Patti Lank

Patti Lank
Curler
Born	(1964-07-04) July 4, 1964 Midale, Saskatchewan
Team
Curling club	Niagara Falls CC, Niagara Falls, ON
Skip	Patti Lank
Third	Maureen Stolt
Second	Anna Bauman
Lead	Madisson Lank
Alternate	Mackenzie Lank
Career
World Championship appearances	5 (1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2010)
Medal record Women's Curling World Curling Championships 1999 Saint John United States National Championships 1997 Seattle 1999 Duluth 2002 Eveleth 2004 Grand Forks 2011 Fargo 1998 Bismarck 2000 Ogden 2001 Madison 2003 Utica 2006 Bemidji 2008 Hibbing 2009 Broomfield 2010 Kalamazoo 2015 Kalamazoo 1996 Bemidji 2005 Madison 2007 Utica United States Olympic Curling Trials 2001 Ogden Team 2005 Madison Team 2009 Broomfield Team

Patti Lank (born July 4, 1964 in Midale, Saskatchewan) is an American curler from Lewiston, New York.

Career

Patti Lank began curling at the age of eleven and competed at her first US National Championships in 1994 and her team placed fourth. She has since gone on to compete in fifteen National Championships. In March 2010 she will compete in her sixteenth US Nationals. Patti Lank has won the United States title five times (1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, and 2011) and competed in the World Championships held in those years.^[1]

At her first world championships, held in Berne, Switzerland in 1997, she and her team placed sixth with a 4 - 5 record. She won the silver medal two years later losing to Elisabet Gustafson's Swedish team in the final. 1999 remains her best finish. Patti Lank also placed seventh at the 2002 Worlds and fourth in 2004.

In 2011, Lank and her new team went through the 2011 US Nationals round robin with an 8-1 record, and defeated Allison Pottinger in the final to win the nationals and represent the US at the 2011 Worlds in Esbjerg, Denmark.

Teammates

1997 Berne World Championships

Analissa Johnson, Third

Joni Cotten, Second

Tracy Sachtjen, Lead

Allison Pottinger, Alternate

1999 Saint John World Championships

Erika Brown, Third

Allison Pottinger, Second

Tracy Sachtjen, Lead

Barb Perrella, Alternate

2004 Gävle World Championships

Erika Brown, Third

Nicole Joraanstad, Second

Natalie Nicholson, Lead

Barb Perrella, Alternate

Current Teammates

Caitlin Maroldo, Third

Jessica Schultz, Second

Mackenzie Lank, Lead

Grand Slam record

Lank has not played in a Grand Slam event since the 2011 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic.

External links

• Patti Lank on the World Curling Federation database
• Patti Lank on the World Curling Tour database
• Patti Lank on the CurlingZone database

References