Glenys Bakker

Olympic medal record
Women's Curling

Glenys Bakker (born August 27, 1962 in High River, Alberta)^[1] is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.^[2]

Bakker played second for Shannon Kleibrink's bronze medal winning team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Bakker played for Shannon Kleibrink for most of her curling career.^[3] At the 1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Bakker was Kleibrink's Alternate. She was Kleibrink's third at the 1997 Canadian Olympic Trials where the team lost to Sandra Schmirler in the final.^[4] In 2004, she was Kleibrink's second at the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts where they finished with a 6–5 record. Also as Kleibrink's second, the team won the 2005 Canada Cup of Curling and won the 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials getting a berth at the 2006 Olympics.

At the Olympics, Bakker struggled for most of tournament,^[5] and was the 8th best second at the games out of ten second's. [1]

In 2006, Bakker left Kleibrink's team to focus more on her family. [2] Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine

References[edit]

^ "Glenys Bakker". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. 2011-09-19. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
^ "Alberta - Curling Canada – 2014 Canadian Senior Curling Championships". Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
^ "CurlingZone". www.curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
^ Reserved., . All Rights (2013-11-29). "Five shots that rocked the curling world". canada.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
^ Tcn (2006-02-20). "The Curling News: Canadian women through to semis". The Curling News. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-27.

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