Lorne De Pape (born 18 April 1955 in

Saint Boniface Boniface, OSB ( la, Bonifatius; 675 – 5 June 754) was an English Benedictines, Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of the Frankish Empire during the eighth century. He organised significant ...

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) is a Canadian-born New Zealand curler. He moved to New Zealand in the 1990s due to his job for

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. He competed for

New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics New Zealand competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The nation sent its largest team ever to the games with 18 athletes, 7 more than in Salt Lake City in 2002. New Zealand has only won a single Winter Olympics medal, a silver medal ...

despite the country having limited curling resources at the time. His curling teammates were skip

Sean Becker Sean Peter Becker (born 7 July 1975 in Ranfurly, New Zealand, Ranfurly) is a New Zealand curler. Career Becker was the skip for New Zealand teams which won three Pacific Curling Championships in 1998, 2003, and 2004. He has also played for the ...

, Hans Frauenlob, Dan Mustapic and Warren Dobson. Before that he had helped found the Auckland Curling Club in 1996 and has won 4 gold medals at the

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.NZ Curling
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* Olympic curlers for New Zealand Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics New Zealand male curlers New Zealand curling champions People from Saint Boniface, Winnipeg Curlers from Winnipeg 1955 births Living people Canadian emigrants to New Zealand Pacific-Asian curling champions 20th-century New Zealand people {{NewZealand-curling-bio-stub