Dennison "Denni" Neufeld (born January 25, 1981) is a

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curler from

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. Born in

Steinbach, Manitoba Steinbach () ( Plautdietsch: /ˈʃte̞nbah/ or /ˈʃte̞nbax/) is a city located about south-east of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Steinbach is the third-largest city in Manitoba, with a population of 17,806, and the largest community in the Eas ...

, Neufeld won a gold medal for Manitoba at the 1999

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. In 2001 he joined Mike McEwen's team. After a few years of curling on-and-off together, the team of McEwen, Neufeld, brother

B. J. Neufeld Brendan "B. J." Neufeld (born February 28, 1986) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Neufeld plays third for the Matt Dunstone rink. He started curling around the age of ten and, like older brother Denni Neufeld, cites the achievem ...

, and

Matt Wozniak Matt Wozniak (born January 6, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Wozniak is the former second for the Mike McEwen team which curled out of the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg. Career 2005–2010 In 2005, Woznia ...

was formed in 2007. Neufeld played lead stones for the team, which lasted for 11 years until the end of the 2017-18 curling season, when they disbanded. The following season, Neufeld played second for Team

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. He announced that he would be stepping back from curling at the end of the season.

Personal

Neufeld started curling around the age of ten and cites the achievements of his father as leading his interest into the game of curling. His father is

Chris Neufeld Christopher D. Neufeld (born April 21, 1957 in Steinbach, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Steinbach, Manitoba. He played second for Vic Peters in the senior division. Neufeld was raised in Steinbach and attended the Steinbach Regional Seco ...

who was a three time Manitoba curling champion and one time

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champion in 1992 as part of the

Vic Peters Victor Alvin "Vic" Peters (March 24, 1955 – March 27, 2016) was a Canadian curler who was a three-time Manitoba curling champion, and one-time national champion as winner of the 1992 Labatt Brier. Peters was once considered a member of Manit ...

team. Neufeld is employed as a realtor for

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Prime Real Estate. He is married to Cheryl Neufeld and has two children. Neufeld's younger brother, B.J. Neufeld, is also a curler.

Grand Slam record

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