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 Kelley may refer to: * Kelley (name), a given name and surname Places ;United States * Kelley, Iowa * Kelley Hill in Fort Benning, Georgia * Kelley Park, in San Jose, California * Kelley Square, in Worcester, Massachusetts * Kelley Township, Ri ...

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.

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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 {{Canada-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub