Nancy Langley

Nancy Langley (in marriage Nancy Richard) is an American curler.[1]

Nancy Langley
 
Other namesNancy Richard
Team
Curling clubGranidears CC,
Granite CC, Seattle
Curling career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances
4 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1988)
Medal record
Women's curling
United States National Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Winchester, MA
Gold medal – first place 1981 Kettle Moraine, WI
Gold medal – first place 1983 Grafton, ND
Gold medal – first place 1988 Darien, CT

At the national level, she is a four-time United States women's champion curler (1979, 1981, 1983, 1988). She competed for USA on four World Women's Championships.

She is the first woman inductee as "curler" to the United States Curling Hall of Fame in 2001 (women before her was inducteed as "builder").[2][3]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1978–79 Nancy LangleyDolores CampbellLeslie FroschNancy WallaceUSWCC 1979 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1979 (5th)
1980–81 Nancy LangleyCarol DahlLeslie FroschNancy WallaceUSWCC 1981 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1981 (8th)
1982–83 Nancy LangleyDolores CampbellNancy WallaceLeslie FroschUSWCC 1983 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1983 (8th)
1987–88 Nancy LangleyNancy PearsonLeslie FroschMary HobsonUSWCC 1988 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1988 (7th)
2004–05 Nancy RichardDoreen DeaverLeslie FroschMiyo Konno2005 USWCC/USOCT (9th)

Personal life

Her sister Leslie Frosch is also a curler, they played together on US championships and Worlds.[4][5]

References

  1. Nancy Langley on the World Curling Federation database
  2. Nancy (Langley) Richard – USA Curling
  3. "Hall of Fame Members". Team USA. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  4. Richard Seven (November 1, 2008). "Curling makes a cool sport for families". The Seattle Times. There are many more families curling at the club, just a block east of North 128th Street and Aurora Avenue North, like Leslie Frosch and her sister, Nancy Richard. They have won numerous national championships together and curl with their 81-year-old mother. She took up the sport first but was soon joined by her husband and daughters, who first competed on junior teams.
  5. "Marion Frosch Obituary (2015) – The Herald (Everett)". Legacy.com. Marion married Albert Frosch, the love of her life on December 22, 1952. They began their family with Nancy and then Leslie ... She was given a life membership for all of her volunteer activities at Granite Curling club in Seattle. She was President of the Granidears and was on the board of Granite Curling Club.


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