Alexandra "Alex" Agre (born December 14, 1988 as Alexandra Carlson) is an American curler.

Curling career

Junior

Agre is a two-time United States Junior Curling Champion with teammates

Tabitha Peterson Tabitha Skelly Peterson (born March 6, 1989) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a bronze medalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is a two-time women's national champion. She currently is skip of her own team ...

, Tara Peterson and Sophie Brorson, winning in 2009 and 2010. Representing the United States, Agre skipped her team at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing in fifth place. At the

2010 World Junior Curling Championships The 2010 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 5 to 14 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims Flims ( rm, Flem) is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The town of Flims is dominated by the Flimse ...

, she led her team to a bronze medal.

Women's

In 2014, Agre joined the

Erika Brown Erika Lynn Brown (born January 25, 1973) is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed. Career As a 15-year-old, Brown represent the United States at the 1988 Winte ...

rink for one season, playing third. The team would go on to win the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship. The next season, Agre returned to skipping a team before joining the

Jamie Sinclair Jamie Ann Sinclair (born February 21, 1992) is an American-Canadian curler from Osgoode, Ontario and is a three-time U.S. National Champion. Her United States Curling Association membership is through the Charlotte Curling Association in Charlot ...

rink in 2016 as her third. In their first season together, they would win the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship and would play in the 2017 Continental Cup of Curling. The team lost in the finals of the

2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials The 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials were held from November 11–18, 2017 at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska. Five teams qualified for the men's tournament and three teams qualified for the women's tournament. The winner of each tourname ...

, missing out on the chance to play in the Olympics. Later that season they would win the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship and would represent the United States at the

2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship The 2018 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 17–25 at the North Bay Memorial Gardens in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The format of the tou ...

, where they finished fourth. The Sinclair rink made history at the

2018 Players' Championship The 2018 Players' Championship was held from April 10 to 15, 2018 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the seventh men's and sixth women's Grand Slam event of the 2017–18 World Curling Tour. On the men's side, Calgary's ...

when they became the first American rink to win a Grand Slam event. To finish the season, they had a quarterfinal finish at the

2018 Humpty's Champions Cup The 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup is the final Grand Slam of curling event of the 2017–18 curling season. It was held April 24–29, 2018 at the WinSport Arena, Canada Olympic Park, in Calgary, Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen ...

. The following season, Agre left the Sinclair rink as she was preparing to give birth.

Personal life

Agre works as a medical device quality consultant. She is a type 1 diabetic. She attended

Marquette University Marquette University () is a private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Martin Henni, the first Bishop of the diocese of M ...

. She has one daughter, Abigail.

Teams

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agre, Alexandra Living people 1988 births American female curlers Continental Cup of Curling participants Sportspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota American curling champions Marquette University alumni People with type 1 diabetes 21st-century American women