Misplaced Pages

Glenys Bakker

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Canadian curler (born 1962)
Olympic medal record
Women's Curling
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Curling

Glenys Bakker (born August 27, 1962 in High River, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.

Bakker played second for Shannon Kleibrink's bronze medal winning team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Bakker played for Shannon Kleibrink for most of her curling career. At the 1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Bakker was Kleibrink's Alternate. She was Kleibrink's third at the 1997 Canadian Olympic Trials where the team lost to Sandra Schmirler in the final. In 2004, she was Kleibrink's second at the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts where they finished with a 6–5 record. Also as Kleibrink's second, the team won the 2005 Canada Cup of Curling and won the 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials getting a berth at the 2006 Olympics.

At the Olympics, Bakker struggled for most of tournament, and was the 8th best second at the games out of ten second's. She blamed her performance on her thyroid gland which had shut down.

In 2006, Bakker left Kleibrink's team, citing wanting to focus more on her family. After recovering from her health issues, Bakker formed a new team for the 2006–07 curling season with Allison Earl, Shannon Nimmo and Barb Davies.

References

  1. "Glenys Bakker". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. 2011-09-19. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  2. "Alberta - Curling Canada – 2014 Canadian Senior Curling Championships". Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  3. "CurlingZone". www.curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  4. Reserved., . All Rights (2013-11-29). "Five shots that rocked the curling world". canada.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  5. Tcn (2006-02-20). "The Curling News: Canadian women through to semis". The Curling News. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  6. ^ "Bakker lines up fresh crew". Calgary Herald. October 6, 2006. p. 7. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  7. Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine

External links


Flag of CanadaBiography icon

This biographical article relating to Canadian curling is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: