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'''Stacey Liapis''' (born August 19, 1974) is an American [[curling|curler]] from [[Bemidji, Minnesota]]. She played much of her career on teams with her sister [[Kari Erickson]]. She is a two-time Olympian, in [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] and [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002]], and a two-time United States National Champion, in 1998 and 2001.
'''Stacey Liapis''' (born August 19, 1974) is an American [[curling|curler]] from [[Bemidji, Minnesota]]. She played much of her career on teams with her sister [[Kari Erickson]]. She is a two-time Olympian, in [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] and [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002]], and a two-time United States National Champion, in 1998 and 2001.


== Curling career ==
== Curling career ==
Liapis had a very successful juniors career, winning the [[United States Junior Curling Championships|United States Junior Championship]] four times and competing at the [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championship]] five times.<ref name="MCA" /> She started her competitive career playing [[Third (curling)|third]] for her sister Kari, making it to the semifinals or better at the United States Junior Championships three years in a row, 1989 to 1991. In 1990 the Liapis sisters won the championship, along with Heidi Rollheiser and Roberta Breyen. At [[1990 World Junior Curling Championships|World's]] in [[Portage la Prairie|Portage la Prairie, Manitoba]] they finished in sixth place with a 4–5 record. Starting in the 1991–92 season Erika Brown took over as [[Skip (curling)|skip]] for the team. Together Liapis and Brown won the next three United States Junior Championships in a row and medalled at each of the World Championships. At the [[1992 World Junior Curling Championships|1992]] and [[1994 World Junior Curling Championships|1994]] World Championships they earned the silver medal while in [[1993 World Junior Curling Championships|1993]] they earned bronze.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> During the 1995–96 season, her final as a junior curler, Liapis skipped her own team at Nationals, losing in the semifinals. She still got a chance to compete at one more World Junior Championship when Amy Becher's team asked her to be their alternate.<ref name=":2" />
Liapis had a very successful juniors career, winning the [[United States Junior Curling Championships|United States Junior Championship]] four times and competing at the [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championship]] five times.<ref name="MCA" /> She started her competitive career playing [[Third (curling)|third]] for her sister Kari, making it to the semifinals or better at the United States Junior Championships three years in a row, 1989 to 1991. In 1990 the Liapis sisters won the championship, along with Heidi Rollheiser and Roberta Breyen. At [[1990 World Junior Curling Championships|World's]] in [[Portage la Prairie|Portage la Prairie, Manitoba]] they finished in sixth place with a 4–5 record. Starting in the 1991–92 season Erika Brown took over as [[Skip (curling)|skip]] for the team. Together Liapis and Brown won the next three United States Junior Championships in a row and medalled at each of the World Championships. At the [[1992 World Junior Curling Championships|1992]] and [[1994 World Junior Curling Championships|1994]] World Championships they earned the silver medal while in [[1993 World Junior Curling Championships|1993]] they earned bronze.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> During the 1995–96 season, her final as a junior curler, Liapis skipped her own team at Nationals, losing in the semifinals. She still got a chance to compete at one more World Junior Championship when [[Amy Becher]]'s team asked her to be their alternate.<ref name=":2" />


