Matthew Perushek (born December 8, 1987) is an American curler. He played

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Chris Plys Christopher Plys (; born August 13, 1987) is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. He is a Junior World Champion and two-time National Men's Champion. He was the alternate for the United States men's team at the 2010 Winter Olympics and a ...

' team that won the 2008 World Junior Curling Championship.

Curling career

Perushek started curling in 1995. With teammates Chris Plys and

Aanders Brorson Aanders Brorson (born April 29, 1988) is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. He played third on Chris Plys' team that won the 2008 World Junior Curling Championship. Curling career Brorson, playing third for Chris Plys, won the Minn ...

, he won the Minnesota Junior State Championship in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Each of those years his team continued on to win the United States Junior Championship. He won the "All-Star Second" award at the 2008 and 2009 U.S. Junior National Championships. Winning the United States Junior Championships earned Perushek the chance to compete in three World Junior Championships. In

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, in

Eveleth, Minnesota Eveleth is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,718 at the 2010 census. U.S. Highway 53 and State Highway 37 (MN 37) are two of the main routes in Eveleth. Eveleth was the site of the conflict that resu ...

, his home town and home club, they finished in fifth place when they lost a tiebreaker to Denmark's

Rasmus Stjerne Rasmus Stjerne Hansen (born 26 May 1988 in Hvidovre) is a retired Danish curler. He is a former world junior champion and current Danish champion. He curls out of the Hvidovre Curling Club. Career Stjerne has participated in five World Junior ...

. The following year, now with Matt Hamilton at lead, World's was in Östersund, Sweden and after finishing the round-robin with a 7–2 record they defeated the number one seed Canada in the semifinals and the number two seed Sweden, skipped by

Oskar Eriksson Oskar Ingemar Eriksson (born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. He currently plays third for the Niklas Edin rink. He is the first curler in history to win four Olympic medals – gold, silver, and two bronze – and the first to s ...

, in the final to win the gold medal. The same team returned to the World Junior Championships one more time in

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, in

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, where they beat Sweden's Eriksson to win the bronze medal. They also played at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2009, placing seventh.

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* 1987 births Living people People from Eveleth, Minnesota American male curlers {{US-curling-bio-stub