Brady Clark (born September 12, 1977) is an American
curler from
Lynnwood, Washington
Lynnwood is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The city is part of the Seattle metropolitan area and is located north of Seattle and south of Everett, near the junction of Interstate 5 and Interstate 405. It is the fou ...
. 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
The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments featuring the world's best teams of mixed doubles curlers.
History
The tournament began in 2008 with the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Switzerland's ...
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
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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 corresponding World Mixed Doubles championships. In 2009, Clark, and his teammate and his then-wife,
Cristin
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would finish the tournament with a 3–5 record in their group, finishing 18th place over all. In 2011, the two Clarks went 5–2 in their group and lost in the quarterfinal to France. In 2012, Cristin and Brady finished 6–2 in their group, won their quarter final match against China, but lost in the semi-final to Switzerland and the bronze medal game to Austria.
In the men's curling realm, Clark broke through at the
2013 United States Men's Curling Championship
The 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 9 to 16 at the Cornerstone Community Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was held in conjunction with the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning team ...
, finishing tied for third in the standings and qualifying for the playoffs through a tiebreaker. Clark defeated defending champion
Heath McCormick,
John Shuster
John Shuster ( ; born November 3, 1982) is an American curler who lives in Superior, Wisconsin. He led Team USA to gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the first American team to ever win gold in curling. He also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winte ...
, and
Tyler George
Tyler George (born October 6, 1982) is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. He is a three-time U.S. Champion, 2016 World bronze medalist, and 2018 Olympic gold medalist. Since the 2018 Olympics, he has taken a break from playing competitiv ...
en route to securing his first national championship title, the first for the
Granite Curling Club since 2004. Clark and his team then represented the United States at the
2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
The 2013 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2013 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7, 2013 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. This m ...
, finishing in ninth place with a 5–6 win–loss record, and fell short of qualifying the United States directly into the main tournament of the
2014 Winter Olympics
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by one win. Clark's team also won the 2016 US Men's National Championship in Jacksonville, FL in February 2016.
Upon their semifinal win at the
2013 United States Men's Curling Championship
The 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 9 to 16 at the Cornerstone Community Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was held in conjunction with the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning team ...
, Clark and his team were qualified to participate at the
2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials
The 2013 United States Olympic Curling Trials was held from November 10 to 17, 2013 at the Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota. The trials were held to determine the women's team that will represent the United States at the curling tournament ...
.
Personal life
Clark's former wife
Cristin
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is also a curler and they won the
United States Mixed National Championship ten times together. Clark proposed to Cristin at the local curling rink.
Grand Slam record
Clark qualified for his first career Grand Slam event, the
2016 Humpty's Champions Cup
The 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup was held from April 26 to May 1 at the Sherwood Park Arena Sports Centre in Sherwood Park, Alberta. This was the final Grand Slam event of the 2015–16 curling season and is the seventh men's Grand Slam and the ...
by winning the 2016 U.S. Championship.
References
External links
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Brady Clarkon the
United States Curling Association
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 ...
database
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1977 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Grand Forks, North Dakota
American male curlers
People from Lynnwood, Washington
American curling champions