Sharon Vukich

Sharon Vukich
Curler
Other namesSharon Good
Born
Sharon Kozai
Team
Curling clubGranite CC, Seattle, WA
Curling career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances		2 (1980, 1987)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2010)
Medal record
Curling
United States Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1980 Seattle
Gold medal – first place 1987 St. Paul
United States Mixed Doubles Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Seattle

Sharon Vukich is an American curler from Seattle, Washington. She is a two-time women's national Champion, two-time senior women's national champion, and one-time mixed doubles national champion.[1]

Curling career

Vukich skipped her team to gold at the United States Championship twice, in 1980 and 1987.[1] As champion she represented the United States at the World Championships those years, finishing in fourth and fifth place, respectively.[2][3] She returned to national prominence with back-to-back gold medals at the United States Senior Championships in 2009 and 2010.[4] At World's they finished sixth and fourth places, respectively.[5][6] In 2010 she also won the Mixed Doubles National Championship with teammate Mike Calcagno. The 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship was held concurrently with the World Senior Championship and Vukich competed at both.[7] At World Mixed Doubles they finished in tenth place.[8]

Personal life

Vukich's parents were curlers and helped found the Granite Curling Club in Seattle.[9] Vukich met her late husband Jim while curling.[10] He was also a multi-time national champion, having won the Men's Championship in 1987 and 1989.[11] Vukich's daughter Emily (Em) Good and son Jake Vukich are also successful competitive curlers, Emily having competed at the 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship and Jake at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships.[12][13]

Teams

Women's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1979–80 Sharon Kozai Joan Fish Betty Kozai Aija Edwards 1980 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1980 WWCC (4th)[2]
1986–87 Sharon Good Joan Fish Beth Bronger-Jones Aija Edwards 1987 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1987 WWCC (5th)[3]
2008–09 Cristin Clark Sharon Vukich Emily Good Katy Sharpe Gabrielle Coleman 2009 USWCC/USOCT (9th)
Sharon Vukich Joan Fish Cathie Tomlinson Aija Edwards 2009 USSCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2009 WSCC (6th)[5]
2009–10 Sharon Vukich Linda Cornfield Susan Curtis Betty Kozai Dani Thibodeaux 2010 USSCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sharon Vukich Mary Colacchio Susan Curtis Betty Kozai Dani Thibodeaux Kenneth Thomson 2010 WSCC (4th)[6]
2010–11 Sharon Vukich 2011 USSCC (5th)[14]
2011–12 Cristin Clark Em Good Elle LeBeau Sharon Vukich Brady Clark [15]
Sharon Vukich Miyo Konno Linda Cornfield Cathie Tomlinson 2012 USSCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[16]
2012–13 Sharon Vukich Cynthia Garzina Jennifer Westhagen Cathie Tomlinson [17]
Sharon Vukich Linda Cornfield Colleen Richardson Betty Kozai 2013 USSCC (4th)
2013–14 Sharon Vukich Linda Cornfield Miyo Konno Beth Bronger-Jones 2014 USSCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014–15 Sharon Vukich Beth Bronger-Jones Laurel Haigh Gore Linda Cornfield 2015 USSCC (4th)

Mixed doubles

Season Female Male Events
2009–10 Sharon Vukich Mike Calcagno 2010 USMDCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2010 WMDCC (10th)[8]
2010–11 Sharon Vukich Mike Calcagno 2011 USMDCC (DNQ)
2011–12 Sharon Vukich Christopher Rimple 2012 USMDCC (DNQ)
2013–14 Sharon Vukich David Cornfield 2014 USMDCC (SF)
2014–15 Sharon Vukich David Cornfield 2015 USMDCC (DNQ)

References

  1. ^ a b "Sharon Vukich". USA Curling. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Royal Bank of Scotland World Curling Championships 1980". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "World Curling Championships 1987". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "VUKICH DEFENDS TITLE AT 2010 USA CURLING SENIOR NATIONALS". USA Curling. January 30, 2010. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "World Senior Curling Championships 2009". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "World Senior Championships 2010". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Sportsline: East Grand Forks fields first baseball team". The Bemidji Pioneer. April 18, 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "World Mixed Doubles Championship 2010". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  9. ^ "Curling runs in the family at Olympic trials". The Denver Post. February 26, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  10. ^ "Curlers turn up from far and near for bonspiel". The Desert News. May 1, 1999. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  11. ^ "Men's Champions". USA Curling. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  12. ^ "Em Good". USA Curling. Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  13. ^ "Jake Vukich". USA Curling. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  14. ^ Kolesar, Terry (February 9, 2011). "Smith, Goodland rinks capture senior titles". U.S. Curling News. p. 15. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  15. ^ "CURLING: SEVEN TEAMS CLINCH 2012 NATIONALS SPOTS". Team USA. December 27, 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  16. ^ "CURLING: WISCONSIN'S PAM OLEINIK WINS THIRD SENIOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL TITLE". Team USA. December 4, 2011. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  17. ^ "Vukich 2–3 at USA Women's Challenge Round". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 12, 2020.