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Position |
Coach |
| Delivers |
Right-handed |
| Born |
May 21, 1953, Chicago, Ill. |
| Hometown |
Mt. Prospect, Ill. |
| Occupation |
Department manager, Hawthorn Gardens |
| Family |
Married; two children, Diane & Eric |
| Year started curling |
1976 |
| Height |
5 feet, 7 inches |
| Weight |
150 pounds |
CURLING HIGHLIGHTS
- U.S. Olympic Team - Curling: 2002 (4th as alternate)
- U.S. Women’s National Championships: 2004 (runner-up), 2003 (champion), 2000 and 1997 (champion); 1999 and '98 (finalist); 1996
and '87 (semifinalist); 1985
- World Women's Curling Championship: 2003 (gold medalist as
alternate/coach), 2001 (5th); 2000 (6th); 1997 (6th)
- U.S. Mixed Nationals: 2002, 2003 (competitor), 1997, 1991 (semifinalist); 1995 and '82 (finalist); 1994
(semifinalist)
- U.S. Olympic Team Trials--Curling: 2001, 1997 (4th); 1991, 1987
- USA Curling and U.S. Olympic Committee Female Curler of the Year: 1997
- USA Curling Team of the Year: 2003
- United States Olympic Committee Team of the Month: April 2003
- USA Curling Coach of the Year:
2003
- 2000-01 - Welton
Beauchamp Qualifier
- 1999-2000 – Thunder Bay Grand Prix, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (finalist); Welton
Beauchamp Classic, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (semifinalist); Nebraska State Women's
Champion; finished 13th in JVC Women's Curling Tour standings (highest ranked U.S. women's
team).
- 1998-99 – Thunder Bay Grand Prix, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (quarterfinalist);
Wisconsin State Women's Champion.
- 1996-97 – Brampton Cashspiel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (qualifier)
- 1995-96 – Bacardi Women's Cashspiel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (qualifier);
Investor's Group Cashspiel, Winnipeg, Ontario, Canada (qualifier); participated in Elite
Athlete Camp in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
About Joni Cotten:
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Curls out of: Chicago Curling Club
Hobbies: Gardening
Other favorite sports: Softball
Something unique: Joni was on a team that scored
an 8-ender (like a hole in one in golf), during the 1995 U.S. Mixed National
Championships. She is also a Certified Level I Coach, Level II Instructor and Level II Official in
curling.
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