Sharon Vukich
{{short description|American curler}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Sharon Vukich
| other_names = Sharon Good
| birth_name = Sharon Kozai
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| Curling club = Granite CC, Seattle, WA
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| Member Association = {{USA}}
| World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WWCC|1980}}, {{WWCC|1987}})
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMDCC|2010}})
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{{MedalSport | Curling }}
{{MedalCompetition | United States Women's Championship }}
{{MedalGold | 1980 Seattle | }}
{{MedalGold | 1987 St. Paul| }}
{{MedalCompetition | United States Mixed Doubles Championship }}
{{MedalGold | {{USMDCC|2010|2010 Seattle}} | }}
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Sharon Vukich is an American curler from Seattle, Washington. She is a two-time women's national Champion, two-time senior women's national champion, and one-time mixed doubles national champion.{{Cite web|title=Sharon Vukich|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Sharon-Vukich|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905171956/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Sharon-Vukich|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2015|access-date=September 10, 2020|website=USA Curling}}
Curling career
Vukich skipped her team to gold at the United States Championship twice, in 1980 and 1987. As champion she represented the United States at the World Championships those years, finishing in fourth and fifth place, respectively. She returned to national prominence with back-to-back gold medals at the United States Senior Championships in 2009 and 2010.{{Cite web|date=January 30, 2010|title=VUKICH DEFENDS TITLE AT 2010 USA CURLING SENIOR NATIONALS|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2010/January/30/Vukich-defends-title-at-2010-USA-Curling-Senior-Nationals|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514041251/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2010/January/30/Vukich-defends-title-at-2010-USA-Curling-Senior-Nationals|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2016|access-date=September 10, 2020|website=USA Curling}} At World's they finished sixth and fourth places, respectively. In 2010 she also won the Mixed Doubles National Championship with teammate Mike Calcagno. The 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship was held concurrently with the World Senior Championship and Vukich competed at both.{{Cite news|date=April 18, 2010|title=Sportsline: East Grand Forks fields first baseball team|work=The Bemidji Pioneer|url=https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/sports/241005-sportsline-east-grand-forks-fields-first-baseball-team|access-date=September 10, 2020}} At World Mixed Doubles they finished in tenth place.
Personal life
Vukich's parents were curlers and helped found the Granite Curling Club in Seattle.{{Cite news|date=February 26, 2009|title=Curling runs in the family at Olympic trials|work=The Denver Post|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2009/02/26/curling-runs-in-the-family-at-olympic-trials/|access-date=August 12, 2020}} Vukich met her late husband Jim while curling.{{Cite news|date=May 1, 1999|title=Curlers turn up from far and near for bonspiel|work=The Desert News|url=https://www.deseret.com/1999/5/1/19444043/curlers-turn-up-from-far-and-near-for-bonspiel|access-date=August 7, 2020}} He was also a multi-time national champion, having won the Men's Championship in 1987 and 1989.{{Cite web|title=Men's Champions|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Events/Championships-microsite/Inside-the-Championships/National-Championship-Events/National-Championships/National-Championships/Champions--and-Awards/Men|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406200025/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Events/Championships-microsite/Inside-the-Championships/National-Championship-Events/National-Championships/National-Championships/Champions--and-Awards/Men|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 6, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2020|website=USA Curling}} Vukich's daughter Emily (Em) Good and son Jake Vukich are also successful competitive curlers, Emily having competed at the 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship and Jake at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships.{{Cite web|title=Em Good|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Em-Good|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231235851/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Em-Good|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2015|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=USA Curling}}{{Cite web|title=Jake Vukich|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Jake-Vukich|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905173407/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Jake-Vukich|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2015|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=USA Curling}}
Teams
=Women's=
=Mixed doubles=
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| scope="col"| Season
! scope="col"| Female ! scope="col"| Male ! scope="col"| Events |
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| scope="row"| 2009–10
| Sharon Vukich || Mike Calcagno || {{USMDCC|2010|2010 USMDCC}} {{Gold1}} |
| scope="row"| 2010–11
| Sharon Vukich || Mike Calcagno || {{USMDCC|2011|2011 USMDCC}} (DNQ) |
| scope="row"| 2011–12
| Sharon Vukich || Christopher Rimple || {{USMDCC|2012|2012 USMDCC}} (DNQ) |
| scope="row"| 2013–14
| Sharon Vukich || David Cornfield || {{USMDCC|2014|2014 USMDCC}} (SF) |
| scope="row"| 2014–15
| Sharon Vukich || David Cornfield || {{USMDCC|2015|2015 USMDCC}} (DNQ) |
References
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External links
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Category:American female curlers
Category:American curling champions