At the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] Liapis was alternate for [[Lisa Schoeneberg]]'s Team USA; they finished in fifth place with a 2–5 record.<ref name=":3" /> A few months later she won her first [[United States Women's Curling Championship|United States Women's Championship]], playing second for her sister with Lori Kreklau at third and [[Ann Swisshelm]] at [[Lead (curling)|lead]]. As American champions they represented the United States at the [[1998 World Women's Curling Championship|1998 World Women's Championship]] in [[Kamloops|Kamloops, British Columbia]]. They finished in ninth place with a 2–7 record.<ref name=":4" /> In 2001 Liapis won her second women's national championship, again playing second with her sister Kari as skip and Swisshelm as lead but this time with [[Debbie McCormick]] at third. At that year's World's they finished in sixth place with a 5–4 record. The team maintained the same lineup for the 2001–02 season, winning the [[2001 United States Olympic Curling Trials|Olympic Trials]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Robertson|first=Tom|date=January 31, 2002|title=In Bemidji, curling is queen|work=Minnesota Public Radio|url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200201/31_robertsont_womencurlers-m/index.shtml|url-status=live|access-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> and finishing second at Nationals.<ref name=":6" /> At the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] they entered the playoffs as the third seed team but lost their semifinal game to Switzerland's [[Luzia Ebnöther]]. In the bronze medal game they faced the number one seed Canada with skip [[Kelley Law]], losing 5–9 to finish in fourth place.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=February 21, 2002|title=Britain wins dramatic gold; Canada takes bronze|work=ESPN|url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/winter02/curling/news?id=1338034|url-status=live|access-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref>
At the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] Liapis was alternate for [[Lisa Schoeneberg]]'s Team USA; they finished in fifth place with a 2–5 record.<ref name=":3" /> A few months later she won her first [[United States Women's Curling Championship|United States Women's Championship]], playing second for her sister with Lori Kreklau at third and [[Ann Swisshelm]] at [[Lead (curling)|lead]]. As American champions they represented the United States at the [[1998 World Women's Curling Championship|1998 World Women's Championship]] in [[Kamloops|Kamloops, British Columbia]]. They finished in ninth place with a 2–7 record.<ref name=":4" /> In 2001 Liapis won her second women's national championship, again playing second with her sister Kari as skip and Swisshelm as lead but this time with [[Debbie McCormick]] at third. At that year's World's they finished in sixth place with a 5–4 record. The team maintained the same lineup for the 2001–02 season, winning the [[2001 United States Olympic Curling Trials|Olympic Trials]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Robertson|first=Tom|date=January 31, 2002|title=In Bemidji, curling is queen|work=Minnesota Public Radio|url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200201/31_robertsont_womencurlers-m/index.shtml|access-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> and finishing second at Nationals.<ref name=":6" /> At the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] they entered the playoffs as the third seed team but lost their semifinal game to Switzerland's [[Luzia Ebnöther]]. In the bronze medal game they faced the number one seed Canada with skip [[Kelley Law]], losing 5–9 to finish in fourth place.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 21, 2002|title=Britain wins dramatic gold; Canada takes bronze|work=ESPN|url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/winter02/curling/news?id=1338034|access-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
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! scope="row"| 1988–89
! scope="row"| 1988–89
| [[Kari Liapis]] || Stacey Liapis || Heidi Rollheiser || Roberta Breyen || || || 1989 [[United States Junior Curling Championships|USJCC]] {{Silver2}}<ref name="MCA">{{cite web |title=Past Champions of the Minnesota State Junior Women’s Championships |url=http://mncurling.org/mca4a-junior-womens-state-champions/ |website=Minnesota Curling Association |accessdate=August 21, 2020}}</ref>
| [[Kari Liapis]] || Stacey Liapis || Heidi Rollheiser || Roberta Breyen || || || 1989 [[United States Junior Curling Championships|USJCC]] {{Silver2}}<ref name="MCA">{{cite web |title=Past Champions of the Minnesota State Junior Women's Championships |url=http://mncurling.org/mca4a-junior-womens-state-champions/ |website=Minnesota Curling Association |access-date=August 21, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1989–90
! scope="row"| 1989–90
| Kari Liapis || Stacey Liapis || Heidi Rollheiser || Roberta Breyen || Julie Breyen || || 1990 USJCC {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WJCC|1990|1990 WJCC}} (6th)<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodrich World Junior Curling Championships 1990 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/141 |website=World Curling Federation |accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref>
