Melissa Soligo
Melissa Soligo is a Canadian curler and curling coach, currently living in Victoria, British Columbia.
Soligo began curling at age 11. In her youth, she also played volleyball, basketball, field hockey and fastball.
She is a and.
She won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.
An accident ended her curling career in the mid-1990s, so she made the switch to coaching. She coached junior teams in Canada until 2002 when she began coaching the South Korean curling team. In the late 2000s she was the coach of BC's wheelchair curling team.Soligo has a bachelor of education degree with a major in physical education and geography from the University of Victoria.Awards
- Joan Mead Builder Award:
- British Columbia Curling Hall of Fame: 1996, together with all of the Julie Sutton 1991–1993 team.
Teams and events
Record as a coach of national teams