Stacey Liapis

Stacey Liapis (born August 19, 1974) is an American curler from Bemidji, Minnesota. She played much of her career on teams with her sister Kari Erickson. She is a two-time Olympian, in 1998 and 2002, and a two-time United States National Champion, in 1998 and 2001.

Stacey Liapis
Curler
Born (1974-08-19) August 19, 1974
Bemidji, Minnesota
Career
World Championship
appearances		2 (1998, 2001)
Olympic
appearances		2 (1998, 2002)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  United States
World Junior Championship
1992 Oberstdorf
1993 Grindelwald
1994 Sofia
US Olympic Trials
1997 Duluth
2001 Ogden
US Women's Championship
1998 Bismark
2001 Madison
1997 Seattle
1999 Duluth
2000 Ogden

Curling career

Liapis had a very successful juniors career, winning the United States Junior Championship four times and competing at the World Junior Championship five times.[1] She started her competitive career playing third for her sister Kari, making it to the semifinals or better at the United States Junior Championships three years in a row, 1989 to 1991. In 1990 the Liapis sisters won the championship, along with Heidi Rollheiser and Roberta Breyen. At World's in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba they finished in sixth place with a 4–5 record. Starting in the 1991–92 season Erika Brown took over as skip for the team. Together Liapis and Brown won the next three United States Junior Championships in a row and medalled at each of the World Championships. At the 1992 and 1994 World Championships they earned the silver medal while in 1993 they earned bronze.[2][3][4] During the 1995–96 season, her final as a junior curler, Liapis skipped her own team at Nationals, losing in the semifinals. She still got a chance to compete at one more World Junior Championship when Amy Becher's team asked her to be their alternate.[4]

At the 1998 Winter Olympics Liapis was alternate for Lisa Schoeneberg's Team USA; they finished in fifth place with a 2–5 record.[5] A few months later she won her first United States Women's Championship, playing second for her sister with Lori Kreklau at third and Ann Swisshelm at lead. As American champions they represented the United States at the 1998 World Women's Championship in Kamloops, British Columbia. They finished in ninth place with a 2–7 record.[6] In 2001 Liapis won her second women's national championship, again playing second with her sister Kari as skip and Swisshelm as lead but this time with Debbie McCormick at third. At that year's World's they finished in sixth place with a 5–4 record. The team maintained the same lineup for the 2001–02 season, winning the Olympic Trials[7][8] and finishing second at Nationals.[9] At the 2002 Winter Olympics they entered the playoffs as the third seed team but lost their semifinal game to Switzerland's Luzia Ebnöther. In the bronze medal game they faced the number one seed Canada with skip Kelley Law, losing 5–9 to finish in fourth place.[10]

Personal life

Liapis was one of the athletes supported by Home Depot and the Olympic Job Opportunity Program, whereby she worked 20 hours a week, got paid for 40 and was given flexible working hours in order to complete her training requirements.[11]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1988–89 Kari LiapisStacey LiapisHeidi RollheiserRoberta Breyen1989 USJCC [1]
1989–90 Kari LiapisStacey LiapisHeidi RollheiserRoberta BreyenJulie Breyen1990 USJCC
1990 WJCC (6th)[12]
1990–91 Kari LiapisStacey LiapisTracy LindgrenRoberta Breyen1991 USJCC (SF)[1]
1991–92 Erika BrownKari LiapisStacey LiapisRoberta BreyenDebbie Henry1992 USJCC
1992 WJCC [2]
1992–93 Erika BrownKari LiapisStacey LiapisDebbie HenryAnalissa Johnson1993 USJCC
1993 WJCC [3]
1993–94 Erika BrownDebbie HenryStacey LiapisAnalissa JohnsonAllison Darragh1994 USJCC
1994 WJCC [4]
1995–96 Stacy LiapisJamie JohnsonCassie JohnsonTina Kelly1996 USJCC (SF)[1]
Amy BecherTheresa FaltesekMonica CarlsonHeather MillerStacey Liapis1996 WJCC (10th)[13]
1997–98 Lisa SchoenebergErika BrownDebbie HenryLori MountfordStacey LiapisSteve Brown1998 OG (5th)[5]
Kari EricksonLori KreklauStacey LiapisAnn SwisshelmRisa O'ConnellMike Liapis1998 USWCC
1998 WWCC (9th)[6]
1999–00 Debbie McCormickNicole JoraanstadStacey LiapisAnn SwisshelmMike Liapis2000 USWCC (SF)[14]
2000–01 Kari EricksonDebbie McCormickStacey LiapisAnn SwisshelmJoni CottenMike Liapis2001 USWCC [15]
2001 WWCC (6th)[16]
2001–02 Kari EricksonDebbie McCormickStacey LiapisAnn SwisshelmJoni CottenMike Liapis2001 USOCT [8]
2002 USWCC [9]
2002 OG (4th)[17]

References
  1. "Past Champions of the Minnesota State Junior Women's Championships". Minnesota Curling Association. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  2. "World Junior Curling Championships 1992". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  3. "World Junior Curling Championships 1993". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  4. "World Junior Curling Championships 1994". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  5. "XVIII. Olympic Winter Games 1998". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  6. "Ford World Curling Championships 1998". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  7. Robertson, Tom (January 31, 2002). "In Bemidji, curling is queen". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  8. "Team Erickson wins Olympic Trials". USA Curling. December 14, 2001. Archived from the original on December 18, 2002. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  9. "Wisconsin's Patti Lank team wins USA Curling 2002 National Championship". USA Curling. March 9, 2002. Archived from the original on April 10, 2002. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  10. "Britain wins dramatic gold; Canada takes bronze". ESPN. February 21, 2002. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  11. "Sport for love, not money - Feb. 11, 2002". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  12. "Goodrich World Junior Curling Championships 1990". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  13. "Kärcher World Junior Curling Championships 1996". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  14. "2000 Men's and Women's Championships". USA Curling. Archived from the original on April 11, 2001. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  15. "Illinois, Washington rinks win USA Curling Nationals". Madison Curling Club. March 2, 2001. Archived from the original on July 23, 2001. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  16. "Ford World Curling Championships 2001". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  17. "XIX. Olympic Winter Games 2002". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 30, 2020.


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