Diane Dezura (born July 1, 1958 in
Burnaby,
British Columbia as Diane Nelson) is a
Canadian retired
curler and Olympic medalist. As Diane Nelson, she played lead on for the
Kelley Law
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* Kelley (name), a given name and surname
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rink in the early 2000s, one of the best teams in the world at the time. While she was with the team, the Law rink won a world championship in 2000 and a bronze medal at the
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...
in
Salt Lake City.
["2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City, United States – Curling"]
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 19, 2008)
In her career, Dezura played in five
Scott Tournament of Hearts
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts (''french: Le Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties''; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Associat ...
, in 1988, 1989, 2000, 2001 and in 2004, winning the event in 2000.
Personal life
Dezura retired from curling in 2004. She is married
to fellow curler
Grant Dezura
Grant Dezura (born October 20, 1973) is a Canadian curler from Maple Ridge, British Columbia.
As a junior curler, Dezura won two provincial championships, in 1991 and 1992. He skipped Team British Columbia at both the 1991 and 1992 Canadian Junio ...
and they live in
Maple Ridge, British Columbia with their two children, Ashley Ann and Wally.
References
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1958 births
Canadian women curlers
Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Curlers from British Columbia
Living people
Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
Olympic curlers for Canada
Sportspeople from Burnaby
World curling champions
Canadian women's curling champions
Olympic medalists in curling
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
People from Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Continental Cup of Curling participants
Canada Cup (curling) participants
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