Kevin Park (born September 2, 1964 in

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) is a

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curler from

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Career

Early career

Park was a two time provincial junior champion in his native Alberta, winning in 1983 and 1984. Park played third for Kevin Martin from 1990 to 1995. During this time, he won

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in 1991 and a silver medal at the

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. He also played for Canada at the

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where curling was a demonstration sport - the team finished fourth. Park would also play in the 1992 and 1995 Briers with Martin.

1995-2008

After playing for Martin, Park formed his own team, which had some success on the World Curling Tour, and involved trips to the

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, and 2001 Olympic Trials. He placed second on the

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money list in 1996 and placed third in 199

The 1995-96 season included victories at the Merchant Cash Spiel and the Canadian North Arctic Briar. As a skip, Park wouldn't win another major bonspiel until the Pointoptical Curling Classic in 2000. In 2002 he won the Wheat City Curling Classic and the Norris Bros. Roaming Buffalo Classic. In 2003 he won the Whites Drug Store Classic, playing third for Doran Johnson. In 2007, he won the

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, subbing in for Blake MacDonald as third for

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's rink

Park played at the subsequent 2008 Canada Cup of Curling, playing third for Kevin Martin instead (subbing for an injured John Morris).

2008-2011

Park would then join with

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rink in 2008. He made it to his fourth Brier, in 2009 playing for Stoughton. He came under controversy from curling traditionalists for not actually living in Manitoba, the province he represented at the

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and 2010 Tim Hortons Brier. However, to meet residence requirements, Park would share an apartment in Winnipeg with Pat McCallum where he resides September through March, which allowed him to participate.CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Curling - 'It's not something I ever dreamed about'
/ref> In April 2010, Park left the team. It was announced later in the month that he has decided to remain curling in Manitoba for the 2010-11 season, except this time, forming his own team. Park skipped his own team, consisting of Pat McCallum at lead, Taren Gesell at second, and

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at third. His new team had a decent season, reaching the semi-finals of two World Curling Tour events.

2011-present

Park returned to Edmonton in 2011 to form a new team, consisting of Shane Park,

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and Justin Sluchinski. He joined the

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rink in 2014.

Personal life

Park is a website database manager for Delvi Data. His daughter is a curler and coach

Kalynn Park Kalynn Park (born September 12, 1988) is a Canadian curler and curling coach. She is right-handed. She and Charley Thomas won the 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials and represented Canada at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Champ ...

, 2015 Canadian mixed doubles curling champion curler.

Grand Slam record

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