Shane Konings

{{short description|Canadian curler}}

{{Infobox curler

| name = Shane Konings

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|09|28}}{{cite web |title=Shane Konings |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=24524#1 |website=CurlingZone |accessdate=January 31, 2023}}

| birth_place = Gowanstown, 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 = Fraser Reid

| Third = Shane Konings

| Second = Spencer Nuttall

| Lead = Matt Pretty

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| Mixed doubles partner = Lauren Wasylkiw

| Member Association = {{ON}} (2011–present)

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Shane Konings (born September 28, 1990) is a Canadian curler, originally from Gowanstown, Ontario.{{cite web |title=Shane Konings |url=https://laurierathletics.com/sports/mcurling/roster/shane-konings/11951 |website=Laurier Athletics |accessdate=January 31, 2023}}

Career

=Mixed doubles=

Konings won the 2020 Ontario Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with Lauren Wasylkiw,{{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

Koning resides in Stouffville, Ontario and works as a GIS data engineer for LightBox. He is engaged to his doubles partner, Lauren Wasylkiw.{{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}}

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