Kari Erickson

Kari Erickson was an American curler who competed at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. She began curling in 1988, winning the Minnesota State Junior Championship five years in a row, 1989-93, and won the US Junior Championships in 1990 and 1992-93. At the World Junior Championships she won a silver medal in 1992 and a bronze medal in 1993. In 1993 she was named USA Curling’s Female Athlete of the Year,

At the senior level Erickson was twice USA Champion, in 1998 and 2001. She competed both those years at the World Championships, finishing seventh in 1998 and fifth in 2001. Away from the ice Erickson has worked as a special education teacher in Bemidji, Minnesota.