Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon

{{short description|Dutch curler and curling coach}}

Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon (born March 26, 1966, in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada as Sharri Demmon) is a Canadian-Dutch curling coach who is the National Coach (Bondscoach) for Netherlands Topsport & Talent Curling Program. She coached the National Juniors from 2005- 2014, Team van Dorp 2010 - 2013 and Men's National Selection Team 2014 to current. She also often coaches at International Camps for WCF and is the director of the Junior Division of the Curling Champions Tour.

As a junior curler, Leibbrandt-Demmon skipped a team at the 1984 British Columbia Junior Girls championships, finishing 5–4.{{cite news|title=B.C. junior girls|date=February 14, 1984|page=12|newspaper=Victoria Times Colonist|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48571106/times-colonist/|accessdate=April 12, 2020}} She joined the Sandra Risebrough rink for the 1988–89 season as her third.{{cite news|title=Studious curler back in spotlight|date=February 3, 1989|page=40|newspaper=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48571781/calgary-herald/|accessdate=April 12, 2020}} The team lost to Debbie Shermack in the final of the 1989 Alberta Scott Tournament of Hearts.{{cite news|title=Shermack steal nets Alberta title|date=February 7, 1989|page=51|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48572196/edmonton-journal/|accessdate=April 12, 2020}} The next season, she joined the Cheryl Bernard rink at third,{{cite news|title=Youthful rink claims A birth|date=January 7, 1990|page=9|newspaper=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48572408/calgary-herald/|accessdate=April 12, 2020}} whom she played for before forming her own rink again{{cite news|title=Skip hits jackpot and gains revenge|date=October 7, 1990|page=10|newspaper=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48572946/calgary-herald/|accessdate=April 12, 2020}} for the next few seasons.

Leibrandt-Demmon got in a car accident in the Rocky Mountains that put a hiatus on her curling career. In the meantime, she moved to the Netherlands after meeting her husband online. She got back into the sport after her move.{{cite news|title=Sometimes, playing a sport you love hurts|date=March 23, 2006|page=42|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48573571/edmonton-journal/|accessdate=April 12, 2020}} While in the Netherlands, she was the skip of the Dutch national team from 2004 to 2010. In 2004, she skipped the Netherlands to a 12th-place finish at the European Curling Championships. In 2005, she finished 7th place, earning the Netherlands a berth at the 2006 World Women's Curling Championship.

Leibbrandt-Demmon coached the Dutch men's team at the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship{{cite web |url=http://www.curling.ca/2017worldmen/files/2017/04/EYE-OPENER-SUN-ALL.pdf |title=Eye Opener – Sunday, April 2, 2017 - 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship |page=13 |publisher=Curling Canada and World Curling Federation |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212037/http://www.curling.ca/2017worldmen/files/2017/04/EYE-OPENER-SUN-ALL.pdf |archivedate=2018-03-27}}