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Karen Addison (born 28 August 1970) is a Scottish curler. In 1990, Addison won the
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playing third for the Scottish team, skipped by Kirsty Addison. She won the gold again two years later in
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, but did not play any games, as she was the alternate on Gillian Barr's team. Addison has played in four
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- winning silver medals in 1995 and 2007. She has also played in four
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, winning a bronze in 2007 as the alternate for Scotland (skipped by
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). She did not play any games. At the
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, after her team had a disappointing performance, skip Gail Munro was told by the National Coach Derek Brown that she was not playing the last two games, inciting protest from third Lyndsay Wilson, who as a result of this protest was also told she was not playing. This forced the team to play with just three players, with Addison skipping. Despite playing shorthanded, the team won both games. Karen Addison was part of a squad selected to compete in the British curling team for the
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, only weeks away from the event she was told that she would be the travelling alternate and after challenging this decision she was deselected.


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* Living people Scottish female curlers 1970 births Curlers from Edinburgh {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub