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Born | May 5, 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Madison CC, Madison, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member Association | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 2 (1986, 1991) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other appearances | World Senior Championships: 1 (2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wally Henry (born May 5, 1947, in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada) is an American curler and curling coach.
He is a 1986 and 1991 World Men's bronze medallist [1] and a two times United States men's curling champion (1986, 1991).
He worked as a national coach for United States Curling Association.
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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1985–86 | Steve Brown | Wally Henry | George Godfrey | Richard Maskel | Huns Gustrowsky | USMCC 1986 WCC 1986 |
1990–91 | Steve Brown | Paul Pustovar | George Godfrey | Wally Henry | Mike Fraboni | USMCC 1991 WCC 1991 |
2006–07 | Geoff Goodland | Stan Vinge | Wally Henry | Jim Wilson | USSCC 2007 WSCC 2007 (4th) |
Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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2003 | 2003 World Women's Curling Championship | United States (women) | |
2005 | 2005 Pacific Curling Championships | Chinese Taipei (women) | |
2006 | 2006 World Women's Curling Championship | United States (women) | |
2007 | 2007 World Women's Curling Championship | United States (women) | |
2008 | 2008 World Women's Curling Championship | United States (women) | |
2009 | 2009 World Women's Curling Championship | United States (women) | |
2010 | 2010 Winter Olympics | United States (women) | |
2012 | 2012 Winter Youth Olympics | United States (mixed) | |
2012 | 2012 Winter Youth Olympics | United States (mixed doubles) | |
2012 | 2012 Winter Youth Olympics | United States (mixed doubles) | |
2016 | 2016 World Junior Curling Championships | United States (junior men) | |
2016 | 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | United States (mixed doubles) |
His daughter Debbie McCormick is World and US curling champion, and his son Donnie Henry is a curler too. [3]
Wally Henry started curling in 1955, when he was 8 years old.
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