Melanie Robillard

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Melanie Robillard (born October 3, 1982, in Sussex, New Brunswick) is a curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She represented Germany at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, playing third for Andrea Schöpp. Currently, she lives in Switzerland{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}.

Career

As a junior, Robillard curled for Jenn Hanna's team in 2000 as her lead. The rink would lose in the Ontario provincial junior finals that year, to Julie Reddick. In 2002, Robillard skipped her team to the provincial junior finals, but lost once again to Reddick.[http://www.ffh.de/info/curling-mit-sexappeal-15964.php HIT RADIO FFH - Sport - Melanie Robillard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227024830/http://www.ffh.de/info/curling-mit-sexappeal-15964.php |date=2010-02-27 }} Robillard, who has a German mother, officially played alternate for the German team at the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, but ended up playing second for seven of the eleven matches. Later in the year, she played lead for the German mixed team that won the gold medal at the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship.[http://results.worldcurling.org/Person.aspx?id=5330 Worldcurling-Profil from Melanie Robillard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221121307/http://results.worldcurling.org/Person.aspx?id=5330 |date=2010-02-21 }} She competed on the German women's teams, skipped by Andrea Schöpp, as third in the 2010 Winter Olympics, and in the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, which they won.{{Cite web |url=http://www.teamschoeppweb.com/ |title=Curling Team Schöpp |access-date=2010-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329212557/http://www.teamschoeppweb.com/ |archive-date=2008-03-29 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/2010worlds/news733.asp |title=2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship |accessdate=2010-03-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331034307/http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/2010worlds/news733.asp |archivedate=2010-03-31 }}

In 2011, she coached both the Spanish men's and women's teams at the European Curling Championships.

Personal life

Robillard formerly studied law at the Université libre de Bruxelles. She worked as a Compliance Officer for an investment firm. She speaks French, English, German and Spanish.{{cite web |url=http://www.ottawasun.com/sports/vancouver2010/2010/02/10/12831536.html |title=Local heroes: Melanie Robillard {{!}} Vancouver 2010 {{!}} Sports |website=Ottawa Sun |date= |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160303203731/https://ottawasun.com/sports/vancouver2010/2010/02/10/12831536.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}

In 2005, Robillard posed topless for a calendar to promote women's curling.{{cite web |url=http://oglympics.com/2010/02/16/women-of-curling-fire-on-ice/ |title=Women of Curling (Fire on Ice) - Part I |website=Oglympics.com |date= |language=en |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170526230734/http://oglympics.com/2010/02/16/women-of-curling-fire-on-ice/ |archive-date=2017-05-26 |url-status=dead }}