Craig Brown (born August 18, 1975) is an American
curler.
Born in
Madison, Wisconsin, he is one of the top
skips in the U.S. He was the skip of the 2000 and 2008 U.S. champion rinks. At the
2000 Ford World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...
, Brown skipped the U.S. team to a fourth-place finish, losing to Finland in the final.
Brown played third on the U.S. team at three
World Junior Curling Championships (1994, 1995, 1997).
Mike Peplinski
Mike Peplinski (born February 11, 1974) is an American curler from La Crosse, Wisconsin. He was named Male Athlete of the Year by the United States Curling Association in 1994. Peplinski was the vice-skip for the Tim Somerville team at the 1998 W ...
skipped the team in 1994 and 1995, while
Matt Stevens skipped the team in 1997. Brown won the bronze medal with Peplinski in 1994.
At the
2014 Olympics, Brown played as alternate for the USA team.
Brown attended
La Follette High School
Robert M. La Follette High School is a public school located in Madison, Wisconsin, serving the city's far east side with its attendance boundaries including parts of the City of Madison, City of Fitchburg, Town of Blooming Grove, and Town of Burke ...
''Wisconsin's 2014 Winter Olympians at a glance'', by Gary D'Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 05, 2014, retrieved June 1, 2020
/ref> and is employed by Steve's Curling Supplies.
Teammates
2008 Grand Forks World Championships
* Rich Ruohonen, ''Third''
* John Dunlop, ''Second''
* Peter Annis, ''Lead''
* Kevin Kakela, ''Alternate''
References
External links
*
1975 births
Living people
American male curlers
Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin
Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers for the United States
American curling champions
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