Aanders Brorson (born April 29, 1988) is an American curler from

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. He played

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Chris Plys Christopher Plys (; born August 13, 1987) is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. He is a Junior World Champion and two-time National Men's Champion. He was the alternate for the United States men's team at the 2010 Winter Olympics and a ...

' team that won the 2008 World Junior Curling Championship.

Curling career

Brorson, playing third for Chris Plys, won the Minnesota Junior Men's State Championship three years in a row, from 2007 to 2009. Each of those years they continued on to win the United States Junior Championship, earning an opportunity to represent the United States at the World Championships. At the 2007 World Junior Championship in

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, with

Matt Perushek Matthew Perushek (born December 8, 1987) is an American curler. He played second on Chris Plys' team that won the 2008 World Junior Curling Championship. Curling career Perushek started curling in 1995. With teammates Chris Plys and Aander ...

playing

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and Joel Cooper playing

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, they finished in fifth place when they lost a tiebreaker to Denmark's

Rasmus Stjerne Rasmus Stjerne Hansen (born 26 May 1988 in Hvidovre) is a retired Danish curler. He is a former world junior champion and current Danish champion. He curls out of the Hvidovre Curling Club. Career Stjerne has participated in five World Junior ...

. The next year World's was in Östersund, Sweden and Matt Hamilton had replaced Cooper at lead. After finishing the round-robin with a 7–2 record they defeated the number one seed Canada in the semifinals and the number two seed Sweden, skipped by

Oskar Eriksson Oskar Ingemar Eriksson (born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. He currently plays third for the Niklas Edin rink. He is the first curler in history to win four Olympic medals – gold, silver, and two bronze – and the first to s ...

, in the final to win the gold medal. The same team returned to the World Junior Championships one more time in

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, in

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, where they beat Sweden's Eriksson to win the bronze medal.

Personal life

Brorson's sister Sophie is also a competitive curler; she is also a multi-time national champion and won bronze at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brorson, Aanders 1988 births Living people American male curlers Canadian people of Danish descent Curlers from Calgary