Lauren Wasylkiw
{{short description|Canadian curler}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Lauren Wasylkiw
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|06|26}}{{cite web |title=Lauren Wasylkiw |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=19682 |website=CurlingZone |accessdate=May 29, 2020}}
| birth_place = Stouffville, Ontario{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/03/Home-Hardware-Canadian-Mixed-Doubles-media-guide-web2.pdf|title=2021 Home Hardware Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=March 15, 2021}}
| Curling club = Unionville CC
Unionville, ON
| Skip = Katelyn Wasylkiw
| Third = Lauren Wasylkiw
| Second = Stephanie Thompson
| Lead = Alice Holyoke
| Alternate =
| Mixed doubles partner = Shane Konings
| Member Association = {{ON}} (2011–2012; 2016–present)
{{NL}} (2012–2016)
| Hearts appearances = 2 ({{STOH|2013}}, {{STOH|2016}})
| Top CCA ranking = 36th (2021–22)
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Lauren Wasylkiw ({{IPAc-en|w|ə|'|s|ɪ|l|k|i}}; born June 26, 1990) is a Canadian curler originally from Kleinburg, Ontario.{{cite web |title=Lauren Wasylkiw |url=https://gobadgers.ca/sports/mens-curling/roster/lauren-wasylkiw/191 |website=Brock Badgers |accessdate=May 29, 2020}} She was the second for Team Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Career
=Women's=
Wasylkiw played second for the Brock Badgers, skipped by Courtney Hodgson, at the 2011 CIS/CCA Curling Championships.{{cite web |title=Competing Teams |url=http://www.curling.ca/championships/university/competing-teams/ |website=Canadian Curling Association |accessdate=May 29, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409010719/http://www.curling.ca/championships/university/competing-teams/ |archivedate=April 9, 2011 |url-status=dead}} The team finished in second place, losing to the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, skipped by Laura Crocker.{{cite news |title=Memorial and Wilfrid Laurier Win the CIS/CCA University Curling Championships |url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2011/03/17/memorial-and-wilfred-laurier-win-the-ciscca-university-curling-championships/ |accessdate=May 29, 2020 |work=Curling Canada |date=March 17, 2011}} The following year, Wasylkiw returned as the second for the Brock Badgers at the 2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, this time skipped by Joanne Curtis.{{cite web |title=Competing Teams |url=http://www.curling.ca/championships/university/competing-teams/ |website=Canadian Curling Association |accessdate=May 29, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829065131/http://www.curling.ca/championships/university/competing-teams/ |archivedate=August 29, 2012 |url-status=dead}} They lost in the final to Laura Crocker and the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks for the second year in a row.{{cite news |title=Laurier Women and Alberta Men Golden at CIS/CCA Curling Championships |url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2012/03/18/laurier-women-and-alberta-men-golden-at-ciscca-curling-championships/ |accessdate=May 29, 2020 |work=Curling Canada |date=March 18, 2012}}
Wasylkiw won the 2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts as the second for Stacie Devereaux,{{cite web |title=CHAMPION: Curtis Wins 2013 Newfoundland & Labrador Scotties |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=2867&teamid=66497&profileid= |website=CurlingZone |accessdate=May 29, 2020}} qualifying for the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. There, they finished the round robin with a 2–9 record.{{cite web |title=2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts |url=https://s17962.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/2013STOH-Souvenir_Report.pdf |publisher=Canadian Curling Association |accessdate=May 29, 2020 |page=5 |date=March 13, 2013}} That season, they also won the 2012 Curl Atlantic Championship.{{cite web |title=Devereaux 4–1 at 2012 Curl Atlantic Championship |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=2900&teamid=61925&profileid= |website=CurlingZone |accessdate=May 29, 2020}} Wasylkiw returned to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2016 as the alternate for Stacie Curtis.{{cite web |title=2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Teams: Newfoundland & Labrador (Curtis) |url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/1930/teams/7203 |website=Curling Canada |accessdate=May 29, 2020}} Wasylkiw, as the third for Katelyn Wasylkiw, went winless at the 2018 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts.{{cite web |title=Wasylkiw 0–3 at 2018 Ontario Scotties |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=4853&teamid=117942&profileid= |website=CurlingZone |accessdate=May 29, 2020}} The team also won the 2019 Part II Bistro Ladies Classic on the World Curling Tour.{{cite web |title=CHAMPION: Wasylkiw Wins 2019 Part II Bistro Ladies Classic |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=6018&teamid=134696&profileid= |website=CurlingZone |accessdate=May 29, 2020}}
