Helen Williams (curler)

Helen Williams (née Helen Wright, born 6 March 1973 in Scotland[2]) is an Australian female curler originally from Scotland.

Helen Williams
Curler
Born	(1973-03-06) 6 March 1973 Scotland
Team
Curling club	Victorian Curling Association[1]
Skip	Helen Williams
Third	Kim Forge
Second	Ashleigh Street
Lead	Michelle Fredericks Armstrong
Alternate	Anne Powell
Career
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances	6 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2017)
Other appearances	World Mixed Curling Championship: 2 (2016, 2017)
Medal record Curling Representing  Australia Pacific Championships 2001 Jeonju

Biography

She is a farmer's daughter from Scotland, from a curling family. She was runner-up in the Scottish Junior Championships, and then played with Olympic gold medallist Rhona Martin’s team for a while. In 1997, when she was part of the Scottish and Britain national training squad and they were looking ahead to the Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998, she injured her right ankle and she had a year away from competitive curling. She moved to Australia, to Perth and did not comes back to Scotland.[2]

She is a resident of Nedlands, Western Australia.[3]

Teams and events

Women's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
2001–02	Helen Wright	Lynn Hewitt	Lyn Greenwood	Ellen Weir	Sandy Gagnon		PCC 2001
2002–03	Helen Wright	Lynn Hewitt	Lyn Greenwood	Ellen Weir	Sandy Gagnon		PCC 2002 (4th)
2003–04	Helen Wright	Sandy Gagnon	Lyn Greenwood	Janet Cobden	Jenn Gagnon	Gerald Chick	PCC 2003 (4th)
2004–05	Helen Wright	Lynn Hewitt	Sandy Gagnon	Janet Cobden		Gail Munro	PCC 2004 (5th)
2005–06	Helen Wright	Kim Forge	Sandy Gagnon	Lyn Gill	Cherie Curtis		PCC 2005 (6th)
2017–18	Helen Williams	Kim Forge	Ashleigh Street	Michelle Fredericks Armstrong	Anne Powell	Robert Armstrong	PACC 2017 (6th)

Mixed

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Coach	Events
2016–17	Hugh Millikin	Kim Forge	Steve Johns	Helen Williams		WMxCC 2016 (22nd)
2017–18	Hugh Millikin	Kim Forge	Christopher Ordog	Helen Williams	James Ordog	WMxCC 2017 (26th)
2018–19	Hugh Millikin	Kim Forge	Steve Johns	Helen Williams		AMxCC 2018 [4]

References

1. "Curling Victoria". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
2. "Day Jobs: How Helen Williams combines curling and curing as a doctor : Athlete365". olympic.org. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
3. "Curling: Australia will target top 16 finish at World Mixed Championships, says Nedlands team member". Community News Group. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
4. "2018 Australian Mixed Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

External links

• Helen Williams on the World Curling Federation database
• Helen Williams on the World Curling Tour database
• Helen Williams on the CurlingZone database