Kalynn Park (born September 12, 1988) is a
Canadian
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curler and curling
coach
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Guidance/instruction
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Transportation
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. She is right-handed.
She and
Charley Thomas
Charley M. Thomas (born April 4, 1986 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler from Calgary who currently skips his own rink on the World Curling Tour.
Curling career
Thomas started his career with an Alberta Provincial Junior tit ...
won the
2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials and represented Canada at the
2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 18 to 25 at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi, Russia
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.
Achievements
*
Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
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: gold (
2015
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), silver (
2014
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).
*
Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 21 as of June 30 in the year prior to the tournament.
The even ...
: bronze (
2009
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).
Teams and events
Women's
Mixed
Mixed doubles
Coaching (national teams)
Personal life
Park is a graduate of the
University of Alberta
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and
Athabasca University
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. She works as a Paralegal for Law Fifty One. She is the daughter of curler
Kevin Park
Kevin Park (born September 2, 1964 in Hythe, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.
Career
Early career
Park was a two time provincial junior champion in his native Alberta, winning in 1983 and 1984.
Park played third for Kevi ...
and was married to
Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue (born September 21, 1986) is a Canadian curler. He currently plays third on Team Charley Thomas. He is a former Canadian and World Junior Curling Champion.
Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, raised in from Regina, Saskatchewan, Virtue's ...
.
['']Edmonton Journal
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History
The ''Journal'' was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as ...
, January 24 2017, "Alberta Scotties Odds"
References
External links
*
Curling World Cup profileLinkedin profile*
*
1988 births
Living people
Canadian women curlers
Canadian mixed doubles curling champions
Curlers from Edmonton
Canadian curling coaches
University of Alberta alumni
Athabasca University alumni
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