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Sharon Vukich
Sharon Vukich is an American curler from Seattle, Washington. She is a two-time women's national Champion, two-time senior women's national champion, and one-time mixed doubles national champion. Curling career Vukich skipped her team to gold at the United States Championship twice, in 1980 and 1987. As champion she represented the United States at the World Championships those years, finishing in fourth and fifth place, respectively. She returned to national prominence with back-to-back gold medals at the United States Senior Championships in 2009 and 2010. At World's they finished sixth and fourth places, respectively. In 2010 she also won the Mixed Doubles National Championship with teammate Mike Calcagno. The 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship was held concurrently with the World Senior Championship and Vukich competed at both. At World Mixed Doubles they finished in tenth place. Personal life Vukich's parents were curlers and helped found the Granite Curling Club i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granite Curling Club (Seattle)
The Granite Curling Club in Seattle is one of only three dedicated curling clubs on the West Coast of the United States. Since its founding in 1961, Granite Curling Club has produced more U.S. national championships than any other U.S. club.J. CapleRomancing the stone ESPN Jan. 8th 2002 Most recent national championships *Women's Championship - 1988 Nancy Langley rink * Men's Championship - 2018 Greg Persinger rink * Men's Juniors - 2020 Luc Violette rink * Mixed National - 2016 Em Good rink * Senior Women's - 2010 Sharon Vukich rink *Mixed Doubles - 2012 Brady Clark and Cristin Clark * Senior Men's - 2020 Joel Larway rink Source World Championship medals Men's *1975 Silver Ed Risling rink *1967 Bronze Bruce Roberts rink *1961 Bronze Frank Crealock Dr. Frank William "Crea" Crealock (February 11, 1925 - April 14, 2016) was the skip on the Granite Curling Club curling team (from Seattle, Washington, United States) during the World Curling Championships known as the 1961 Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Fish
Joan Fish (also known as Mary Fish) is an American curler from Seattle, Washington. She is a two-time women's national champion (1980, 1987) and former senior women's national champion (2009). Teams Personal life Her sister-in-law Aija Edwards Aija Edwards is an American curler from Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city ... is also a curler, they are teammates on US and World women's and seniors championships. References External links * * Living people American female curlers American curling champions Sportspeople from Seattle Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Seattle
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American Curling Champions
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American Female Curlers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Brady Clark (curler)
Brady Clark (born September 12, 1977) is an American curler from Lynnwood, Washington. Clark is a ten-time national mixed champion, three-time national mixed doubles champion, and two-time national men's champion (2013 & 2016). He has played in three World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships and one World Men's Championship. Career As a junior, Clark played in five national junior championships, placing 3rd in 1998 and 1999. He also won the National College Tournament in 1999. Following juniors, Clark went on to play in nine national men's championships, 12 national mixed championships, and five national mixed doubles championships. He won the 2013 and 2016 United States Men's Curling Championship. He has won 10 national mixed championships, winning in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 & 2015. He has also won three national mixed doubles championships, in 2009, 2011 and 2012. These three national mixed doubles championships qualified him to play in the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristin Clark
Cristin Clark is an American curler. At the international level, she curled for the United States at three World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships and one World Mixed Curling Championship. At the national level, she is a ten-time United States mixed champion curler and a three-time United States mixed doubles champion curler. Her women's team was the USA Curling Team of the Year in 2009 and 2012. Private life Clark's husband is fellow curler Brady Clark Brady William Clark (born April 18, 1973) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Brady is a class of 1991 graduate of Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon and 1996 graduate of the University of San Diego, where he played college bas ...; together, they won the United States Mixed Championship ten times and the United States Mixed Doubles Championship three times. They have one son, Sean. (look at article "Swept up in love") Teams Women's Mixed Mixed doubles References External links * {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Bronger-Jones
Beth Bronger-Jones is an American curler from Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region .... She is a United States women's champion (1987) and mixed champion (1985). Teams Women's Mixed References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bronger-Jones, Beth Living people American female curlers American curling champions Curlers from Seattle Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aija Edwards
Aija Edwards is an American curler from Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region .... She is a two-time women's national champion (1980, 1987) and a former senior women's national champion (2009). Teams Personal life Her sister-in-law Joan Fish is also a curler, they are teammates on US and World women's and seniors championships. (look at "United States of America", "Women") References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Kozai
Betty Kozai (October 12, 1928 – January 18, 2021) was an American curler from Seattle, Washington. Curling career Kozai won the US national championship in 1980, on a team skipped by her daughter Sharon. That team went on to finish in fourth place at that year's world championship. She returned to international competition at the age of 81, representing the United States at the 2010 World Senior Curling Championships. Personal life Kozai was a founding member of Granite Curling Club in Seattle, and curled there until the last years of her life. Her three daughters and four grandchildren have also been long-time curlers at Granite. Teams Women's References External links Betty Kozaiat USA Curling The United States Curling Association (USCA or USA Curling) is the national governing body of the sport of curling in the United States. The goal of the USCA is to grow the sport of curling in the United States and win medals in competitions both ... * {{DEFAULTSORT:Koz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2014 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 26 to March 5 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland. Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ''Wednesday, February 26, 12:00'' Draw 2 ''Wednesday, February 26, 20:00'' Draw 3 ''Thursday, February 27, 14:00'' Draw 4 ''Friday, February 28, 8:00'' Draw 5 ''Friday, February 28, 16:00'' Draw 6 ''Saturday, March 1, 9:00'' Draw 7 ''Saturday, March 1, 19:00'' Draw 8 ''Sunday, March 2, 12:00'' Draw 9 ''Sunday, March 2, 20:00'' Tiebreaker ''Monday, March 3, 14:00'' Playoffs 1 vs. 2 ''Tuesday, March 4, 12:00'' 3 vs. 4 ''Tuesday, March 4, 12:00'' Semifinal ''Tuesday, March 4, 18:00'' Bronze-medal game ''Wednesday, March 5, 13:00'' Final ''Wednesday, March 5, 13:00'' Women Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
