Kari Erickson

Kari Erickson (born December 18, 1971 as Kari Liapis[1]) is an American curler and Olympian.

Kari Erickson
Curler
Born
Kari Liapis

(1971-12-18) December 18, 1971
Bemidji, Minnesota
Career
World Championship
appearances		2 (1998, 2001)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2002)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  United States
US Junior Championship
1990 North Shore
1992 Seattle
1993 Portage
World Junior Championship
1992 Oberstdorf
1993 Grindelwald
US Women's Championship
1997 Seattle
1998 Bismark
2001 Madison
2002 Eveleth
US Olympic Trials
1997 Duluth
2001 Ogden

Career

Erickson started curling in 1988 and had a successful junior career, winning the Minnesota State Junior Championship five years in a row, 1989–1993. Three of those years she went on to win the United States Junior Championship (1990, 1992, 1993). Winning the US Championship allowed her to represent the United States at the World Junior Championships, at which she finished 5th, 2nd, and 3rd, respectively.[2]

In 1994 Erickson made her first appearance at the United States Women's Championship, making it to the semifinals. After a few year gap she returned to the National Championship five more times in a six year span: 1997 (2nd), 1998 (1st), 1999, 2001 (1st), 2002 (2nd).[2] As US Champion in 1998 and 2001 she represented the United States at the World Women's Championships, finishing 7th in 1998 and 5th in 2001.[3]

She has twice competed at the US Olympic Trials, finishing third in 1998 and first in 2001. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City the Erickson team had a 6–3 record at the end of the round robin. The United States team lost to Switzerland in the semifinals and Canada in the bronze medal match to finish 4th.[4][5] Erickson's Olympic team included her sister Stacey Liapis at second and her dad Mike Liapis as coach.[6]

Teams

1998 World Women's Curling Championship[7]

2001 World Women's Curling Championship,[8] 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games[5]

Personal life

Erickson is the sister of Stacey Liapis. She is married to Darren Erickson and has two children.[2]

References
  1. "Kari Erickson Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  2. "Kari Erickson". Team USA. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  3. "Personal details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  4. "Kari Erickson". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  5. "XIX. Olympic Winter Games 2002 - Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  6. February 20, Michael Dobie; Pm, 2002 7:00. "OLYMPICS PLUS / SPOTLIGHT ON.... Kari Erickson - Curling". Newsday. Retrieved 2019-04-08.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. "Ford World Curling Championships 1998 - Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  8. "Ford World Curling Championships 2001 - Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
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