Todd Birr (born April 20, 1968) is an American curler. He was a bronze medalist at the 2007 World Men's Curling Championship.

Career

Birr skipped his team to victory at the 2007

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, beating out teams such as Olympic bronze medalist

Pete Fenson Peter Fenson (born February 29, 1968 in Bemidji, Minnesota) is an American curler. He was the skip of the men's rink that represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the bronze medal, the first Olympic medal for th ...

and former national champion

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in the process. He had relative success in prior nationals finishing fourth in 2006 and as a semi-finalist in 2004. His victory qualified his team of

Bill Todhunter Bill Todhunter (born October 10, 1959, in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada) is an American curler and curling coach from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is a and a two-time US Men's champion (2004, 2007). Teams Record as a coach of nation ...

, Greg Johnson and

Kevin Birr Kevin Birr (born December 6, 1969, in Mankato, Minnesota, United States) is an American curler. He is a and a 2007 US Men's champion. Teams Men's Mixed Private life Kevin Birr resides in St. Peter, Minnesota. He works as Catering manager ...

to a berth at the

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representing team USA. There, Birr's was the only team to defeat

Glenn Howard Glenn William Howard (born July 17, 1962) is a Canadian curler who is one of the most decorated curlers of all time. He has won four world championships, four Briers and 17 Ontario provincial championships, including a record eight straight ...

's Canadian team in the round robin when Howard wrecked on his last rock, and Birr bumped out a Canadian stone to score three giving him a victory. USA finished second behind Canada going into the playoffs. However, in the playoffs Birr lost 7–2 to Canada in the 1 vs 2

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game, and then lost in the semi-final to Germany's

Andy Kapp Andreas "Andy" Kapp (born 8 December 1967) is a German curler from Unterthingau. After a number of several tournaments at the Junior, Olympic and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship. The ...

rink by a score of 6–4 earning Birr and the rest of team USA a bronze medal. In 2009, Birr skipped the U.S. team to a three game sweep over the Brazilian national team at the first ever Americas Challenge to determine the second

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berth at the

2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship The 2009 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship presented by Atlantic Lottery for sponsorship reasons) was held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from April 4–12, 2009, at the Moncton Coliseum. T ...

. Birr works as

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at The Four Seasons Curling Club in

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Teams

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Birr, Todd 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Mankato, Minnesota American male curlers American curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants Curling ice makers