Ryan Kuhn (born December 26, 1982) is a Canadian curler from

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Career

Kuhn won the

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playing second on a rink skipped by his brother

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. The team then went on to win the

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. After having won the 2000 British Columbia Junior Championships, Kuhn won again in 2002 as a skip. He led his team of

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and Cameron Watt to an 8–4 record at the 2002 Canadian Juniors, missing the playoffs in 4th place. Kuhn played in one season on the

World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from John ...

with his brother in 2005–06. He returned to the tour in 2014 as a member of the Jim Cotter rink, replacing John Morris. Over the course of the season, he played in two

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s, the 2014 Masters of Curling and the

2014 Canadian Open of Curling The 2014 Canadian Open of Curling was held from December 9 to 14 at the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Yorkton, Saskatchewan. The Canadian Open was the third men's Grand Slam (curling), Grand Slam and the fourth women's Grand Slam of ...

, losing in the quarter finals in the latter. The team also played in the

2014 Canada Cup of Curling The 2014 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling was held from December 3 to 7 at the Encana Arena in Camrose, Alberta. It was the first time that Camrose hosted the Canada Cup, and the second time that Alberta hosted the Canada Cup, which was also ...

. In 2015, Kuhn won his first provincial championship and played in his first Brier at the

2015 Tim Hortons Brier The 2015 Tim Hortons Brier was held from February 28 to March 8 at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In the final, the team of Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen, representing "Team Canada" as defendi ...

as a member of team British Columbia.

Personal life

Kuhn is employed as a pilot for

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. He is married to Robbi Kuhn and has three children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuhn, Ryan 1982 births Curlers from British Columbia Living people Sportspeople from Vernon, British Columbia Canadian aviators Canadian male curlers Canada Cup (curling) participants