Diane Dezura
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Representing Canada | ||
Women's Curling | ||
World Curling Championships | ||
2000 Glasgow | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2002 Salt Lake City | ||
Representing British Columbia | ||
Scott Tournament of Hearts | ||
2000 Prince George | ||
2001 Sudbury | ||
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials | ||
2001 Regina |
Diane Dezura (born July 1, 1958 in Burnaby, British Columbia as Diane Nelson) is a Canadian retired curler and Olympic medalist. As Diane Nelson, she played lead on for the Kelley Law rink in the early 2000s, one of the best teams in the world at the time. While she was with the team, the Law rink won a world championship in 2000 and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.[1]
In her career, Dezura played in five Scott Tournament of Hearts, in 1988, 1989, 2000, 2001 and in 2004, winning the event in 2000.
Personal life
Dezura retired from curling in 2004. She is married to fellow curler Grant Dezura [2] and lives in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.[3]
External links
References
- ^ "2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City, United States – Curling" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 19, 2008)
- ^ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/diane-nelson-1.html
- ^ http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=cf0793e6-dfc0-45fe-948b-f702a31d92cb
Categories:
- 1958 births
- Canadian women curlers
- Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Curlers from British Columbia
- Living people
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Olympic curlers of Canada
- Sportspeople from Burnaby
- World curling champions
- Canadian women's curling champions
- Olympic medalists in curling
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- People from Maple Ridge, British Columbia
- Curling biography stubs
- Canadian Winter Olympic medalist stubs