Melanie Robillard (born October 3, 1982 in

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) is a curler originally from

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, Canada. She represented Germany at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, playing third for Andrea Schöpp. Currently, she lives in Switzerland.

Career

As a junior, Robillard curled for

Jenn Hanna Jennifer Ann Hanna (born January 22, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Nepean, Ontario. She curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club. She was a finalist in both the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championship and the . Career Early competitive career ...

's team in 2000 as her lead. The rink would lose in the Ontario provincial junior finals that year, to

Julie Reddick Julie Tippin (born August 16, 1983 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec as Julie Lynne Reddick) is a Canadian curler from Owen Sound, Ontario. Tippin is a three-time provincial junior champion, and a Canadian mixed champion. Career Tippin attended high scho ...

. In 2002, Robillard skipped her team to the provincial junior finals, but lost once again to Reddick. Robillard, who has a German mother, officially played alternate for the German team at the

2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship The 2008 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 22 to March 30, 2008 at the Wesbild Centre in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. This championship ...

, but ended up playing second for seven of the eleven matches. Later in the year, she played lead for the German mixed team that won the gold medal at the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship. She competed on the German women's teams, skipped by

Andrea Schöpp Andrea Schöpp (born 27 February 1965) is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich. Career Schöpp is a two-time World champion ( and ), seven-time European champion (, , , , ...

, as third in the

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, and in the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, which they won. In 2011, she coached both the Spanish men's and women's teams at the

European Curling Championships The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December. The tournament also acts as a qualifier for the World ...

Personal life

Robillard formerly studied law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She worked as a Compliance Officer for an investment firm. She speaks

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and

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. She is married to fellow curler

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. In 2005, Robillard posed topless for a calendar to promote women's curling.Women of Curling (Fire on Ice)
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* Living people 1982 births Curlers from Ottawa Canadian women curlers Franco-Ontarian people German female curlers Canadian people of German descent Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Germany World curling champions Spanish female curlers European curling champions {{Spain-curling-bio-stub

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