| Kari Liapis || Stacey Liapis || Heidi Rollheiser || Roberta Breyen || Julie Breyen || || 1990 USJCC {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WJCC|1990|1990 WJCC}} (6th)<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodrich World Junior Curling Championships 1990 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/141 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1990–91
! scope="row"| 1990–91
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|-
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! scope="row"| 1991–92
! scope="row"| 1991–92
| [[Erika Brown]] || Kari Liapis || Stacey Liapis || Roberta Breyen || [[Debbie McCormick|Debbie Henry]] || || 1992 USJCC {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WJCC|1992|1992 WJCC}} {{Silver2}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=World Junior Curling Championships 1992 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/148 |last= |first= |date= |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
| [[Erika Brown (curler)|Erika Brown]] || Kari Liapis || Stacey Liapis || Roberta Breyen || [[Debbie McCormick|Debbie Henry]] || || 1992 USJCC {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WJCC|1992|1992 WJCC}} {{Silver2}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=World Junior Curling Championships 1992 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/148 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1992–93
! scope="row"| 1992–93
| Erika Brown || Kari Liapis || Stacey Liapis || Debbie Henry || Analissa Johnson || || 1993 USJCC {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WJCC|1993|1993 WJCC}} {{Bronze3}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=World Junior Curling Championships 1993 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/149 |last= |first= |date= |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
| Erika Brown || Kari Liapis || Stacey Liapis || Debbie Henry || Analissa Johnson || || 1993 USJCC {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WJCC|1993|1993 WJCC}} {{Bronze3}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=World Junior Curling Championships 1993 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/149 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1993–94
! scope="row"| 1993–94
| Erika Brown || Debbie Henry || Stacey Liapis || Analissa Johnson ||[[Allison Pottinger|Allison Darragh]]|| || 1994 USJCC {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WJCC|1994|1994 WJCC}} {{Silver2}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=World Junior Curling Championships 1994 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/150 |last= |first= |date= |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
| Erika Brown || Debbie Henry || Stacey Liapis || Analissa Johnson ||[[Allison Pottinger|Allison Darragh]]|| || 1994 USJCC {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WJCC|1994|1994 WJCC}} {{Silver2}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=World Junior Curling Championships 1994 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/150 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| 1995–96
! scope="row" rowspan=2| 1995–96
| Stacy Liapis || [[Jamie Haskell|Jamie Johnson]] || [[Cassandra Potter|Cassie Johnson]] || Tina Kelly || || || 1996 USJCC (SF)<ref name="MCA" />
| Stacey Liapis || [[Jamie Haskell|Jamie Johnson]] || [[Cassandra Potter|Cassie Johnson]] || Tina Kelly || || || 1996 USJCC (SF)<ref name="MCA" />
|-
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| Amy Becher || Theresa Faltesek || Monica Carlson || Heather Miller || Stacey Liapis || || {{WJCC|1996|1996 WJCC}} (10th)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kärcher World Junior Curling Championships 1996 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/152 |website=World Curling Federation |accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref>
| [[Amy Becher]]|| Theresa Faltesek || Monica Carlson || Heather Miller || Stacey Liapis || || {{WJCC|1996|1996 WJCC}} (10th)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kärcher World Junior Curling Championships 1996 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/152 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| 1997–98
! scope="row" rowspan=2| 1997–98
| [[Lisa Schoeneberg]] || Erika Brown || Debbie Henry || [[Lori Mountford]] || Stacey Liapis || [[Steve Brown (curler)|Steve Brown]] || [[Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 OG]] (5th)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=XVIII. Olympic Winter Games 1998 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/108 |last= |first= |date= |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
| [[Lisa Schoeneberg]] || Erika Brown || Debbie Henry || [[Lori Mountford]] || Stacey Liapis || [[Steve Brown (curler)|Steve Brown]] || [[Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 OG]] (5th)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=XVIII. Olympic Winter Games 1998 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/108 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Kari Erickson || [[Lori Kreklau]] || Stacey Liapis || [[Ann Swisshelm]] || Risa O'Connell || [[Mike Liapis]] || 1998 {{USWCC||USWCC}} {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WWCC|1998|1998 WWCC}} (9th)<ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=Ford World Curling Championships 1998 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/88 |website=World Curling Federation |accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref>
