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Playing as a second curler the team finished a respectable fifth position.
Playing as a second curler the team finished a respectable fifth position.
She currently lives in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, but is not yet a Canadian citizen. Schafer made her curling debut at Letham Grange Ice Rink in 1999 competing in the World Junior Curling Championships. She has competed in numerous European and World championships and has been skip of the curling team four times.
Scotland"s curling dominance over the two other host nations of Great Britain secured its place at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
She joined Rhona Martin, Lynn Cameron, Jackie Lockhart and Debbie Knox. As in her other international games, Shaefer played second throughout the Olympic competition.
However, despite beating United States. 10–4 after only six ends, Team Great Britain"s Olympic hopes were shattered as Canada beat Denmark in a nail-biting match in the final education She skipped Scotland with team mates Jackie Lockhart, Lorna Vevers, Lindsay Wood and Karen Addison to a bronze medal.
While representing Scotland at the 2010 World Championships in Swift Current, Kelly Wood met the mayor, Jerrod Schafer, and a romance developed.
She would later move to the town. Kelly and Jerrod Schafer became a married couple in 2013. They have one child together.
She can no longer compete in her native Scotland, although she was invited to participate in the 2012 World Championships in Lethbridge, Alberta as Scotland"s alternate.
Although not a Canadian citizen, Schafer played for Saskatchewan at the 2014 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.