Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler from Oslo. He is the skip of the 2014 World champion Norwegian national team, a two-time European champion and Olympic silver medalist. Ulsrud is also the current holder of the record for most wins by a skip at the World Men's Curling Championship.
John Shuster is an American curler. 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 Winter Olympics in Turin. He has played in four straight Winter Olympics and seven World Curling Championships.
Liu Yin is a Chinese curler from Harbin. For many years she played third on the Chinese national team skipped by Wang Bingyu.
Ulrik Schmidt is a Danish curler. He currently skips the Danish national team, while he throws third stones.
Patti Lank is an American curler from Lewiston, New York.
Robert Hürlimann is a Swiss curler.
Heike Schwaller is a German-Swiss curler.
The 1998 Ford World Men's Curling Championships was held at Riverside Coliseum in Kamloops, British Columbia from April 4–12, 1998.
The 1998 Ford World Women's Curling Championships was held at Riverside Coliseum in Kamloops, British Columbia from April 4-12, 1998.
The 1999 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick from April 3-11, 1999.
The 2000 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland from April 1–9, 2000.
The 2001 Ford World Men's Curling Championship was held March 31-April 8, 2001 at the Malley Sports Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The 2001 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held March 31-April 8, 2001 at the Malley Sports Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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 junior and senior championships for each gender. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.
The 2012 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta from March 17 to 25. It marked the 12th time that Canada has hosted the World Women's Curling Championship. The 2012 World Women's Championship was one of the curling events that is a qualifier for the curling tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The 2013 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 30 to April 7 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. This marked the twenty-first time that Canada hosted the World Men's Championship, the fifth time that the province of British Columbia hosted the World Men's Championship, and the second time that Victoria hosted the World Men's Championship. Victoria previously hosted the championships in 2005. The event was also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at this tournament.
The 2015 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 28 to April 5 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It marked the first time that a World Curling Championship had been held in Halifax, and the first time that a World Curling Championship event had been held in the province since the World Junior Curling Championships were held in Dartmouth in 1986.
Tetsuro Shimizu is a Japanese curler from Sapporo. He competed at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, as vice-skip for the Japanese team, which placed sixth in the tournament.
Myles Brundidge is an American curler. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where the American team placed 4th, and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where they placed 7th. In 1999 he was named the United States Curling Association and United States Olympic Committee Male Athlete of the Year.
John Gordon is an American curler. He is a two-time Olympian, having competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 4th and 7th respectively. He also represented the United States at the World Curling Championships three times, finishing 4th in 1995, 6th in 1996, and 4th in 1999.
