Lorne DePape


Lorne DePape

	NZ Olympian #984
	WCF profile
Born	18 Apr 1955 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Club	Auckland CC

International Record
Olympic Games
2006	Turin	10th
World Mens
1999	Saint John	10th
2001	Lausanne	9th
2004	Gävle	7th
2005	Victoria	8th
Pacific Mens
1995	Tokoro	3rd
1996	Sydney	3rd
1997	Karuizawa	3rd
1998	Qualicum Beach	1st
1999	Tokoro	3rd
2000	Esquimalt	1st
2001	Jeonju	2nd
2002	Queenstown	4th
2003	Aomori	1st
2004	Chuncheon	1st
2005	Taipei	3rd
2006	Tokyo	5th
World Senior Mens
2012	Tårnby	5th
2013	Fredericton	2nd
Karuizawa Invitational
2006	Karuizawa	2nd

New Zealand Titles
NZ Mens
2005-2006, 2012
NZ Mixed Fours
2010
NZ Senior Mens
2011-12
Wendorf Rock
2001, 2005-06
Auckland League
1998, 2003-04, 2012

New Zealand Teams
NZ Mens
1995-2007
NZ Senior Mens
2012

Lorne was a founding member of the Auckland Curling Club in 1996, and since then has regularly travelled the 160km each way from his home in Te Awamutu to play during the curling season.

He was a member of the NZ Men's curling team in the 12 years from 1995, and in that time won 4 Pacific gold medals and represented his country 4 times at the World Championships, as well as at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Lorne had the distinction of being the oldest competitor in the curling tournament at Turin in 2006, and that was as a hard-working member of the front end – a testament to his fitness. He takes his inspiration from the late Sandra Schmirler, Olympic gold medalist at Nagano 1998.

He and his wife Carroll have been NZ delegates to the World Curling Federation for many years, and in 2007 Lorne was awarded Auckland Curling Club's first Life Membership.