Kim Gellard (born November 6, 1974) is a

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

curler from

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. She is a and . At a Toronto high school curling competition, Gellard skipped a team that scored back-to-back eight-enders. An eight ender is scoring eight points (with all eight rocks) in an end is extremely rare in its own right.

Awards

* All-Star Team: ()

Personal life

Gellard is a graduate of

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. Her uncle is fellow curler Paul Savage. Her mother Mary ( Savage) was her coach at the 1994 World Juniors. Her father Sam played professional ice hockey in the

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. Her grandfather played professional

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in England and served in the British Army during World War II. Gellard attended the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO; branded as Western University) is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thame ...

Teams and events

References

External links

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Kim Gellard - Curling Canada Stats Archive

Corie Beveridge; Lisa Rowsell; Kim Gellard and Debbie Green win big. News Photo - Getty Images
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gellard, Kim Living people Canadian women curlers Curlers from Ontario World curling champions Canadian women's curling champions 1974 births Sportspeople from Markham, Ontario University of Western Ontario alumni