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Diane Dezura
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's Curling
World Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Glasgow
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City
Representing  British Columbia
Scott Tournament of Hearts
Gold medal – first place 2000 Prince George
Silver medal – second place 2001 Sudbury
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Gold medal – first place 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]

  • Diane Dezura on the World Curling database
  • Diane Dezura on the World Curling Tour database (archived)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diane Dezura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.

References

  1. ^ "2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City, United States – Curling" Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback MachinedatabaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 19, 2008)
  2. ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/diane-nelson-1.html
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)