| Kari Erickson || [[Lori Kreklau]] || Stacey Liapis || [[Ann Swisshelm]] || Risa O'Connell || [[Mike Liapis]] || 1998 {{USWCC||USWCC}} {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WWCC|1998|1998 WWCC}} (9th)<ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=Ford World Curling Championships 1998 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/88 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1999–00
! scope="row"| 1999–00
| Debbie McCormick || [[Nicole Joraanstad]] || Stacey Liapis || Ann Swisshelm || || Mike Liapis || 2000 USWCC (SF)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2000 Men's and Women's Championships |url=http://www.usacurl.org/Ogden/ogframe.html |last= |first= |date= |website=USA Curling |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010411194724/http://www.usacurl.org/Ogden/ogframe.html |archive-date=April 11, 2001 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
| Debbie McCormick || [[Nicole Joraanstad]] || Stacey Liapis || Ann Swisshelm || || Mike Liapis || 2000 USWCC (SF)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2000 Men's and Women's Championships |url=http://www.usacurl.org/Ogden/ogframe.html |website=USA Curling |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010411194724/http://www.usacurl.org/Ogden/ogframe.html |archive-date=April 11, 2001 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 2000–01
! scope="row"| 2000–01
| Kari Erickson || Debbie McCormick || Stacey Liapis || Ann Swisshelm || [[Joni Cotten]] || Mike Liapis || 2001 USWCC {{Gold1}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Illinois, Washington rinks win USA Curling Nationals |url=http://www.madisoncurlingclub.com/nationals/news/rel26.htm |last= |first= |date=March 2, 2001 |website=Madison Curling Club |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010723223427/http://www.madisoncurlingclub.com/nationals/news/rel26.htm |archive-date=July 23, 2001 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{WWCC|2001|2001 WWCC}} (6th)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ford World Curling Championships 2001 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/91 |last= |first= |date= |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
| Kari Erickson || Debbie McCormick || Stacey Liapis || Ann Swisshelm || [[Joni Cotten]] || Mike Liapis || 2001 USWCC {{Gold1}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Illinois, Washington rinks win USA Curling Nationals |url=http://www.madisoncurlingclub.com/nationals/news/rel26.htm |date=March 2, 2001 |website=Madison Curling Club |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010723223427/http://www.madisoncurlingclub.com/nationals/news/rel26.htm |archive-date=July 23, 2001 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{WWCC|2001|2001 WWCC}} (6th)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ford World Curling Championships 2001 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/91 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 2001–02
! scope="row"| 2001–02
| Kari Erickson || Debbie McCormick || Stacey Liapis || Ann Swisshelm || Joni Cotten || Mike Liapis || [[2001 United States Olympic Curling Trials|2001 USOCT]] {{Gold1}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Team Erickson wins Olympic Trials |url=http://www.usacurl.org/Press%20Release/draw12trials.htm |last= |first= |date=December 14, 2001 |website=USA Curling |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021218031804/http://www.usacurl.org/Press%20Release/draw12trials.htm |archive-date=December 18, 2002 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref><br/>2002 USWCC {{Silver2}}<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Wisconsin’s Patti Lank team wins USA Curling 2002 National Championship |url=http://www.usacurl.org/Nationals2002/Releases/WomensFinalPR.htm |last= |first= |date=March 9, 2002 |website=USA Curling |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020410185511/http://www.usacurl.org/Nationals2002/Releases/WomensFinalPR.htm |archive-date=April 10, 2002 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref><br/>[[Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 OG]] (4th)<ref>{{Cite web |title=XIX. Olympic Winter Games 2002 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/110 |last= |first= |date= |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
| Kari Erickson || Debbie McCormick || Stacey Liapis || Ann Swisshelm || Joni Cotten || Mike Liapis || [[2001 United States Olympic Curling Trials|2001 USOCT]] {{Gold1}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Team Erickson wins Olympic Trials |url=http://www.usacurl.org/Press%20Release/draw12trials.htm |date=December 14, 2001 |website=USA Curling |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021218031804/http://www.usacurl.org/Press%20Release/draw12trials.htm |archive-date=December 18, 2002 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref><br/>2002 USWCC {{Silver2}}<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Wisconsin's Patti Lank team wins USA Curling 2002 National Championship |url=http://www.usacurl.org/Nationals2002/Releases/WomensFinalPR.htm |date=March 9, 2002 |website=USA Curling |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020410185511/http://www.usacurl.org/Nationals2002/Releases/WomensFinalPR.htm |archive-date=April 10, 2002 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref><br/>[[Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 OG]] (4th)<ref>{{Cite web |title=XIX. Olympic Winter Games 2002 |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/110 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
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Revision as of 05:02, 6 August 2024

Stacey Liapis
Curler
Born (1974-08-19) August 19, 1974 (age 50)
Bemidji, Minnesota
Curling career
World Championship
appearances		2 (1998, 2001)
Olympic
appearances		2 (1998, 2002)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  United States
World Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 1992 Oberstdorf
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Grindelwald
Silver medal – second place 1994 Sofia
US Olympic Trials
Gold medal – first place 1997 Duluth
Gold medal – first place 2001 Ogden
US Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bismark
Gold medal – first place 2001 Madison
Silver medal – second place 1997 Seattle
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Duluth
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Ogden

Stacey Liapis (born August 19, 1974) is an American curler from Bemidji, Minnesota. She played much of her career on teams with her sister Kari Erickson. She is a two-time Olympian, in 1998 and 2002, and a two-time United States National Champion, in 1998 and 2001.

Curling career

Liapis had a very successful juniors career, winning the United States Junior Championship four times and competing at the World Junior Championship five times.[1] She started her competitive career playing third for her sister Kari, making it to the semifinals or better at the United States Junior Championships three years in a row, 1989 to 1991. In 1990 the Liapis sisters won the championship, along with Heidi Rollheiser and Roberta Breyen. At World's in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba they finished in sixth place with a 4–5 record. Starting in the 1991–92 season Erika Brown took over as skip for the team. Together Liapis and Brown won the next three United States Junior Championships in a row and medalled at each of the World Championships. At the 1992 and 1994 World Championships they earned the silver medal while in 1993 they earned bronze.[2][3][4] During the 1995–96 season, her final as a junior curler, Liapis skipped her own team at Nationals, losing in the semifinals. She still got a chance to compete at one more World Junior Championship when Amy Becher's team asked her to be their alternate.[4]

At the 1998 Winter Olympics Liapis was alternate for Lisa Schoeneberg's Team USA; they finished in fifth place with a 2–5 record.[5] A few months later she won her first United States Women's Championship, playing second for her sister with Lori Kreklau at third and Ann Swisshelm at lead. As American champions they represented the United States at the 1998 World Women's Championship in Kamloops, British Columbia. They finished in ninth place with a 2–7 record.[6] In 2001 Liapis won her second women's national championship, again playing second with her sister Kari as skip and Swisshelm as lead but this time with Debbie McCormick at third. At that year's World's they finished in sixth place with a 5–4 record. The team maintained the same lineup for the 2001–02 season, winning the Olympic Trials[7][8] and finishing second at Nationals.[9] At the 2002 Winter Olympics they entered the playoffs as the third seed team but lost their semifinal game to Switzerland's Luzia Ebnöther. In the bronze medal game they faced the number one seed Canada with skip Kelley Law, losing 5–9 to finish in fourth place.[10]

Personal life

Liapis was one of the athletes supported by Home Depot and the Olympic Job Opportunity Program, whereby she worked 20 hours a week, got paid for 40 and was given flexible working hours in order to complete her training requirements.[11]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1988–89 Kari Liapis Stacey Liapis Heidi Rollheiser Roberta Breyen 1989 USJCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[1]
1989–90 Kari Liapis Stacey Liapis Heidi Rollheiser Roberta Breyen Julie Breyen 1990 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1990 WJCC (6th)[12]
1990–91 Kari Liapis Stacey Liapis Tracy Lindgren Roberta Breyen 1991 USJCC (SF)[1]
1991–92 Erika Brown Kari Liapis Stacey Liapis Roberta Breyen Debbie Henry 1992 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1992 WJCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[2]
1992–93 Erika Brown Kari Liapis Stacey Liapis Debbie Henry Analissa Johnson 1993 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1993 WJCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[3]
1993–94 Erika Brown Debbie Henry Stacey Liapis Analissa Johnson Allison Darragh 1994 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1994 WJCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[4]
1995–96 Stacey Liapis Jamie Johnson Cassie Johnson Tina Kelly 1996 USJCC (SF)[1]
Amy Becher Theresa Faltesek Monica Carlson Heather Miller Stacey Liapis 1996 WJCC (10th)[13]
1997–98 Lisa Schoeneberg Erika Brown Debbie Henry Lori Mountford Stacey Liapis Steve Brown 1998 OG (5th)[5]
Kari Erickson Lori Kreklau Stacey Liapis Ann Swisshelm Risa O'Connell Mike Liapis 1998 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1998 WWCC (9th)[6]
1999–00 Debbie McCormick Nicole Joraanstad Stacey Liapis Ann Swisshelm Mike Liapis 2000 USWCC (SF)[14]
2000–01 Kari Erickson Debbie McCormick Stacey Liapis Ann Swisshelm Joni Cotten Mike Liapis 2001 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[15]
2001 WWCC (6th)[16]
2001–02 Kari Erickson Debbie McCormick Stacey Liapis Ann Swisshelm Joni Cotten Mike Liapis 2001 USOCT 1st place, gold medalist(s)[8]
2002 USWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[9]
2002 OG (4th)[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Past Champions of the Minnesota State Junior Women's Championships". Minnesota Curling Association. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "World Junior Curling Championships 1992". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "World Junior Curling Championships 1993". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "World Junior Curling Championships 1994". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "XVIII. Olympic Winter Games 1998". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Ford World Curling Championships 1998". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Robertson, Tom (January 31, 2002). "In Bemidji, curling is queen". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Team Erickson wins Olympic Trials". USA Curling. December 14, 2001. Archived from the original on December 18, 2002. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Wisconsin's Patti Lank team wins USA Curling 2002 National Championship". USA Curling. March 9, 2002. Archived from the original on April 10, 2002. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "Britain wins dramatic gold; Canada takes bronze". ESPN. February 21, 2002. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  11. ^ "Sport for love, not money - Feb. 11, 2002". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
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