Lorraine Lang

Lorraine Lang (born October 8, 1956, Port Arthur, Ontario as Lorraine Edwards) is a Canadian curler[1] from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Lang is a two-time Tournament of Hearts champion and World Champion.

Lorraine Lang
Medal record
Curling
World Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Milwaukee
Silver medal – second place 1988 Glasgow
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Gold medal – first place 1988 Fredericton
Gold medal – first place 1989 Kelowna
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Ottawa
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Saskatoon
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Edmonton

Curling career

In 1981, Lang won the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship playing lead for her future husband Rick Lang.[2]

Lang played in her first Scott Tournament of Hearts in 1983 as a third for Anne Provo. The team finished 4–6.[3] She returned to the Hearts in 1988 as Heather Houston's third. At the 1988 Hearts, the team had to win two tie-breakers before winning two playoff games to claim the championship. They defeated the defending champion Pat Sanders.[4][3] At the 1988 World Championships, the team won the silver medal, losing to Germany's Andrea Schöpp in the final.[5] The Hearts victory gave them a berth at the 1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts. The team would go on to win that as well. They had to win three playoff games before beating Chris More of Manitoba in the final.[6]

At the 1989 World Championships, they avenged their silver medal by defeating Trine Trulsen of Norway in the final.[7] Their Hearts victory in 1989 qualified them for the 1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts. They were not able to win for a third straight year, however as they lost to Alison Goring of Ontario in the semi-final.[8] The team returned to the Hearts in 1991 as Team Ontario. The team lost to Heidi Hanlon of New Brunswick in the semi-final.[9] It would be Lang's last Hearts until 2006 when she played lead for Krista McCarville. At the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the team finished with a 4–7 record, out of the playoffs.[10] She returned with McCarville to the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts where the finished with a 6–5 record and lost in a tie-breaker.[11] She played in her last Scotties in 2009. After the McCarville rink won the bronze medal at the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, Lang retired from curling.[12]

Personal life

Lang works as a medical radiation technology program coordinator at Confederation College. She is married to Rick Lang and has two children, including Sarah Potts.[13]

References
  1. Turning inspiration into inspiration Archived 2007-06-24 at archive.today
  2. "Curling Canada | Past Champions – Canadian Mixed". Archived from the original on 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  3. "Lorraine Lang - Curling Canada Stats Archive". stats.curling.io. Archived from the original on 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  4. "1988 Scott Tournament of Hearts - Curling Canada Stats Archive". stats.curling.io. Archived from the original on 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  5. "Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  6. "Team Canada hits the jackpot". Calgary Herald. March 5, 1989. p. 6. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  7. Bob Weeks (2008). Curling, Etcetera: A Whole Bunch of Stuff About the Roaring Game. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-15613-1.
  8. "1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts - Curling Canada Stats Archive". stats.curling.io. Archived from the original on 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  9. "1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts - Curling Canada Stats Archive". stats.curling.io. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-04-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-04-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. McAndrew, Brian (2010-01-11). "Krista McCarville wins Ontario women's curling final". thestar.com. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  13. 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials Media Guide
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