Carter Rycroft (born August 29, 1977) is a
Canadian
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curler from
Sherwood Park
Sherwood Park is a large hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Strathcona County that is recognized as an urban service area. It is located adjacent to the City of Edmonton's eastern boundary, generally south of Highway 16 (Yellowhead Trail), ...
,
Alberta
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. He was a member of the Canadian Olympic team, skipped by
Kevin Martin, that won a silver medal at the
2002 Winter Olympics
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.
Career
Rycroft joined the Martin rink in 1999 after skipping Team Alberta at the
1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 1998 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held January 24-February 1 at the Calgary Curling Club and the North Hill Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta.
Men's Teams
Standings
Results Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Dra ...
and playing for
Randy Ferbey
Randy S. Ferbey (born May 30, 1959) is a Canadian retired curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion. He currently coaches the Rachel Homan women's team.
Born in Edmonton, Albert ...
. With Martin, he won two provincial championships (2000, 2006), two
Canada Cups (
2005
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,
2006
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) and the Olympic silver medal (2002). He left the Martin rink in 2006 and joined the
Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe ( ; born January 11, 1975) is a Canadian curler. Koe is a two-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion. He was the skip of the Canadian men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Originally from Yellowknife
...
rink. Rycroft won another Canada Cup playing second with Koe, followed by his first
Brier championship title at Halifax in 2010. The team beat Ontario's
Glenn Howard
Glenn William Howard (born July 17, 1962) is a Canadian curler who is one of the most decorated curlers of all time. He has won four world championships, four Briers and 17 Ontario provincial championships, including a record eight straight ...
6-5 in the final. At the
2014 Kamloops Brier the Koe rink repeated as Canadian champions, defeating
John Morris' B.C. rink 10-5 in the final.
In 2014, Koe left the team, and was replaced by Morris as skip.
Personal life
Rycroft is the owner of the Prairie West Ventures and Majestic Rentals. He is married to Sheila Rycroft and has three children.
Brier Thursday
At the 2014 Brier Rycroft, whose wife was pregnant, said he planned to take a year off curling.
Teams
References
External links
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1977 births
Brier champions
Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Curlers from Alberta
Living people
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in curling
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
People from Grande Prairie
Sportspeople from Sherwood Park
World curling champions
Canadian male curlers
Continental Cup of Curling participants
Canada Cup (curling) participants
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