Lori Ann Mountford (born July 31, 1959) is an American curler. Born in

Portage, Wisconsin Portage is a city in and the county seat of Columbia County, Wisconsin, Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 10,581 at the 2020 census making it the largest city in Columbia County. The city is part of the Madison, Wiscon ...

, she graduated from

Poynette High School Poynette High School is a secondary school in Poynette, Wisconsin Poynette is a village in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,590 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. History P ...

and started curling at age 20 at

Madison Curling Club The Madison Curling Club (MCC) is a curling club located in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States. MCC was the third-largest curling club in the United States with 570 members as of February 2014. The club had 590 members for the 2019-2020 season. ...

. Mountford is a two-time Olympian, competing the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

when curling was first re-introduced as an exhibition sport and then again at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

when curling was a full event. Her team, skipped by

Lisa Schoeneberg Lisa Schoeneberg (born September 29, 1957) is an American curler and Olympian. She was a successful skip in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, leading her teams to two silver medals at the World Championships and represented the United St ...

, placed 5th both times. Mountford was inducted into the

United States Curling Association Hall of Fame The United States Curling Association Hall of Fame was started in 1984 to recognize and honor individuals and teams that have achieved extraordinary distinction in curling or have made major contribution to the development of curling in the United S ...

in 2016.

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* 1959 births Living people American female curlers Curlers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for the United States Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin American curling champions People from Portage, Wisconsin 21st-century American women {{US-curling-bio-stub