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Georgina Wheatcroft

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Georgina Wheatcroft was born on November 30, 1965 in Nanaimo, British Columbia as Georgina Hawkes. She is a Canadian curler who is originally from British Columbia but has recently moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in order to play for Jennifer Jones' rink. She currently plays lead for the team. Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts debut in 1987 as a third for Pat Sanders. Her previous experiences were as a skip at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1986 for British Columbia. At the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Sanders, she and their British Columbia team won the Hearts defeating Kathie Ellwood in the final. At the World Championships that year, the team won the gold medal defeating Germany's Andrea Schöpp in the final. In 1988 Wheatcroft played second for Sanders and they lost in the final to Heather Houston.

In 2000, Wheatcroft played second for Kelley Law's rink and won that years' Scott Tournament of Hearts and World Curling Championships. The team were runners up at the following 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts where they lost to Colleen Jones. The following year the team qualified for the 2002 Winter Olympics as team Canada and won the bronze medal at that time. She played for Law in 2004, and skipped her own team to the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts, but her new team finished 4-7. She attempted to qualify the following year, but lost in the British Columbia playdowns. In 2005, she was picked up by that years Hearts champion Jennifer Jones to replace Cathy Gauthier.

Georgina Wheatcroft never lost hope in her self and always fought hard to achieve her goal. She is considered as one of the best athletes in the Olympics.

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