Melissa Soligo

Melissa Soligo (born February 7, 1969 in Trail, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian curler and curling coach, currently living in Victoria, British Columbia.

Melissa Soligo
Curler
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Born (1969-02-07) February 7, 1969
Trail, British Columbia
Team
Curling clubVictoria CC, Victoria, BC
Juan de Fuca CC, Victoria, BC
Career
Member Association British Columbia
Hearts appearances4 (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)
World Championship
appearances		1 (1991)
Olympic
appearances		1 (1992 - demo)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Canada
Winter Olympics
1992 Albertville (demonstration)
World Championships
1991 Winnipeg
Representing  British Columbia
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
1991 Saskatoon
1992 Halifax

Soligo began curling at age 11. In her youth, she also played volleyball, basketball, field hockey and fastball.

She is a 1991 World women's silver medallist and 1991 Canadian women's champion.

She won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.[1]

An accident ended her curling career in the mid-1990s, so she made the switch to coaching. She coached junior teams in Canada until 2002 when she began coaching the South Korean curling team. In the late 2000s she was the coach of BC's wheelchair curling team.

Personal life

Soligo has a bachelor of education degree with a major in physical education and geography from the University of Victoria.[2]

Awards
  • Joan Mead Builder Award: 2018 ("for her contributions to curling as a player, coach and High Performance Director at Curl BC")[3]
  • British Columbia Curling Hall of Fame: 1996, together with all of the Julie Sutton 1991–1993 team.[4]

Teams and events
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
1987–88 Colleen HannahMelissa SoligoLori AtkinsTracy ButtCJCC 1988 (4th)
1988–89 Julie SuttonPat SandersGeorgina HawkesMelissa SoligoDiane NelsonSTOH 1989
WCC 1991
1990–91 Julie SuttonJodie SuttonMelissa SoligoKarri WillmsElaine Dagg-JacksonSTOH 1991
WCC 1991
1991–92 Julie SuttonJodie SuttonMelissa SoligoKarri WillmsElaine Dagg-JacksonSTOH 1992
WOG 1992 (demo)
1992–93 Julie SuttonJodie SuttonMelissa SoligoKarri WillmsElaine Dagg-JacksonSTOH 1993 (4th)

Record as a coach of national teams
Year Tournament, event National team Place
20022002 Pacific Curling Championships South Korea (men)
20042004 World Junior Curling Championships South Korea (men)
4
20042004 Pacific Curling Championships South Korea (women)
20162016 World Mixed Curling Championship Canada (mixed)
5

References
  1. Official Report 1992W page 630 - Olympic Official Reports Collection
  2. "Melissa Soligo | Coaching Association of Canada".
  3. "Award winners and All Stars announced during playoff weekend at Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Curling Canada. February 6, 2018.
  4. Hall of Fame Inductees - Curl BC
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