Nina Spatola is a 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...

 from McFarland, Wisconsin, USA

McFarland, Wisconsin

McFarland is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States, on the eastern shore of Lake Waubesa. The population was 7,808 at the 2010 census...

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Nina Spatola began curling in 1998 and six years later made her first United States Junior National Championships. She would compete in five more Junior Nationals winning the title in 2006 and 2008. As a member of the Junior Championship team she qualified for two World Junior Curling Championships

World Junior Curling Championships

The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988...

. Skipping the teams both times she finished Tenth at the 2006 Jeonju, Korea Worlds

2006 World Junior Curling Championships

The 2006 World Junior Curling Championships were held March 11–19, 2006 in Jeonju, South Korea.-Men's:-Playoffs:-Women's:-Playoffs:...

 and Seventh at the 2008 Östersund, Sweden Worlds

2008 World Junior Curling Championships

The 2008 World Junior Curling Championships was held from 1 March 2008 to 9 March 2008 in Östersund, Sweden.-Teams:Teams qualify either on last years performance or on a regional qualifier.-Men's:*Tie breaker: 9-6 -Playoffs:-Women's:...

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Spatola's senior career began in 2009 when she started competed as the Third for Erika Brown's

Erika Brown

Erika Brown is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed....

 team. They qualified for the 2009 US Nationals

2010 United States Olympic Curling Trials

The 2010 United States Olympic Curling Team Trials/2009 U.S. Nationals were held February 21-28, 2009 at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado...

 where they placed fourth.

Nina Spatola returned to the United States Nationals

United States Curling Women's Championships

The United States Women's Curling Championship is the annual women's national curling championship for the United States. It acts as a qualifier for the World Women's Curling Championships. Ten teams play in each championship, with the two top-ranked teams in the nation qualifying automatically...

 in March 2010 where Team Brown won the National Championship

2010 United States Women's Curling Championship

The 2010 United States Curling Nationals Championships were held at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan from March 6, 2010 to March 13, 2010. This is the 34th edition of the United States Curling Women's Championships; it will be held alongside the 2010 United States Men's Curling...

 earning the right to compete as Team USA at the 2010 Swift Current World Championships

2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

The 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada from March 20-28, 2010.-Qualification:...

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Teammates

2010 Swift Current World Championships

2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

The 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada from March 20-28, 2010.-Qualification:...

Erika Brown

Erika Brown

Erika Brown is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed....

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Ann Swisshelm

Ann Swisshelm

Ann Swisshelm is a curler from Chicago, Illinois. She has also been known as Ann Swisshelm Silver....

, Second

Laura Hallisey

Laura Hallisey

Laura Hallisey is a curler from Medfield, Massachusetts.In 2005 Laura Hallisey made her National debut at the United States Junior Championships. She would ultimately compete in four Junior Nationals winning the Silver medal in 2006 and 2007.Laura Hallisey competed in her first United States...

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Jessica Schultz

Jessica Schultz

Jessica Schultz is an American curler from Richfield, Minnesota. She currently plays lead for Erika Brown...

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