Kaitlyn Lawes is a respected Canadian curler from Winnipeg in Manitoba. She fulfilled a life-long ambition in 2014 when she won a gold medal with the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. What makes this all the more impressive is the fact that her team was the first women’s team to go through the Olympics undefeated! A few years later she won a second gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, making her the first Canadian curler to win gold in two consecutive Olympics. Lawes is rightly regarded as one of the greatest Canadian curlers in the history of the sport.
Lawes is one of the most decorated curlers of her generation; she was a member of the world champion team at the 2018 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship. Her other successes include a silver medal at the World Championships, gold at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and silver at the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships. Lawes has one of the most extensive records of victories and accolades of any curler in the sport’s history.
Despite having already won two Olympic gold medals, her crowning accomplishment as a curler, Lawes shows absolutely zero signs of slowing down. She continues to look for ways to improve her already impeccable game, and is sure to fight for her title as one of the finest curlers Canada has ever produced. A true national icon and ambassador for the sport, Lawes is one of a kind.
