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2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held at the Milli Piyango Curling Arena in Erzurum, Turkey from April 23 to 29. Erzurum previously hosted the 2011 Winter Universiade, during which the Milli Piyango Curling Arena was used for the curling competition. Among the previous hosts of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships, Turkey is the nation with the least experience in curling; its curling federation joined the World Curling Federation in 2009. For the first time since 2009, the event was not held in conjunction with the same year's World Senior Championships. Switzerland won its fourth title in five years, defeating Sweden in the final with a score of 7–6. Austria won its first medal at the World Mixed Doubles Championship with a 12–7 win in the bronze medal game over the United States, which had its best finish at the event. Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round robin results Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erzurum
Erzurum (; ) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. The city uses the double-headed eagle as its coat-of-arms, a motif that has been a common symbol throughout Anatolia since the Bronze Age. Erzurum has winter sports facilities and hosted the 2011 Winter Universiade. Name and etymology The city was originally known in Armenian as Karno K'aghak' ( hy, Կարնոյ քաղաք), meaning city of Karin, to distinguish it from the district of Karin ( Կարին). It is presumed its name was derived from a local tribe called the Karenitis. Darbinian, M. "Erzurum," Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1978, vol. 4, p. 93. An alternate theory contends that a local princely family, the Kamsarakans, the Armenian off-shoot of the Iranian Kārin Pahlav family, lent its name to the locale that eventually bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorna Rettig
Lorna is a feminine given name. The name is said to have been first coined by R. D. Blackmore for the heroine of his novel ''Lorna Doone'', which appeared in 1869. Blackmore appears to have derived this name from the Scottish placename ''Lorn''/'' Lorne''. In the U.S., according to the 1990 census, the name ranks 572 of 4275, and as a surname, Lorna ranks 62296 out of 88799. Notable people named Lorna * Lorna Anderson, Scottish soprano * Lorna Aponte, Panamanian rapper * Lorna Arnold, British historian of the UK's nuclear weapons programmes * Lorna Bennett, Jamaican reggae singer * Dame Lorna May Boreland-Kelly, British magistrate and member of the Judicial Appointments Commission * Lorna Dee Cervantes, Chicana American poet * Lorna Cordeiro, singer from Goa, India * Lorna Jane Clarkson, Australian fashion designer, entrepreneur and author. * Lorna Crozier, Canadian poet and essayist *Lorna Dewaraja (born 1929), Sri Lankan historian * Lorna Dixon, Australian Aboriginal custodian a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristin Clark
Cristin Clark is an American curler. At the international level, she curled for the United States at three World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships and one World Mixed Curling Championship. At the national level, she is a ten-time United States mixed champion curler and a three-time United States mixed doubles champion curler. Her women's team was the USA Curling Team of the Year in 2009 and 2012. Private life Clark's husband is fellow curler Brady Clark Brady William Clark (born April 18, 1973) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Brady is a class of 1991 graduate of Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon and 1996 graduate of the University of San Diego, where he played college bas ...; together, they won the United States Mixed Championship ten times and the United States Mixed Doubles Championship three times. They have one son, Sean. (look at article "Swept up in love") Teams Women's Mixed Mixed doubles References External links * {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brady Clark (curler)
Brady Clark (born September 12, 1977) is an American curler from Lynnwood, Washington. Clark is a ten-time national mixed champion, three-time national mixed doubles champion, and two-time national men's champion (2013 & 2016). He has played in three World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships and one World Men's Championship. Career As a junior, Clark played in five national junior championships, placing 3rd in 1998 and 1999. He also won the National College Tournament in 1999. Following juniors, Clark went on to play in nine national men's championships, 12 national mixed championships, and five national mixed doubles championships. He won the 2013 and 2016 United States Men's Curling Championship. He has won 10 national mixed championships, winning in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 & 2015. He has also won three national mixed doubles championships, in 2009, 2011 and 2012. These three national mixed doubles championships qualified him to play in the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Campbell
Natalie Thurlow (née Campbell) is a New Zealand curler. On international level she is runner-up () and five-time bronze medallist (, , , , ) of Pacific Curling Championships The Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (formerly the Pacific Curling Championships) are an annual curling tournament, held every year in November or December. The top team receives a berth to the World Curling Championships, while the second-place .... On national level she is six-time New Zealand women's curling champion (2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018) and two-time New Zealand mixed doubles curling champion (2012, 2013). Teams and events Women's Mixed doubles Personal life Her father is curler and coach John Campbell, they played together many times as mixed doubles team at national championships and . References External links * * * Video: Living people New Zealand female curlers New Zealand curling champions Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Campbell (curler)
