Penny Shantz (also known as Penny Ryan and Penny Shantz-Henderson; born May 23, 1960) is a Canadian curler. She competed at 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 a

demonstration sport A demonstration sport, or exhibition sport, is a sport which is played to promote it, rather than as part of standard medal competition. This occurs commonly during the Olympic Games, but may also occur at other sporting events. Demonstration spor ...

. The Canadian women's team won the gold medal, defeating Sweden in the final. In the 1980s, she was married to famous Canadian curler Pat Ryan, World and Brier champion.

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* * * Video: (YouTube-channel "Curl BC") (BC curler Penny Shantz talks about how she got introduced to curling and her experiences competing in the Scotties, the Olympics, and the BC and Canadian Senior Curling Championships) Living people 1960 births Curlers from Edmonton Canadian women curlers Curlers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Canada Canada Cup (curling) participants {{Canada-curling-bio-stub