Lindsay Sparkes
Medal record | ||
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Women’s curling | ||
Representing Canada | ||
World Championships | ||
1985 Jönköping |
Women's
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1979 Perth | Women's
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Olympic Games (demonstration) | ||
1988 Calgary | Women's | |
Scott Tournament of Hearts
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1976 Winnipeg | Women's | |
1979 Mount Royal | Women's | |
1985 Winnipeg | Women's | |
1986 London | Women's | |
1984 Charlottetown | Women's | |
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials | ||
1987 Calgary |
Lindsay E. Sparkes (born August 6, 1950 in North Vancouver, British Columbia as Lindsay Davie) is a Canadian curler. She is a three-time Canadian champion, world champion and Olympic demonstration champion.
In 1976, Sparkes and her team of Dawn Knowles, Robin Klassen, Lorraine Bowles won her first provincial and her first national championship. In 1979, the team returned to the national championship, and won again. This qualified them for the inaugural 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship. The team lost in the semi-final to Switzerland.
In 1984, Sparkes and her new team of
The team was chosen by the Canadian Olympic Committee to represent Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics where curling was a demonstration sport. The team won the gold medal, defeating Sweden in the final.
Sparkes' final appearance at the Hearts was in 1997 as an alternate for the Kelley Owen (Law) rink.
External links
- Lindsay Sparkes at World Curling
- Lindsay Sparkes at Olympedia