Rick Lang

Richard P. "Rick" Lang (born December 12, 1953) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He is a two time World champion and three time Brier champion representing Northern Ontario. He currently serves as a performance consultant for Curling Canada.[1]

Richard Lang
Curler
Born (1953-12-12) December 12, 1953
Fort William, Ontario
Career
Brier appearances11 (1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2003)
World Championship
appearances		3 (1975, 1982, 1985)
Medal record
Representing  Canada
World Curling Championships
1982 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1985 Glasgow
1975 Perth
World Senior Curling Championships
2007 Edmonton
Representing  Northern Ontario
Labatt Brier
1975 Fredericton
1982 Brandon
1985 Moncton
1980 Calgary
1981 Halifax
1993 Ottawa

Playing career

Lang was runner up at the 1971 Canadian Junior Curling Championships as the lead on Doug Smith's team. He later played third with Brier champions Bill Tetley (1975), and Al Hackner (1982, 1985), winning two World championships with Hackner and a bronze medal at the Worlds with Tetley. He also skipped Northern Ontario to a gold medal at the 1981 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. Lang later skipped Northern Ontario at the 1991 and 1993 Briers. He also played third on Al Hackner's Canadian Senior Men's championship team in 2006, and won a silver medal on the team at the 2007 World Senior Curling Championships.[2] He later became a Head Coach for the Northern Ontario curling team on both the men's and women's side, appearing in both the 2020 Brier and Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[3]

Personal life

He is married to Lorraine Lang and has two children, Adam and Sarah.[4] In February 2020, Lang survived a plane crash while returning home from the Scotties invitation with the team he had been coaching.[3]

gollark: I mean, strictly speaking, you can.
gollark: I am not a borg, I am a MINT.
gollark: RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED BECAUSE MINTS.
gollark: SUBMIT TO THE MINTS.
gollark: Yes, all hail xenoodles.

References
  1. "2018-19 National Team Program lineup, High Performance staff unveiled by Curling Canada". Curling Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  2. 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide: Team Northern Ontario
  3. Ryan Horne (February 29, 2020). "Lang grateful to be alive after surviving plane crash". TSN.
  4. 2018 Continental Cup Media Guide
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