Janice Rankin
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Janice Rankin MBE
(born 8 February 1972 as Janice Watt) is a Scottish
curler
and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics
in Salt Lake City, with team mates Rhona Martin
(skip), Deborah Knox
, Fiona MacDonald
and Margaret Morton
.
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
(born 8 February 1972 as Janice Watt) is a Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
curler
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
in Salt Lake City, with team mates Rhona Martin
Rhona Martin
Rhona Martin MBE is a Scottish curler who has skipped the Scotland women's team at both the European and World Championships, but is most famous as the skip of the Great Britain team that claimed the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002.-Early career:For a long time best known in...
(skip), Deborah Knox
Deborah Knox
Deborah "Debbie" Knox is a Scottish curler from Lochgelly.Knox was a member of the gold medal winning team at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She played third for Rhona Martin. She was also a member of the team again at the 2006 Winter Olympics as an alternate, however the team did not medal.-References:...
, Fiona MacDonald
Fiona MacDonald
Fiona MacDonald is a Scottish curler and Olympic champion, born in Paisley. She received a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-References:...
and Margaret Morton
Margaret Morton
Margaret Morton is a Scottish curler and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. with team mates Rhona Martin , Deborah Knox, Fiona MacDonald and Janice Rankin.-References:...
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