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Friday, March 03, 2017

2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship - Teams


Here are the teams competing at the 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship taking place in Gangneung Republic of Korea from March 4th-11th, 2017.



Canada
Skip - Jim Armstrong (M)
Third - Ina Forrest (F)
Second - Marie Wright (F)
Lead - Mark Ideson (M)
Alternate - Ellis Tull (M)
Coach - Wayne Kiel

China
Skip - Haitao Wang (M)
Third - Wei Liu (M)
Second - Jianxin Chen (M)
Lead - Guangqin Xu (F)
Alternate - Mingliang Zhang (M)
Coach - Jianrul Li

Finland
Skip - Markku Karjalainen(M)
Third - Yrjo Jaaskelainen (M)
Second - Sari Karjalainen (Vice) (F)
Lead - Vesa Leppanen (M)
Alternate - Riitta Sarosalo (F)
Coach - Vesa Kokko

Germany 
Skip - Christiane Putzich (F)
Third - Harry Pavel (M)
Second - Martin Schlitt (Vice) (M)
Lead - Heike Melchior (F)
Alternate - Christoph Gemmer (M)
Coach - Bernd Weisser

Korea
Skip - Jong Pan Kim (M)
Third - Soon-Seok Seo (M)
Second - Jae-Goan Cha (M)
Lead - Min Kyong Cho (F)
Alternate - Dong Ha Lee (M)
Coach - Jong Chul Beak

Norway
Skip - Rune Lorentsen (M)
Third - Jostein Stordahl (M)
Second - Ole Fredrik Syversen (M)
Lead - Sissel Loechen (F)
Alternate - Rikke Iversen (F)
Coach - Peter Dahlman

Russia
Skip - Andrey Smirnov (M)
Third - Konstantin Kurokhtin (M)
Second - Alexander Shevchenko (M)
Lead - Daria Shchukina (F)
Alternate - Marat Romanov (M)
Coach - Anton Batugin

Scotland
Skip - Aileen Neilson  (F)
Third - Gregor Ewan (M)
Second - Hugh Nibloe (Vice) (M)
Lead - Robert McPherson (M)
Alternate - Angie Malone (F)
Coach - Sheila Swan

Switzerland
Skip - Felix Wagner (M)
Third - Marcel Bodenmann (M)
Second - Claudia Huettenmoser (Vice) (F)
Lead - Beatrix Blauel (F)
Alternate - Hans Burgener (M)
Coach - Stefan Pfister

United States (USA)
Fourth - Stephen Emt (M)
Third - Kirk Black (M)
Second - James Joseph (M)
Lead - Penny Greely (F)
Alternate - Justin Marshall (M)
Coach - Steve Brown

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