Melissa Soligo

Melissa Soligo (born February 7, 1969, in Trail, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian curler and curling coach, currently living in Victoria, British Columbia.

Soligo began curling at age 11. In her youth, she also played volleyball, basketball, field hockey and fastball.

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She won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.

Her competitive curling career was cut short when she was struck by an intoxicated driver while she was walking. She then made the choice to switch to coaching. Early in her career she focused on coaching junior teams in Canada. In 2002 she began coaching the South Korean curling teams where under her leadership the men's team won the Pacific Curling Championship. She has also been the national team leader of Curling Canada's wheelchair curling program, the coach of BC's wheelchair curling team and is currently a national coach, mentor coach and High Performance Director at CurlBC.

Personal life Soligo has a bachelor of education degree with a major in physical education and geography from the University of Victoria. Achieved her Level 5 Professional Coach Certification (one of only two in Canada who have this in curling).

Awards BC Curling Hall of Fame: 2026 In Her Footsteps: 2023 (honours remarkable women who made significant contributions to sport in British Columbia as athletes, coaches, officials, pioneers, and builders) Joan Mead Builder Award: ("for her contributions to curling as a player, coach and High Performance Director at Curl BC") Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame: 2007, together with all of the Julie Sutton 1991–1993 team. Trail BC Home of Champions: 1996 (for those who have excelled in their chosen field of endeavor (industry, sport and lifestyle))

Teams and events Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events 1987–88 Colleen Hannah Melissa Soligo Lori Atkins Tracy Butt CJCC 1988 (4th) 1988–89 Julie Sutton Pat Sanders Georgina Hawkes Melissa Soligo Diane Nelson (5th) 1990–91 Julie Sutton Jodie Sutton Melissa Soligo Karri Willms Elaine Dagg-Jackson 1991–92 Julie Sutton Jodie Sutton Melissa Soligo Karri Willms Elaine Dagg-Jackson WOG 1992 (demo) 1992–93 Julie Sutton Jodie Sutton Melissa Soligo Karri Willms Elaine Dagg-Jackson (4th)

Record as a coach of national teams Year Tournament, event National team Place 2002 2002 Pacific Curling Championships (men) 2004 2004 World Junior Curling Championships (men) 2004 2004 Pacific Curling Championships (women) 2016 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship (mixed)