=Mixed=
In mixed curling, Wasylkiw competed at the 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship as the lead for Team Newfoundland and Labrador, skipped by Chris Ford, finishing out of the playoffs with a 2–4 record.{{cite web |title=2016 Mixed Curling Championship: Teams: Newfoundland & Labrador (Ford) |url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/1683/teams/5058 |website=Curling Canada |accessdate=May 29, 2020}}{{cite web |title=2016 Mixed Curling Championship: Reports: Team Standings |url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/1683/reports/team_standings |website=Curling Canada |accessdate=May 29, 2020}}
=Mixed doubles=
In mixed doubles, Wasylkiw competed at the 2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials with partner Cory Ewart, finishing out of the playoffs with a 3–4 record.{{cite web |title=2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles: Standings/Draw |url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/?e=64#!/competitions/1260/standings/1260 |website=Curling Canada |accessdate=May 29, 2020}} Wasylkiw won the 2020 Ontario Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with Shane Konings,{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Mike |title=Local curlers compete at provincial championship |url=https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/local-curlers-compete-at-provincial-championship/ |access-date=December 30, 2020 |work=The Wellington Advertiser |agency=North Wellington Community News |date=March 5, 2020}} but did not compete at the 2020 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, as it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the 2021 Ontario provincial playdowns were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Wasylkiw and Konings were selected to represent Ontario at the 2021 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Calgary.{{cite web |last1=Chenier |first1=Stephen |title=CurlON Cancels All Provincial Championships to April 2021 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R7EjTNDddMU1f7Lb5oadKs-uSsHqJwoP/view |publisher=CurlON |access-date=December 30, 2020 |date=December 21, 2020}} At the championship, the pair finished with a 2–4 record, defeating Kim Tuck / Wayne Tuck Jr. and Bayly Scoffin / Wade Scoffin.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/other-sports/news/canadian-mixed-doubles-curling-championship-2021-results-standings-schedule-tv-channel/148uf4sgh7v5h1k3c4vzpm00b8|title=Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel|publisher=Sporting News|author=Jackie Spiegel|date=March 26, 2021|access-date=March 28, 2021}} They qualified for the 2024 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where the pair finished with a 4-3 record.
Personal life
Wasylkiw's sister is curler Katelyn Wasylkiw.{{cite news |title=Stephanie Thompson hopes to be back at Scotties |url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/sports/curling/2018/01/16/stephanie-thompson-hopes-to-be-back-at-scotties.html |accessdate=May 29, 2020 |work=The Peterborough Examiner |date=January 16, 2018}} While curling out of Newfoundland, she lived in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. While at Brock, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies.2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide: Team Biographies: Team Newfoundland and Labrador Waslykiw is engaged to her mixed doubles partner, Shane Konings.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thecurlingnews.com/news/homan-and-bottcher-into-olympic-curling-trials|title=Homan and Bottcher Into Olympic Curling Trials|publisher=The Curling News|date=November 24, 2024 |access-date=November 25, 2024}} She works as a recreation therapist. She lives in Stouffville.{{cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/12/2022-Canad-Inns-Canadian-Mixed-Doubles-Trials-media-guide.pdf |title=2022 Canadian Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials Media Guide|publisher=Curling Canada|access-date=January 25, 2022}}
References
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Category:Canadian women curlers
Category:Sportspeople from Vaughan
Category:Brock University alumni
Category:Curlers from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador