Atina Johnston
Atina Johnston 
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| birthday | October 12, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Regina , Saskatchewan | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Canada
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| society | Caledonian CC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing hand | right | ||||||||||||||||||
| status | unknown | ||||||||||||||||||
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Atina Johnston (* 12. October 1971 in Regina , Saskatchewan as Atina Ford ) is a Canadian curler .
Johnston made her international debut in 1991 at the Junior Curling World Championships in Glasgow , where she won the gold medal. In 1997 she became world champion.
Johnston was on the team that won the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trails and represented Canada in the XVIII. Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in curling as a substitute player. The team around Skip Sandra Schmirler won the Olympic gold medal after a 7-5 victory in the final against Denmark around Skip Helena Blach Lavrsen .
successes
- Olympic champion in 1998
- World Champion 1997
- 3rd place Junior World Championship 1991
Web links
- Atina Johnston on Worldcurling.org (English)
- Atina Johnston in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Johnston, Atina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian curler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Regina |