Jo-Ann Rizzo

Jo-Ann Rizzo
Curler
Born (1965-06-01) June 1, 1965
Zweibrücken, West Germany
Team
Curling club Coldwater & District CC,
Coldwater, ON
Skip Sherry Middaugh
Third Jo-Ann Rizzo
Second Lee Merklinger
Lead Leigh Armstrong
Alternate Kimberly Tuck
Career
Hearts appearances 0
Grand Slam victories 1: Autumn Gold (2012)

Jo-Ann Rizzo (born June 1, 1965 in Zweibrücken, West Germany) is a Canadian curler from Brantford, Ontario. She currently plays third for the Sherry Middaugh rink.

As of 2013, Rizzo has played in 13 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. She is also a former provincial mixed champion. She played third for her husband Nick Rizzo at the 2003 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, where they finished in 4th place.

Rizzo qualified for the 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, where she and her rink of Cheryl McPherson, Kimberly Tuck and Sara Gatchell finished in 9th with a 2-7 record.

Rizzo is a former skip, but she joined up with Middaugh in 2010. With Middaugh, the team won the 2012 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and finished second at the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.

Rizzo is currently a volunteer junior golf coordinator at the Brantford Golf and Country Club.[1]

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