Lori Ann Mountford (born July 31, 1959) is an American curler. Born in

Portage, Wisconsin Portage is a city in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The population was 10,581 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Columbia County. It is part of the Madison metropolitan area. Portage was named for ...

, she graduated from

Poynette High School Poynette High School is a secondary school in Poynette, Wisconsin. The school is part of the Poynette School District. As of the 2017–18 school year, the student enrollment at PHS was 335. It shares its campus with Poynette Elementary School ...

and started curling at age 20 at Madison Curling Club. Mountford is a two-time Olympian, competing the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m ...

when curling was first re-introduced as an exhibition sport and then again at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

when curling was a full event. Her team, skipped by

Lisa Schoeneberg Lisa Schoeneberg (born September 29, 1957) is an American Curling, curler and Olympian. She was a successful Skip (curling), skip in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, leading her teams to two silver medals at the World Championships and r ...

, placed 5th both times. Mountford was inducted into the

United States Curling Association Hall of Fame The United States Curling Association Hall of Fame was started in 1984 to recognize and honor individuals and teams that have achieved extraordinary distinction in curling or have made major contribution to the development of curling in the United S ...

in 2016.

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* 1959 births Living people American female curlers Curlers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for the United States Curlers from Madison, Wisconsin American curling champions People from Portage, Wisconsin 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-curling-bio-stub