John Campbell is a New Zealand curling, curler and curling coach (sport), coach. On international level he is a two-time bronze medallist (, ) of Pacific Curling Championships. Teams and events Men's Mixed doubles Record as a coach of national teams Personal life His daughter Natalie Thurlow (née Campbell) is also a curler, they played together many times as mixed doubles team at national championships and . References External links * * Video: Living people New Zealand male curlers New Zealand curling coaches Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{NewZealand-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Curling
The United States Curling Association (USCA or USA Curling) is the national governing body of the sport of curling in the United States. The goal of the USCA is to grow the sport of curling in the United States and win medals in competitions both domestic and abroad. Curling's recent popularity has swelled the USCA to 185 curling clubs and approximately 23,500 curlers in the United States. The United States Olympic men's curling teams have seen success in recent years, most notably winning the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, led by skip John Shuster. After being headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin for many years, in April 2021 it was announced that the USCA headquarters would be moved to the Viking Lakes business campus in Eagan, Minnesota. History The USCA was formed in the mid-20th century by the division of the Grand National Curling Club (GNCC) into separate regional units, with the USCA taking over the national functions of the GNCC; the GNCC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiko Tomabechi
Michiko Tomabechi (born 29 January 1980) is a Japanese curler. Career Tomabechi competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, with the Japanese team. In 2013, she was part of the bronze-winning team at the Pacific-Asia Championship in Shanghai. Her husband, Kenji Tomabechi is also a competitive curler, they had become the national champion four times in mixed doubles, and they have played four times in the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments featuring the world's best teams of mixed doubles curlers. History The tournament began in 2008 with the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Switzerland's m ... as Japan representatives. References External links * 1980 births Living people Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Japanese curling champions Japanese female curlers Olympic curlers for Japan 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-curling-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Tomabechi
is a Japanese curler. At the national level, he is a four-time Japan mixed doubles champion curler (2007, 2011, 2012, 2015). Teams and events Men's Mixed doubles Personal life His wife, Michiko Tomabechi is also a competitive curler. Together, they are four time national mixed doubles champions, and they have played four times in the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments featuring the world's best teams of mixed doubles curlers. History The tournament began in 2008 with the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Switzerland's m ... for Japan. References External links * 1978 births Living people Japanese male curlers Japanese curling champions Place of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Chalmers
Yvonne is a female given name. It is the feminine form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word ''iv'', meaning "yew" (or tree). Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupational name meaning "archer". Yvonne/Ivonne is also a Spanish girl name. This name first arrived in England with the Norman invasion The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, Duchy of Brittany, Breton, County of Flanders, Flemish, and Kingdom of France, French troops, ..., along with variations such as Yvette and male versions of the same name. It was the most popular of all of these names, but would fall out of favor. It was reintroduced into English-speaking countries in the early 20th century, when it was very popular. It is currently 173rd in the United States popular names list, but is an uncommon name in younger generations. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Smith (Irish Curler)
David Smith may refer to: Academics * David Paige Smith (1830–1880), American medical doctor and professor at Yale * David Eugene Smith (1860–1944), American professor of mathematics * D. M. Smith (1884–1962), American professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech * D. Nichol Smith (1875–1962), Scottish professor of literature at Oxford University * David Chadwick Smith (1931–2000), Canadian professor of economics, Queen's University * David C. Smith (historian) (1929–2009), American professor of history, University of Maine * David Martyn Smith (1921–2009), American professor of forestry at Yale * David Smith (botanist) (1930–2018), British professor of botany * Dai Smith (academic) (born 1945), Welsh professor of history * David J. Smith (physicist) (born 1948), Australian professor of physics at Arizona State * David Livingstone Smith (born 1953), professor of philosophy at the University of New England * David Smith (historian) (born 1963), British professo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Kathrin Bastian
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
