Penny Shantz (also known as Penny Ryan and Penny Shantz-Henderson; born May 23, 1960Penny Ryan | Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website) is a Canadian curler.
She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. The Canadian women's team won the gold medal, defeating Sweden in the final.
In the 1980s, she was married to famous Canadian curler Pat Ryan, World and Brier champion.Rock Talk - Newsletter of the London Curling Club - October 2012 (page 3: «…Teams skipped by Linda Moore and Pat Ryan eventually wore Canada’s colours at Calgary. Penny Ryan, who was Pat’s wife at the time, was selected for Moore’s team but she didn’t usually curl with them…»)
Teams Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events 1982 Ruby Sowinski Deb Lewis Penny Ryan Bonnie Bower 1982–83 Cathy Shaw Christine Jurgenson Sandra Rippel Penny Ryan 1987–88 Linda Moore Lindsay Sparkes Debbie Jones Penny Ryan Patti Vande (OG) COCT 1987 OG 1988 1988–89 Debbie Shermack Penny Ryan Diane Alexander Twyla Pruden Sandra Rippel (8th) 1989–90 Kerrylyn Richard Penny Ryan Susan Auty Iris Nielson Sandra Jenkins 2002–03 Marilyn Bodogh Theresa Breen Susan Froud Sara Gatchell Penny Shantz CC 2003 (T-7th) 2004–05 Penny Shantz Kerrylyn Richard Elizabeth Folk Sandra Jenkins 2006–07 Penny Shantz Sandra Jenkins Sherry Heath Susan Hamilton 2007 Sandra Jenkins Penny Shantz Susan Hamilton Sherry Heath Brittany Rouck 2011–12 Penny Shantz Debbie Jones-Walker Deborah Pulak Shirley Wong CSCC 2012 (10th) 2012–13 Penny Shantz Sandra Jenkins Kate Horne Sherry Heath 2013–14 Penny Shantz Sandra Jenkins Debbie Pulak Kate Horne CSCC 2014 (7th) 2014–15 Penny Shantz Sandra Jenkins Colleen Robson Kate Horne 2016–17 Lynne Noble Penny Shantz Colleen Robson Kathy Branch CSCC 2017 2017–18 Lynne Noble Penny Shantz Colleen Robson Karen Lepine CSCC 2018 (4th) 2018–19 Sandra Jenkins Penny Shantz Colleen Robson Kate Horne 2020–21 Mary-Anne Arsenault Penny Shantz Diane Gushulak Grace MacInnis CSCC 2021 2021 Penny Shantz Tina Chestnut Nicole Guizzo Nancy Betteridge CCCC 2021 2022 Penny Shantz Cindy Curtain Shirley Wong Janet Suter CMCC 2022 2023 Penny Shantz Cindy Curtain Shirley Wong Janet Suter CMCC 2023 2024 Penny Shantz Cindy Curtain Danielle Shaughnessy Donna Mychaluk CMCC 2024
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Video: (YouTube-channel "Curl BC") (BC curler Penny Shantz talks about how she got introduced to curling and her experiences competing in the Scotties, the Olympics, and the BC and Canadian Senior Curling Championships)