World Curling Hall of Fame

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The World Curling Hall of Fame is an international curling Hall of Fame that was established by World Curling (former the World Curling Federation) in 2012. [1] The induction is given as an honor that recognizes outstanding contributions to the sport of curling, and is awarded annually. Inductees are also awarded the World Curling Freytag Award, an award which predated the Hall of Fame as the highest honor given by World Curling. Previous Freytag Award winners have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. [2]

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Inductees in the World Curling Hall of Fame are curlers or builders of the sport of curling; curlers are inducted based on their performance results, ability, sportsmanship, and character, while builders are inducted based on their distinguished service and major contributions to the development of the sport of curling. [2]

Inductees

The inductees are listed as follows: [2]

Year [a] InducteeCountryCategory [b] Notes
1978 Ken Watson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1979 Chuck Hay Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
1980 Bob Grierson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
1981 Doug Maxwell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1982 Sven Eklund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1983 Mabel DeWare Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1984 Robin Welsh Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
1985 Don McLeod Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1986 Art Cobb Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1987 Bob Picken Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1988 Kay Sugahara Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1989 Don McKay Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1990 Colin Campbell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada awarded posthumously
1994 Keith Wendorf Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1996 Elizabeth Paterson-Brown Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
1997 Erwin Sautter Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2000 Bob Hardy Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Builder
2000 Ernie Richardson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curler
2001 Shirley Morash Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Builder
2001 Raymond Somerville Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Curler
2002 Franz Tanner Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Builder
2003 Bob Whitehead Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Builderawarded posthumously
2006 Kunio Nando Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Builder
2007 Roy Sinclair Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Builder
2008 Leslie Ingram-Brown Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Builder
2009 Sandra Schmirler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curlerawarded posthumously
2010 Malcolm Richardson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Builder
2011 Ray Kingsmith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Builderawarded posthumously
2012 Jean-Paul Bidaud [1] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Builder
2012 Elisabet Gustafson [1] Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Curler
2012 Günther Hummelt [1] Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Builderawarded posthumously
2013 Don Duguid [3] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curler
2013 Ron Northcott [3] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curler
2014 Randy Ferbey [4] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curler
2014 Patrick Hürlimann [5] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Curler
2014 Eigil Ramsfjell [5] Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Curler
2015 Russ Howard [6] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curler
2015 Hiroyuki Saito [6] Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Builder
2015 Ray Turnbull [6] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Builder
2016 Warren Hansen [7] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Builder
2016 Elisabeth Högström [7] Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Curler
2016 Franco Zumofen [7] Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Builder
2017 Arnold Richardson ,
Ernie Richardson ,
Garnet Richardson ,
Wes Richardson 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curlers
2018 Kevin Martin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curler
2018 Young C. Kim Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Builder
2018 Elmer Freytag Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Builderawarded posthumously
2018 Shorty Jenkins Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Builderawarded posthumously
2019 Dordi Nordby Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Curler
2019 Michael Burns Sr. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Builderawarded posthumously
2019 Ian Michael Thomson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Builder
2020 [8] Elisabet Gustafson ,
Katarina Nyberg ,
Louise Marmont ,
Elisabeth Persson 		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden CurlersGustafson also individually
inducted in 2012
2020Gordon CraigFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Builder
2020Leif ÖhmanFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Builder
2021 [9] Anette Norberg ,
Eva Lund ,
Cathrine Lindahl ,
Anna Le Moine 		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Curlers
2021 Bernie Sparkes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curlers
2021Johannes JensenFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Builder
2022 [10] Jan Betker ,
Joan McCusker ,
Marcia Gudereit 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curlers
Ian Tetley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curler
Peter Becker Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Builder
2023 [11] Ewan MacDonald Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Curler
Peter Smith Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Curler
Bill Strum Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Curler
Kate Caithness Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Builder
Jack Lynch Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Builderawarded posthumously
2024 [12] Thomas Ulsrud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Curlerawarded posthumously
Sonja Gaudet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curler
Les Harrison Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Builder
Jalle Jungnell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Curler/Builder
Pål Trulsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Curler/Builder
2024 [13] Olli Rissanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Builder
2025 [14] Peja Lindholm ,
Tomas Nordin ,
Magnus Swartling ,
Peter Narup 		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Curlers
Wayne Middaugh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Curler

Notes

  1. ↑ "Year" denotes year that Freytag Award was awarded to the inductee for dates before 2012, and denotes year of induction from 2012 on.
  2. ↑ The builder/curler categorization of awardees was not introduced until 2000.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "World Curling Federation Annual General Assembly April 2012". World Curling Federation. 6 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation .
  3. 1 2 "Duguid and Northcott inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ferbey to be inducted into Word Curling Hall of Fame". Canadian Curling Association. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Ferbey, Huerlimann and Ramsfjell inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Russ Howard, Ray Turnbull and Hiroyuki Saito inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Warren Hansen inducted into WCF Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Canadian and Swedes to be inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  9. ↑ "World Curling inducts 2021 Hall of Fame recipients". World Curling Federation. 2021-06-01. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  10. ↑ "World Curling inducts 2022 Hall of Fame recipients". World Curling Federation. 2022-06-23. Archived from the original on 2022-06-23.
  11. ↑ "World Curling inducts 2023 Hall of Fame recipients". World Curling Federation . 2023-03-03. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07.
  12. ↑ "World Curling inducts 2024 Hall of Fame recipients". World Curling . 2024-03-31. Archived from the original on 2024-04-02.
  13. ↑ "Finland's Olli Rissanen inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling . 2024-11-18. Archived from the original on 2024-11-16.
  14. ↑ "Three new inductees join the World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling . 2025-09-04. Archived from the original on 2025-09-05.
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