 2013 USSCC (4th) | |||
| 2013–14 | Sharon Vukich | Linda Cornfield | Miyo Konno | Beth Bronger-Jones | 2014 USSCC | ||
| 2014–15 | Sharon Vukich | Beth Bronger-Jones | Laurel Haigh Gore | Linda Cornfield | 2015 USSCC (4th) |
| Season | Female | Male | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Sharon Vukich | Mike Calcagno | 2010 USMDCC 2010 WMDCC (10th) [8] |
| 2010–11 | Sharon Vukich | Mike Calcagno | 2011 USMDCC (DNQ) |
| 2011–12 | Sharon Vukich | Christopher Rimple | 2012 USMDCC (DNQ) |
| 2013–14 | Sharon Vukich | David Cornfield | 2014 USMDCC (SF) |
| 2014–15 | Sharon Vukich | David Cornfield | 2015 USMDCC (DNQ) |
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