Sharon Vukich is an American
curler from
Seattle, Washington
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. She is a two-time women's national Champion, two-time senior women's national champion, and one-time mixed doubles national champion.
Curling career
Vukich
skipped her team to gold at the United States Championship twice, in 1980 and 1987.
As champion she represented the United States at the World Championships those years, finishing in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
She returned to national prominence with back-to-back gold medals at the
United States Senior Championships in 2009 and 2010. At World's they finished sixth and fourth places, respectively.
In 2010 she also won the
Mixed Doubles National Championship with teammate Mike Calcagno. The
2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship was held concurrently with the World Senior Championship and Vukich competed at both. At World Mixed Doubles they finished in tenth place.
Personal life
Vukich's parents were curlers and helped found the Granite Curling Club in Seattle. Vukich met her late husband
Jim
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while curling. He was also a multi-time national champion, having won the
Men's Championship in 1987 and 1989. Vukich's daughter Emily (Em) Good and son Jake Vukich are also successful competitive curlers, Emily having competed at the
2016 World Mixed Curling Championship
The 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship was held from October 14 to 22 at the Sport Palace in Kazan, Russia. Among the 37 participating nations, Andorra, Croatia, South Korea and the Netherlands debuted on this event, while China, Israel and L ...
and Jake at the
2014 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2014 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 26 to March 5 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland.
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round-robin standings
''Final Round Robin Standings''
Round-robin resu ...
.
Teams
Women's
Mixed doubles
References
External links
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Living people
American female curlers
American curling champions
Sportspeople from Seattle
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women