Shannon Birchard | |
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Born | May 11, 1994 |
Team | |
Curling club | Gimli CC, Gimli, MB[1] Charleswood CC Winnipeg, MB[2] |
Skip | Kerri Einarson |
Third | Val Sweeting |
Second | Shannon Birchard |
Lead | Briane Harris |
Alternate | Krysten Karwacki |
Mixed doubles partner | John Morris |
Curling career | |
Member Association | Manitoba |
Hearts appearances | 6 (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) |
World Championship appearances | 4 (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
Pan Continental Championship appearances | 2 (2022, 2023) |
Top CTRS ranking | 1st (2019–20, 2022–23) |
Grand Slam victories | 4 (2019 Players', 2021 Players', 2022 Champions Cup, 2022 Masters) |
Medal record |
Shannon Birchard (born May 11, 1994) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[3] She currently plays second on Team Kerri Einarson from Gimli, Manitoba. Currently, the Einarson team are the four-time reigning Scotties Tournament of Hearts champions, winning the title in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Birchard also won the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts with Jennifer Jones when she filled for Kaitlyn Lawes who was competing at the PyeongChang Olympics. She would win a world championship as the alternate member of the Jones team that same year when they won the event in North Bay in 2018. She has also won four Grand Slam of Curling events with the Einarson rink.