Erin Cumpstone (born November 4, 1980) is a

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, former

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player who also played for the Canadian national ringette team, and currently a

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coach for the Saskatchewan Heat. She began playing softball at age seven and studied at

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Sports

Softball

Cumpstone was a part of the Canadian

team who finished 9th at the 2002 World Softball Championships in

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and part of the Canadian softball team who finished 5th at the

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Ringette

Cumpstone was also a

player and a member of Team Canada 2010 during the

2010 World Ringette Championships The 2010 World Ringette Championships (''2010 WRC'') was an international ringette tournament and the 9th (IX) World Ringette Championships. The tournament was organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) and was contested in Tampere ...

where the team finished in second place to Finland. Cumpstone also competed in ringette at the 1999

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and eventually played for one of the first teams in the

(NRL), the Saskatoon Wild. As of 2023, she is head coach of the Saskatchewan Heat, a ringette team in NRL. In her spare time, she also coaches the Ice Wolves, the 2024/25 Saskatoon children's Fundamental 2 ringette team.

References

1980 births Living people 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Olympic softball players for Canada Softball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Saskatoon Simon Fraser University alumni Canadian softball players Ringette players Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists in softball Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Simon Fraser Red Leafs softball players Pan American Games softball players for Canada {{Canada-softball-bio-stub