Cori Morris
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| Corinne Morris | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Corinne Bartel June 21, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Calgary CC, Calgary, AB | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Atina Ford-Johnston | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Shannon Morris | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Sheri Pickering | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Cori Morris | ||||||||||||||||||||
Curling career  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Member Association |  Ontario (1997-1998)  Alberta (2004-Present) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hearts appearances | 3 (2007, 2009, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Top CTRS ranking | 4th (2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam victories | 1 (Players': 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Corinne "Cori" Morris[1] (born June 21, 1971[2] as Corinne Bartel) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She played lead for the Olympic silver medal-winning Cheryl Bernard rink from 2005 to 2011.
Career
[edit]Morris grew up in Lanigan, Saskatchewan. In 1998, Morris played in Ontario, and played in the provincial Scott Tournament of Hearts, as an alternate player for the Cheryl McBain team. She later moved to Alberta. Morris joined Bernard in 2005 after playing for Heather Rankin. She went to the 2007 and 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as a member of that team. At the 2009 Tournament of Hearts, Morris was presented with the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award.
Morris and her team represented Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympics,[2] and won silver medals at the tournament.[3]
On February 8, 2011, it was announced that the Bernard team would disband at the end of the 2010–11 curling season.[citation needed] Morris joined a new team for the 2011–12 curling season,[4] playing as lead under Dana Ferguson for one season. She currently coaches the Kayla Skrlik team[5] and made her return to playing national-level curling at the 2024 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, playing as lead for the Atina Ford-Johnston rink, where they won 5-4 against Ontario's Jo-Ann Rizzo in the final, and will represent Canada at the 2025 World Senior Curling Championships.
Personal Life
[edit]Morris is a graduate from the University of Ottawa and is employed as a professional recruiter. She married 1994 World Junior Champion Sean Morris in 2010. She currently works as a Talent Acquisition Partner for ATB Financial.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Canadian Olympic Committee - Athletes - Corinne Bartel - Profile". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ a b Cori Bartel, Curling Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine at Vancouver2010.com
- ^ Cori Bartel Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine at World Curling Federation
- ^ http://www.grandslamofcurling.com/blog/olympians-eliminated-bid-tearful-farewell
- ^ "Scores | Curling Alberta".
- ^ "Cori Morris, OLY, RPR". LinkedIn.
External links
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- Curlers from Ontario
- Curlers from Calgary
- Sportspeople from Humboldt, Saskatchewan
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- University of Ottawa alumni
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Olympic curlers for Canada
- Olympic medalists in curling
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- People from Lanigan, Saskatchewan
- Canadian women curlers
- Canada Cup (curling) participants
- Canadian curling coaches