Ryan Sherrard (born September 21, 1986, in

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) is a Canadian-German curler living in

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. He is originally from

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Career

Juniors

As a junior curler, Sherrard won three provincial junior titles in his native

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. His first was in 2003, throwing fourth stones for a team skipped by Daniel Sherrard (no relation). The team represented New Brunswick at the

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, where they finished with a 6–6 round robin record, missing the playoffs. The next season, Sherrard won another provincial junior title, this time skipping a team which also consisted of Jason Roach,

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and

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. The team played in the

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, where they made the playoffs after posting a 9–3 round robin record, tied with two other teams for first place. In the playoffs, they beat Manitoba's

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rink in the semifinal and then Newfoundland and Labrador's

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team to claim the championship. The team then went on to represent Canada at the

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. There, the team finished with a 5–4 round robin record, tied with South Korea's

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for fourth place. They lost to the Korean team in a tiebreaker. Sherrard along with Jason and Darren Roach and Bezanson won the New Brunswick junior title again in 2005, qualifying them to represent their province at the

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. The team could not defend their title however, finishing the round robin out of the playoffs with a 5–7 record. Sherrard also represented New Brunswick at the 2003

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in Bathurst, New Brunswick, where the team (skipped by Daniel Sherrard) captured the silver medal.

Men's

After juniors, Sherrard played a few more seasons in New Brunswick, skipping rinks at the New Brunswick provincial men's championship in 2008 (4–3) and

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(5–2; lost tiebreaker). Sherrard later moved to Germany to study, taking a few years off from curling. In 2016 he went with friend to the world championships in Basel and was introduced to the German team there, he was later asked to join the German national team as an alternate to replace an injured player. He played for the team (skipped by

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) at the

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, playing in five games in total. The team finished 4–5, good enough for fifth place overall. Kapp left the team that season, and Sherrard was promoted to play

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on the team, now skipped by Alexander Baumann who had been throwing fourth stones. The team represented Germany at the

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, finishing with a 3–8 record, in 10th place, and again at the 2018 Worlds.

Personal life

Sherrard studied biochemistry at Mount Allison University, then completed his Ph.D. in Biology at

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, and currently works for DEOXY Technologies in Munich, Germany.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherrard, Ryan Living people 1986 births Canadian male curlers German male curlers Curlers from New Brunswick Mount Allison University alumni People from Rothesay, New Brunswick Sportspeople from Munich Canadian emigrants to Germany Sportspeople from Saint John, New Brunswick Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany