Kim Kelly

This article is about the curler. For the Freaks and Geeks character, see List of Freaks and Geeks characters § Kim Kelly. For the journalist and activist, see Kim Kelly (journalist).
Kim Kelly
Curler
Born
Kim Ackles

(1962-04-04) April 4, 1962 (age 62)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Team
Curling clubMayflower CC,
Halifax, NS
Curling career
Member Association Nova Scotia
Hearts appearances18 (1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2019, 2021)
World Championship
appearances		5 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Top CTRS ranking2nd (2003–04)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Lausanne
Gold medal – first place 2004 Gävle
Silver medal – second place 2003 Winnipeg
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Gold medal – first place 1999 Charlottetown
Gold medal – first place 2001 Sudbury
Gold medal – first place 2002 Brandon
Gold medal – first place 2003 Kitchener
Gold medal – first place 2004 Red Deer
Bronze medal – third place 2006 London
Canadian Olympic Trials
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Regina
World Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lethbridge
Canadian Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Digby
Silver medal – second place 2015 Edmonton

Kim Kelly (born April 4, 1962, in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Kim Ackles) is a Canadian curler from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She currently throws skip stones for Colleen Jones, whom she has won five national championships and two world championships.

In 2019, Kelly was named the eighth greatest Canadian curler in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.[1]

Kelly had retired from competitive curling in 2006 but returned in 2010 playing third for Nancy Delahunt, failing to secure a spot in the provincial playdowns. She would then go on to join former teammate Mary-Anne Arsenault, playing the second position for the 2011–12 season.[2]

For the 2012–2013 season Arsenault and Kelly reunited with former skip Colleen Jones, with the goal of reaching the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Jones played second, while Arsenault was skip. Jenn Baxter, played lead, while Stephanie McVicar, joined the team as the fifth. Nancy Delahunt was offered to join the team as coach or manager.[3] Since this announcement McVicar left the team to play with Heather Smith-Dacey, and Delahunt joined the team as the fifth. Jones played second, and Kelly remained at third.[4]

Kelly (as third) joined Jones, Mary Sue Radford and Delahunt to win the 2016 Canadian Senior Curling Championships, following that with an undefeated run to win the 2017 World Senior Curling Championships in Lethbridge, Alberta.[5]

She currently coaches the Matthew Manuel rink.[6]

  1. ^ "Top 10 Greatest Women Curlers".
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2011-08-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Colleen Jones's rink reunites for shot at Sochi Olympics | CBC Sports".
  4. ^ "World Curling Tour". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  5. ^ Ray, Carolyn (April 29, 2017). "Team Canada wins gold at World Senior Curling Championships". CBC Sports. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  6. ^ "2024 Montana's Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2024.