One of the most successful curlers in U.S. history, Debbie McCormick played in five World Junior Championships, six World Curling Championships, and two Olympics. A few notes on the American curler:
• She is the only American woman to skip a team to the World Championship title.
• Her World Championship title in 2003 was the first time she skipped in international play.
• She was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but moved to Madison, Wisconsin, when very young, when her father was transferred there for business.
• She posed nude for a calendar created to promote women’s curling.
• She won the U.S. national title four times.
• Her father, Wally, played in two World Championships, finishing third both times.
• Her good-luck charm is a ticket from the gold-medal women’s curling game at the 1998 Olympics, autographed by the members of the winning Sandra Schmirler team.