Curling club Ottawa CC,
Ottawa Lead Stephanie Hanna Skip Jenn Hanna Alternate Pascale Letendre | Third Brit O'Neill Name Karen Sagle Second Karen Sagle | |
Born December 15, 1986 (age 37) ( 1986-12-15 ) | ||
Karen Sagle (born December 15, 1986 in Ottawa) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. She twice represented Ontario at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The first time in 2005 with skip Erin Morrissey, and the second in 2007 with skip Hollie Nicol.
During the 2011-12 curling season, Sagle skipped her own rink on the World Curling Tour, playing in just one event, the 2011 Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic where her team went 4-3 and missed the playoffs. After the season, she joined the Lisa Farnell rink at second position. She won her first WCT event at the 2013 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau. The Farnell rink dissolved in 2014, with third Erin Morrissey taking over the rink, and Sagle moving up to third. Sagle won a provincial mixed title in April 2015, playing lead for Mike McLean.
In 2015, it was announced the Sagle would be joining the Jenn Hanna rink. The Team won the 2016 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts and represented Ontario at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they missed the playoffs, finishing with a 6-5 record. After the season, it was announced that Hanna was retiring from competitive curling and that Sagle would be joining the Hollie Nicol rink.
Personal life
Sagle is the owner of When Sparks Fly Weddings & Events and is a Program Coordinator at the Canadian Bar Association. She lives with her common-law partner and teammate Brit O'Neill. It is believed that her and O'Neill were the first ever open LGBT couple to play at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.