Michael B. Adam, ONL (born June 3, 1981) is a Canadian curler who won gold at the

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Biography

Born in

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, Adam won a bronze medal at the

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in 1999. Adam was part of Gushue's

2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2001 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 3-11 at the St. Catharines Golf & Country Club in St. Catharines, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2001 World Junior Curling Championships. Men's Team ...

winning team, when he played lead. Adam returned the following year at the 2002 Canadian Juniors, but played third for

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, and finished 4–8. He was still on Gushue's team as well, and played second at the provincials that year. In 2003, they won provincials, but by this time Adam was just the team's alternate. In 2004 Adam moved to Keith Ryan's team where he played second. Failing to win at the provincials with Ryan, Adam joined Gushue who had won provincials as his alternate at the

2004 Nokia Brier The 2004 Nokia Brier was held from March 6 to 14, 2004 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Nova Scotia team skipped by Mark Dacey defeated the Alberta team of Randy Ferbey in dramatic fashion in the final game played on March 1 ...

. In 2005 Adam was left off the team, but rejoined in 2006 as the alternate once again for the Olympics. He was replaced for the 2006–07 season. Adam was the alternate for the Canadian

curling team skipped by

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 W ...

. As the team's alternate, he only played one game when lead

Jamie Korab Jamie A. Korab, ONL (born November 28, 1979 in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland) is a Canadian curler and politician. Korab was the lead for the gold medal-winning Canadian men's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics skipped by Brad Gushue. In the 2017 N ...

was ill. Adam currently resides in Harbour Grace.

Awards

*World Junior Curling Championship: Sportsmanship Award - 2001

References

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* * 1981 births Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador Living people Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Members of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Olympic curlers of Canada Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in curling People from Labrador City {{Canada-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub Canadian male curlers 21st-century Canadian people