Iris Armstrong (born in

Melville, Saskatchewan Melville is a small city in the east-central portion of Saskatchewan, Canada. The city is northeast of the provincial capital of Regina and southwest of Yorkton. Melville is bordered by the rural municipalities of Cana No. 214 and Stanley No ...

) is a Canadian curler from

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

. She won the playing second for Cathy Pidzarko. Iris Armstrong was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame twice: in 2005 as a curler and in 2014 as a member of the 1978 Macdonald Lassies championship team, skipped by Cathy Pidzarko.

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Personal life

She was born in

. In 1955, her family moved to Winnipeg. She started competitive curling in 1971. Her son

Doug Armstrong Douglas Armstrong (born September 24, 1964) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive, currently the general manager for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is also a former general manager of the NHL's Dallas Stars ...

was on the

1999 Labatt Brier The 1999 Labatt Brier was held from March 6 to 14 at Skyreach Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. Jeff Stoughton of Manitoba defeated Guy Hemmings of Quebec in the final. Teams Round-robin standings Round-robin results Draw 1 Draw 2 Draw ...

championship team that won a silver medal at the

1999 World Men's Curling Championship The 1999 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1999 Ford of Canada, Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick from April 3–11, 1999. Teams Round robin standin ...

. She was married to Keith Armstrong, who died in 2017.

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* * * * Living people Curlers from Winnipeg Canadian women curlers Canadian women's curling champions People from Melville, Saskatchewan Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-curling-bio-stub