Philip "Phil" Tilker (born April 18, 1977, in

Bracebridge, Ontario Bracebridge is a town and the seat of the Muskoka District Municipality in Ontario, Canada. The town was built around a waterfall on the Muskoka River in the centre of town, and is known for its other nearby waterfalls (Wilson's Falls, High Falls ...

) is a Canadian-American curler. He was a member of Team USA at the

World Men's Curling Championship 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 ...

in 2013 and 2018. Tilker played lead on the

Brady Clark Brady William Clark (born April 18, 1973) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Brady is a class of 1991 graduate of Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon and 1996 graduate of the University of San Diego, where he played college bas ...

rink from 2012 to 2017, and has played in the same position on the

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 mad ...

rink since then. At the 2020 United States Men's Championship Tilker and Team Ruohonen earned a silver medal, losing to

John Shuster John Shuster ( ; born November 3, 1982) is an American curler who lives in Superior, Wisconsin. He led Team USA to gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the first American team to ever win gold in curling. He also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winte ...

in the final.

Personal life

Tilker works as a software engineer, and lives in Seattle with his wife and son. He became a naturalized American citizen in 2012.

Teams

Men's

Mixed

References

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* Living people 1977 births People from Bracebridge, Ontario American male curlers Sportspeople from Seattle American curling champions Canadian emigrants to the United States {{US-curling-bio-stub