Cory Christensen

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Cory Christensen Curling
birthday 1st December 1994 (age 25)
place of birth Duluth
Career
nation United StatesUnited States United States
society Duluth CC
Playing position Skip
Playing hand right
status active
Medal table
JWM medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Junior World Curling ChampionshipTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
silver 2016 Copenhagen
last change: December 28, 2017

Cory Christensen (born December 1, 1994 in Duluth ) is an American curler . She currently plays as Skip.

She began her international career at the 2012 Junior World Championships , where she was tenth as a skip of the US team. After further participation in this competition, she won the silver medal as Skip at the Junior World Championship in 2016 after the final was lost against the Canadians led by Mary Fay , who could still be beaten in the play-offs.

At her first World Cup in 2017 , she played as a substitute for Nina Roth's team and finished fifth.

In November 2017 she was nominated by the American Association as a substitute for the US women's team (Skip: Nina Roth, Thirdl: Tabitha Peterson , Second: Aileen Geving , Lead: Becca Hamilton ) at the  2018 Winter Olympics  in  Pyeongchang  . Together with her teammates, Christensen, who was not used, finished eighth after four wins and five defeats in the Round Robin .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Cory Christensen - Biography. In: Team USA. Retrieved December 28, 2017 (English).
  2. Christensen and Polo named to 2018 US Olympic Curling Team. In: Team USA. November 28, 2017, accessed December 28, 2017 .