Patti Lank is an American curler from Lewiston, New York

Lewiston, New York

Lewiston is a village in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 2,781 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Morgan Lewis, an early 19th-century governor of New York. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.The Village of Lewiston,...

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Career

Patti Lank began curling at the age of eleven and competed at her first US National Championships in 1994 and her team placed fourth. She has since gone on to compete in fifteen National Championships. In March 2010 she will compete in her sixteenth US Nationals. Patti Lank has won the United States title four times (1997, 1999, 2002, and 2004) and competed in the World Championships held in those years.

At her first world championships, held in Berne, Switzerland in 1997, she and her team placed sixth with a 4 - 5 record. She won the silver medal two years later losing to Elisabet Gustafson's

Elisabet Gustafson

Elisabet Gustafson is a retired Swedish curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...

 Swedish team in the final. 1999 remains her best finish. Patti Lank also placed seventh at the 2002 Worlds and fourth in 2004.

In 2011, Lank and her new team went through the 2011 US Nationals

2011 United States Women's Curling Championship

-Teams:-Standings:Through Draw 9-Draw 1:Saturday, February 12, 4:30 pm-Draw 2:Sunday, February 13, 8:00 am-Draw 3:Sunday, February 13, 4:00 pm-Draw 4:Monday, February 14, 8:00 am-Draw 5:Monday, February 14, 4:00 pm...

 round robin with an 8-1 record, and defeated Allison Pottinger

Allison Pottinger

Allison Pottinger is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She currently skips her own team, but is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in multiple Olympics and World Championships. McCormick left the team in 2010. She competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in...

 in the final to win the nationals and represent the US at the 2011 Worlds

2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship

-Draw 2:Saturday, March 19, 9:00am-Draw 3:Saturday, March 19, 2:00pm-Draw 4:Sunday, March 20, 2:00pm-Draw 5:Sunday, March 20, 7:00pm-Draw 6:Monday, March 21, 9:00am-Draw 7:Monday, March 21, 2:00pm...

 in Esbjerg, Denmark.

Teammates

1997 Berne World Championships

Analissa Johnson, Third

Joni Cotten, Second

Tracy Sachtjen

Tracy Sachtjen

Tracy Sachtjen is an American curler from Lodi, Wisconsin.Tracy Sachtjen started curling in 1982 and by 1987 had made her first US Junior National Championships. Her first appearance at the United States National Championships came in 1993 and in 1997 she won her first gold medal at the event with...

, Lead

Allison Pottinger

Allison Pottinger

Allison Pottinger is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She currently skips her own team, but is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in multiple Olympics and World Championships. McCormick left the team in 2010. She competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in...

, Alternate

1999 Saint John World Championships

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....

, Third

Allison Pottinger

Allison Pottinger

Allison Pottinger is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She currently skips her own team, but is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in multiple Olympics and World Championships. McCormick left the team in 2010. She competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in...

, Second

Tracy Sachtjen

Tracy Sachtjen

Tracy Sachtjen is an American curler from Lodi, Wisconsin.Tracy Sachtjen started curling in 1982 and by 1987 had made her first US Junior National Championships. Her first appearance at the United States National Championships came in 1993 and in 1997 she won her first gold medal at the event with...

, Lead

Barb Perrella, Alternate

2004 Gävle World Championships

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....

, Third

Nicole Joraanstad

Nicole Joraanstad

Nicole Joraanstad is an American curler from Madison, Wisconsin. She currently plays third for Allison Pottinger.At the 2000 World Junior Curling Championships, Joraanstad played third for Laura Delaney and won a bronze medal for team USA...

, Second

Natalie Nicholson

Natalie Nicholson

Natalie Nicholson is an American curler. She currently plays second for Allison Pottinger....

, Lead

Barb Perrella, Alternate

Current Teammates

Caitlin Maroldo, Third

Jessica Schultz

Jessica Schultz

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

, Second

Mackenzie Lank, Lead

Grand Slam record

Event	2007–08 2007-08 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:Events in bold indicate Grand Slam events.-WCT Money Ranking:-Sources:*...	2008–09 2008-09 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:-WCT Money Ranking:...	2009–10 2009-10 curling season The 2009–10 curling season began in September 2009 and ended in April 2010.-Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour events:-Women's World Curling Tour events:...	2010–11
Autumn Gold Autumn Gold Curling Classic The Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic is the very first Grand Slam event of the season on the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually on the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The first Autumn Gold Classic was held in 1978, and at the...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Manitoba Lotteries	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q
Sobeys Slam Sobeys Slam The Sobeys Slam is the third Grand Slam event of the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually in November in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.The event began in 1998 as the Sobeys Curling Classic. It was added as a Grand Slam event for the 2007-08 curling season, and was renamed the "Sobeys Slam"...	Q	Q	N/A	Q
Players' Championships Players' Championships The Players' Championships is the final event on the World Curling Tour, and a part of the Grand Slam of Curling, being the only slam to feature both a women's and men's tournament...	DNP	DNP	Q	-