{{Short description|Canadian curler (born 1995)}} {{Infobox curler | name = Chelsea Principi | image = | image_size = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|7|15}} | birth_place = [[Beamsville, Ontario|Beamsville]], [[Ontario]] | Curling club = [[Niagara Falls Curling Club|Niagara Falls CC]], [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]] | Skip = '''Chelsea Principi''' | Third = [[Lauren Peskett]] | Second = Brenda Chapman | Lead = [[Keira McLaughlin]] | Member Association = {{ON}} }}
'''Chelsea Principi''' ({{nee}} '''Brandwood'''; born July 15, 1995) is a Canadian [[curling|curler]] from [[St. Catharines]], [[Ontario]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://ontcurl.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3797/teams/21815/team_athletes/21815-fourth-28514 | title=Draws/Scoreboard | access-date=2019-01-14 | archive-date=2019-04-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403080124/https://ontcurl.com/scoreboard/#!/competitions/3797/teams/21815/team_athletes/21815-fourth-28514 | url-status=dead }}</ref> She currently [[skip (curling)|skip]]s a team on the [[World Curling Tour]]. Her hometown is [[Beamsville, Ontario]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.goknights.ca/traditions/CCAA_Academic_All-Canadians/brandwood_chelsea_28xg |title = Chelsea Brandwood}}</ref>
==Career== ===Juniors=== Principi's first provincial title came at the women's [[U18 Ontario Curling Championships|bantam championship]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://ontcurl.com/youth-competitions-2/oca-bantam-girls/ | title=U18 Women | access-date=2019-01-14 | archive-date=2019-01-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114153353/https://ontcurl.com/youth-competitions-2/oca-bantam-girls/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Principi won the [[Ontario U-21 Curling Championships|Ontario Junior women's championship]] in 2015, with teammates Claire Greenlees, [[Brenda Holloway (curler)|Brenda Holloway]] and Danielle Greenlees. The team represented Ontario at the [[2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]]. Principi led her rink to a 7-3 record, after the round robin tournament. In the playoffs, she beat British Columbia's [[Corryn Brown]] team, before losing in the final to Alberta's [[Kelsey Rocque]].
In university curling, Principi played for the [[Laurier Golden Hawks]], where she won three straight provincial (OUA) titles from 2014 to 2016,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=9124 |title=Golden Hawk Athletics - Person Profile - Chelsea Brandwood |website=www.laurierathletics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514134529/http://www.laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PeopleID=9124 |archive-date=2015-05-14}}</ref> but came up short in 2017, her fourth year of eligibility.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=8933&String=Chelsea%20Brandwood |title = WCURL eliminated from OUA Championship}}</ref> She was the alternate for the Laurier team (skipped by Carly Howard) at the [[2014 CIS/CCA Curling Championships]], where they finished third. At the [[2015 CIS/CCA Curling Championships]], she was the [[lead (curling)|lead]] on the team, and won another bronze medal. At the [[2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships]], she was the skip of the team, but they missed the playoffs.
Principi then attended [[Niagara College]], skipping their women's team to a provincial college title in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.goknights.ca/sports/curl/2017-18/releases/20180212iudcdk |title = RECAP - Niagara Knights Women's Curling win OCAA Championship|date = 2018-02-12}}</ref> She represented Niagara at the 2018 [[CCAA Curling National Championships]], where she led her team to a 4-3 record.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2018/03/28/2018-ccaa-curling-canada-college-curling-championships-day-4-recap/ |title = Curling Canada | 2018 CCAA Curling Canada college curling championships: Day 4 Recap}}</ref>
===Women's=== Principi won her first [[World Curling Tour]] event at the 2018 [[Gord Carroll Curling Classic]], defeating Korea's [[Gim Un-chi]] in the final. Later that season, Principi qualified for her first provincial women's championship, the [[2019 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts]]. In 2020, her team competed at the [[2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] where they finished in with a 1-7 record.
In 2022, Principi won the [[Home Again Curling Classic]] bonspiel, and qualified for the [[2023 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts]], where they went 1–4.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports links}}
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