Janice Rankin

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Janice Rankin
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Salt Lake Women's tournament
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Oberstdorf
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Flims

Janice Rankin MBE (born 8 February 1972 as Janice Watt) is a Scottish curler and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, [1] [2] with team mates Rhona Martin (skip), Deborah Knox, Fiona MacDonald and Margaret Morton.

She had been a pupil at The Mary Erskine School in Edinburgh. [3]

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References

  1. "2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City, United States – Curling" Archived 27 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved 19 March 2008
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Janice Rankin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. (2014) School Details – Mary Erskine Archived 14 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Guide to Independent Schools, retrieved 8 March 2014