Karri Anne Willms (born April 16, 1969) is a

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curler and curling

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from

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. She is a and . She won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. She retired from curling afterwards. In 2018 she began working for the

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as the Competitions and Development Officer.

Personal life

Willms worked at a bank before her and husband Renato Lepore "took a break" and moved to

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to work as mechanics on the JD Motorsport pit crew in Formula Renault racing.

Awards

* STOH All-Star teams: (lead) *British Columbia Curling Hall of Fame: 1996, together with all of the Julie Sutton 1991–1993 team.Hall of Fame Inductees - Curl BC
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Teams and events

Record as a coach of national teams

References

External links

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Karri Willms – Curling Canada Stats Archive
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Canada's Karri Willms competing in the curling event at the 1992 Albertville Olympic winter Games. (CP PHOTO/COA/Ted Grant)
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World Senior Curling Championships 2019 - Competition Officials
Living people 1969 births Canadian women curlers Curlers from British Columbia Canadian women's curling champions Curlers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Canada Canadian curling coaches Sportspeople from Vernon, British Columbia Sportspeople from Novara Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Mechanics (people) Auto racing people Canadian motorsport people Sportspeople from the Province of Novara {{Canada-curling-bio-stub