Courtney George (born June 24, 1986) is an

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curler from

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Career

George began curling in 1998. She won two medals at the

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as alternate for

Cassandra Johnson Cassandra "Cassie" Potter (née Johnson) (born October 30, 1981) is an American curler best known for skipping the United States Women's Curling Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2005 Women's World Curling Championships. Her sister is f ...

, gold in

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and silver in

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. She was also a national junior champion in 2004 and 2007. George participated in the

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, playing as

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for

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Aileen Sormunen Aileen Miranda Geving ( Sormunen; born February 13, 1987) is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. She represented the United States on the women's curling team at the 2018 Winter Olympics and earned her first national championship in 2020 ...

, and qualified for the playoffs in fourth place, but lost their

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game against

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. George was asked to serve as the alternate for the United States women's team skipped by Cassandra Johnson. Throughout the competition when it was clear the United States would not win their matches Courtney George was regularly brought in to play an end which alternates typically do not get to do at major competitions. George played as the vice-skip on the team skipped by

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, finishing third at the 2010 United States Olympic Curling Trials. George played as third for Sormunen at the

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and

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United States Women's Curling Championships, finishing sixth and fourth, respectively. George and Sormunen switched positions the next year, and finished second at the

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. George and her team were selected to participate at the

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by the national High Performance Program committee.

Personal life

George has a degree in the psychology of behavioral science from the

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. She is currently a personal care assistant, and is finishing a master's degree in occupational therapy. George's brother

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is also a successful curler, winning the gold medal at the

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Teams

Women's

Mixed

Mixed doubles

References

External links

*
Courtney George
on the

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