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 Canadian Curling Assoc.
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Date of Birth: 23/04/68 |
Place of Birth: Calgary, AB |
Residence: Victoria, BC |
Rink: Royal City Curling Club |
Third Julie Skinner is the one member of Kelley Law's team that has previous Olympic experience. Skinner skipped the Canadian women's team at the 1992 Albertville Games where it was a demonstration event. She led her crew to the bronze medal.
In fact before joining Law, Skinner (the former Julie Sutton) was among Canada's top skips. She won the Canadian title and was runner-up at the world championships in 1991 and won the national junior title in 1987 and the world junior crown in 1988.
Law recruited Skinner, who commutes from Victoria to train each week with her team in New Westminster, in 1999. Skinner works for the B.C., automobile association.
What Canada Did
Feb. 21: Skip Kelley Law and her Richmond, B.C., team of third Julie Skinner, second Georgina Wheatcraft and lead Diane Nelson won bronze medal, defeating U.S. 9-5.
Feb. 20: Richmond, B.C., skip Kelley Law, third Julie Skinner, second Georgina Wheatcraft and lead Diane Nelson lost 6-5 in semifinal against Britain, putting Canadians in bronze-medal game Thursday against the U.S.
Feb. 18: Kelley Law and her Richmond, B.C., team of Julie Skinner, Georgina Wheatcraft and Diane Nelson lost 7-6 to Switzerland, placing first at 8-1 IN round-robin play and a place in the semifinals Wednesday.
Feb. 16: Kelley Law skipped her Richmond, B.C., team of Julie Skinner, Georgina Wheatcraft and Diane Nelson beat Japan 9-4 in eighth draw and downed Denmark 9-4 in ninth, raising Canada's record to a leading 8-0 record and into the semifinals Wednesday.
Feb. 15: Kelley Law and her Richmond, B.C., team of third Julie Skinner, second Georgina Wheatcraft and lead Diane Nelson beat Germany 8-4, lifting Canada to a 6-0 record.
Feb. 14: Kelley Law and her Richmond, B.C., team of third Julie Skinner, second Georgina Wheatcraft and lead Diane Nelson moved to a 5-0 record with 9-4 sixth-draw win over Britain.
Feb. 13: Skip Kelley Law, third Julie Skinner, second Georgina Wheatcraft and lead Diane Nelson won 6-4 over the U.S. in the fourth draw, lifting the team from Richmond, B.C., to a 4-0 record for Canada in round-robin schedule.
Feb. 12: Richmond B.C., team of skip Kelley Law, third Julie Skinner, second Georgina Wheatcraft and lead Diane Nelson def. Norway 6-5, then beat Russia 7-6, raising Canada's record to 3-0 in round-robin portion.
Feb. 11: Richmond B.C., team of skip Kelley Law, third Julie Skinner, second Georgina Wheatcraft and lead Diane Nelson def. Sweden 5-4 in first draw of round-robin championship.
Julie Skinner Photos
Medal winners stand on the podium
2002 Games Curling Coverage
