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Natalie Nicholson (born March 10, 1976, in
Nicholson would later move to play for
Bemidji, Minnesota
Bemidji ( ) is a city and the county seat of Beltrami County, Minnesota, Beltrami County, in northern Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,574 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. According to 2022 census estimates, the ci ...
, as Natalie Simenson) is an American curler. She is currently the coach of the Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Skelly Peterson (born March 6, 1989) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a bronze medalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is a three-time women's national champion. She currently is skip of her own t ...
rink.
Career
She started curling in 1993 at the Bemidji Curling Club. As a junior curler, Nicholson played second for Risa O'Connell and represented Team USA at the 1995 and 1997World Junior Curling Championships
The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 19 ...
finishing sixth and fourth respectively.
In 2000, Nicholson curled in her first World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and Doubles curling, mixed doubles championships, as ...
playing lead for Amy Wright
Amy Wright is an American actress and former model. She has appeared in such films as '' The Deer Hunter'', '' Breaking Away'', '' The Accidental Tourist'', '' Hard Promises'', '' Crossing Delancey'', and '' Miss Firecracker''. She is the wido ...
and finished in sixth place. Nicholson returned to the Worlds in 2002 as Patti Lank's lead and finished in eighth place. They returned in 2004 finishing in fourth place.
Nicholson would later move to play for Debbie McCormick
Deborah McCormick ( Henry, born January 8, 1974) is an American curler from Rio, Wisconsin. Although born in Canada, McCormick moved to Madison, Wisconsin when she was very young. McCormick is a World Champion and four-time Olympian.
Career
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's team and in 2006 Nicholson won her first international medal- a silver when USA lost to Sweden (skipped by Anette Norberg
Anette Charlotte Norberg (born 12 November 1966) is a Swedish curler from Härnösand.
She and her team were the Olympic women's curling champions in 2006 and 2010. After winning the 2006 Women's Curling tournament in Turin over Mirjam Ott's ...
).
Personal life
Nicholson is employed as a family nurse practitioner and lactation counselor. Nicholson is married and has two children.Teams
References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholson, Natalie 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Bemidji, Minnesota Olympic curlers for the United States Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics American female curlers Continental Cup of Curling participants American curling champions American curling coaches 21st-century American sportswomen