Jan Betker
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Representing  Canada
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1998 Nagano | Team |
| World Championships | ||
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1993 Geneva |
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1994 Oberstdorf |
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1997 Berne |
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Representing  Saskatchewan
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| Scotties Tournament of Hearts | ||
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1993 Brandon | |
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1994 Kitchener | |
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1997 Vancouver | |
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2007 Lethbridge | |
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1995 Calgary | |
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1998 Regina | |
| Canadian Olympic Curling Trials | ||
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1997 Brandon | |
Janice "Jan" Betker (born July 19, 1960, in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler. Betker is best known for playing third on the Sandra Schmirler rink that won three world championships and an Olympic gold medal in the 1990s. Following Schmirler's death from cancer in 2000, Betker replaced her as the team's skip.
In 2019, Betker was named the greatest Canadian female third in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.[1]
Curling career
As part of the Schmirler team Betker won 3 Canadian
At first Betker refused to skip the team following the death of her longtime skip Schmirler. However, in 2003 Betker took over as skip and took her team to the 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts. The team finished fourth overall.
In 2005, at the
Betker returned to the national championships in 2007. Joan McCusker, who had played second for both Schmirler and Betker retired from competitive curling and was replaced by her sister, Nancy Inglis. Sherry Linton, former third, joined Jolene McIvor's rink for the 2006-2007 season and was replaced by newcomer, Lana Vey. Betker's team made it all the way to the final before losing to Kelly Scott. After the season, Betker announced she was "taking a break" from curling.[3] She returned for three World Curling Tour events in 2008-09 and one in 2011-12, but has not curled competitively since.
In 2017, Betker stopped curling entirely.
Personal life
She is an administrator with Laurie Artiss The Pin People.[4]
References
- ^ "Canada's Greatest Curlers: Olympic champion Betker earns nod as top third - TSN.ca". 2019-02-20.
- ^ Olympic results Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Regina Leader-Post, Apr 17, 2007, "'It was just time' for a break for Betker"
- ^ "Schmirler's team left with mixed feelings on 20th anniversary of gold medal at 1998 Winter Olympics | Regina Leader-Post". 2018-01-26.
External links
- Jan Betker at World Curling
- Jan Betker at Olympics.com
- Jan Betker at Olympedia
- Jan Betker at the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Jan Betker at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
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