Linda Kirton

Linda Kirton (born March 10, 1948) is a Canadian curling official from Abbotsford, British Columbia. She recited the Official's Oath at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics, alongside Hervé Lord for the Athletes' Oath.

Kirton was a curler for about 40 years, before becoming a curling official in the late 1990s.^[1]

Kirton is a member of the Abbotsford Curling Club, where she was inducted as a Honorary Life Member in 2006. She has officiated at a number of National curling events, including the 2002 World Junior Curling Championships. In 2003 she chaired the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.^[2] She was the chief umpire at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Switzerland in 2008. At the 2010 Paralympics, she was the assistant chief umpire at the wheelchair curling event.^[1]

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