Craig Brown (born August 18, 1975) is an American
curler.
Born in
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...
, 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
The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 19 ...
(1994, 1995, 1997).
Mike Peplinski 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''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
Richard Ruohonen (born March 31, 1971) is an American curler from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. He is a two-time national champion and as such represented the United States at the 2008 and 2018 World Men's Curling Championships.
Career
Ruohonen ...
, ''Third''
* John Dunlop, ''Second''
* Peter Annis, ''Lead''
*Kevin Kakela
Kevin Kakela (born August 9, 1960, in Rolla, North Dakota, United States) is an American curler.
At the national level, he is a 1997 United States men's champion curler.
Honours
*USA Curling Athlete of the Year: 1997
Teams
Personal life
Ke ...
, ''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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