Natalie Nicholson (born March 10, 1976 in

Bemidji, Minnesota Bemidji ( ) is a city and the county seat of Beltrami County, in northern Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,574 at the 2020 census. According to 2021 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 15,279, making it ...

as Natalie Simenson) is an American curler. She is currently the coach of the

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rink.

Career

As a junior curler, Nicholson played second for Risa O'Connell and represented Team USA at the 1995 and 1997

World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1 ...

finishing sixth and fourth respectively. In 2000, Nicholson curled in her first

World Curling Championships The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...

playing lead for

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and finished in sixth place. Nicholson returned to the Worlds in 2002 as

Patti Lank Patti Lank (born July 4, 1964) is an American curler from Lewiston, New York. Career Patti Lank began curling at the age of eleven and competed at her first US National Championships in 1994 and her team placed fourth. She has since gone on to ...

's lead and finished in eighth place. They returned in 2004 finishing in fourth place. 2010 Winter Olympics - Curling - Women - USA

Nicholson would later move to play for

Debbie McCormick Deborah McCormick ( Henry, born January 8, 1974) is an American curler from Rio, Wisconsin. Although born in Canada, McCormick moved to Madison, Wisconsin when she was very young. McCormick is a World Champion and four-time Olympian. Career M ...

's team and in 2006 Nicholson won her first international medal- a silver when USA lost to Sweden (skipped by

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Personal life

Nicholson is employed as a family nurse practitioner and lactation counselor. Nicholson is married and has two children.

Teams

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholson, Natalie 1976 births Living people People from Bemidji, Minnesota Olympic curlers for the United States Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics American female curlers Continental Cup of Curling participants American curling champions American curling coaches 21st-century American women