{{short description|Canadian curler (born 1965)}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox curler | name = Georgina Wheatcroft | gender = F <!-- m, f --> | image = | caption = | other_names = | birth_name = Georgina Hawkes | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|11|30}} | birth_place = [[Nanaimo, British Columbia]], Canada | Curling club = [[Royal City Curling Club|Royal City CC]], [[New Westminster]] | Grand Slam victories = 1 ([[2006 Players' Championship]]) | Hearts appearances = 8 (1987, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007) | medals = {{MedalSport | Women's [[curling]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Curling at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] |}} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Curling Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold | [[1987 World Women's Curling Championship|1987 Chicago]] | }} {{MedalGold | [[2000 World Women's Curling Championship|2000 Glasgow]] | }} {{MedalCountry | {{BC}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Scotties Tournament of Hearts]]}} {{MedalGold | [[1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts|1987 Lethbridge]] | }} {{MedalGold | [[2000 Scott Tournament of Hearts|2000 Prince George]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[1988 Scott Tournament of Hearts|1988 Fredericton]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts|2001 Sudbury]] | }} {{MedalSilver| [[2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts|2006 London]] |}} {{MedalCompetition | [[Canadian Olympic Curling Trials]]}} {{MedalGold | [[2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|2001 Regina]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[1987 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|1987 Calgary]] | }} }}
'''Georgina Wheatcroft''' (born November 30, 1965, in [[Nanaimo, British Columbia]], as '''Georgina Hawkes''') is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[curling|curler]]. She is a two-time [[World Curling Championships|World Curling Champion]] and an Olympic bronze medalist.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/georgina-wheatcroft-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103828/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/georgina-wheatcroft-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>
== Curling career == Wheatcroft made her [[Scott Tournament of Hearts]], the Canadian women's national championship, debut in 1987 as a [[Third (curling)|third]] for [[Pat Sanders]]. Wheatcroft's prior experience had been as a [[Skip (curling)|skip]] at the [[Canadian Junior Curling Championships]] in 1985 for British Columbia. Sanders, Wheatcroft, and their British Columbia team won the [[1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts]], defeating [[Kathie Ellwood]] in the final. At the [[1987 World Women's Curling Championship|World Championships]] that year, the team won the gold medal defeating [[Germany]]'s [[Andrea Schöpp]] in the final.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/68 |title=World Curling Championships 1987: Tournament details |website=results.worldcurling.org |access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref> In 1988 Wheatcroft played second for Sanders at the [[1988 Scott Tournament of Hearts|Tournament of Hearts]] and they lost in the final to [[Heather Houston]]. In 1989, Wheatcroft moved to [[Julie Skinner|Julie Sutton]]'s team and again qualified for the [[1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts|Tournament of Hearts]], where they would lose in their first playoff game. Wheatcroft would not go back to the Hearts until 2000.
In 2000, Wheatcroft played second for [[Kelley Law]]'s rink. With Law, Wheatcroft won that year's [[2000 Scott Tournament of Hearts|Scott Tournament of Hearts]] and [[2000 Ford World Women's Curling Championship|World Curling Championships]]. The team were runners up at the following [[2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts]], where they lost to [[Colleen Jones]]. The following year the team qualified for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] as Team Canada. The team defeated Team United States to win the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/georgina-wheatcroft-1.html |title=Georgina Wheatcroft Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |accessdate=2010-03-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914103347/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/georgina-wheatcroft-1.html |archivedate=2011-09-14}} at Sports Reference</ref>
In 2004, Wheatcroft skipped her own team to the [[2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts]], but her new team finished 4-7. She attempted to qualify the following year, but lost in the British Columbia playdowns. In 2005, she was picked up by that year's Hearts champion [[Jennifer Jones (curler)|Jennifer Jones]] to replace [[Cathy Gauthier]], and she moved to [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]], to play with the team. With her new team, Wheatcroft played in that year's [[2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|Olympic trials]]; the team finished with a 5–4 record. Wheatcroft had the opportunity to play in the [[2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts]] because Jones had won it the previous year, and thus got to play as Team Canada. The team lost in the final to [[Kelly Scott]] of British Columbia.
2006 saw Wheatcroft return to playing with Kelley Law, as her third. In 2007, the team made their way back to the national championship, now called the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, after winning the [[2007 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts|B.C. Provincial Championship]]. At the [[2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts|Scotties]] they finished with a 5–6 record.
In 2008, she once again skipped her own team and qualified for the [[2009 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts]].
==Grand Slam record== {{Curling GS key}} {{clear}} {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Event ! [[2006–07 curling season|2006–07]] ! [[2007–08 curling season|2007–08]] ! [[2008–09 curling season|2008–09]] ! [[2009–10 curling season|2009–10]] |- | [[Autumn Gold Curling Classic|Autumn Gold]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2007 Trail Appliances Autumn Gold Curling Classic|Q]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2008 Trail Appliances Curling Classic|Q]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2009 Trail Appliances Curling Classic|Q]] |- | [[Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic|Manitoba Lotteries]] |style="background:#ffebcd;"| [[Canad Inns Women's Classic#2006 Casinos of Winnipeg Classic|QF]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[Canad Inns Women's Classic#2007 Casinos of Winnipeg Classic|Q]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |- | [[Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic|Wayden Transportation]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic#2006 Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic|Q]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic#2007 Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic|Q]] |style="background:#ffebcd;"| [[Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic#2008 Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic|QF]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |- | [[Sobeys Slam]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2007 Sobeys Slam|Q]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |- | [[Players' Championship|Players']] |style="background:yellow;"| [[2007 Players' Championship|SF]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |}
==Teams== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead |- ! scope="row"| 1984–85 | Georgina Hawkes || [[Christine Stevenson]] || [[Tracey Barwick]] || [[Deb Massullo]] |- ! scope="row"| 1986–87 | [[Pat Sanders]] || Georgina Hawkes || [[Louise Herlinveaux]] || Deb Massullo |- ! scope="row"| 1987–88 | Pat Sanders || Louise Herlinveaux || Georgina Hawkes || Deb Massullo |- ! scope="row"| 1988–89 | [[Julie Skinner|Julie Sutton]] || Pat Sanders || Georgina Hawkes || [[Melissa Soligo]] |- ! scope="row"| 1999–00 | [[Kelley Law]] || Julie Skinner || Georgina Wheatcroft || [[Diane Dezura|Diane Nelson]] |- ! scope="row"| 2000–01 | Kelley Law || Julie Skinner || Georgina Wheatcroft || Diane Nelson |- ! scope="row"| 2001–02 | Kelley Law || Julie Skinner || Georgina Wheatcroft || Diane Nelson |- ! scope="row"| 2002–03 | Kelley Law || Julie Skinner || Georgina Wheatcroft || Diane Dezura |- ! scope="row"| 2003–04 | Georgina Wheatcroft || [[Diane McLean]] || [[Shellan Reed]] || Diane Dezura |- ! scope="row"| 2004–05 | Georgina Wheatcroft || Diane Gushulak || [[Kristen Recksiedler]] || [[Mila Hockley]] |- ! scope="row"| 2005–06 | [[Jennifer Jones (curler)|Jennifer Jones]] || [[Cathy Overton-Clapham]] || [[Jill Officer]] || Georgina Wheatcroft |- ! scope="row"| 2006–07 | Kelley Law || Georgina Wheatcroft || [[Shannon Aleksic]] || [[Darah Provencal]] |- ! scope="row"| 2007–08 | [[Colleen Jones]] || Georgina Wheatcroft || [[Kate Hamer]] || Darah Provencal |- ! scope="row"| 2008–09 | Georgina Wheatcroft || [[Steph Jackson]] || [[Kristen Windsor]] || [[Niki Hatter]] |- ! scope="row"| 2009–10 | Georgina Wheatcroft || Steph Jackson || [[Sarah Wark]] || Kristen Windsor |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Sports links}}
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