Alexandra Agre

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Alexandra Agre
Other namesAlex Agre
Born
Alexandra Carlson

(1988-12-14) December 14, 1988 (age 34)
Team
Curling club St. Paul Curling Club
Mixed doubles
partner
Derrick McLean
Career
World Championship
appearances
1 (2018)
Grand Slam victories1 (2018 Players' Championship)

Alexandra "Alex" Agre (born December 14, 1988 as Alexandra Carlson) is an American curler.

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Curling career

Junior

Agre is a two-time United States Junior Curling Champion with teammates Tabitha Peterson, Tara Peterson and Sophie Brorson, winning in 2009 and 2010. Representing the United States, Agre skipped her team at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing in fifth place. At the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, she led her team to a bronze medal.

Women's

In 2014, Agre joined the Erika Brown rink for one season, playing third. The team would go on to win the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship. The next season, Agre returned to skipping a team before joining the Jamie Sinclair rink in 2016 as her third. In their first season together, they would win the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship and would play in the 2017 Continental Cup of Curling. The team lost in the finals of the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, missing out on the chance to play in the Olympics. Later that season they would win the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship and would represent the United States at the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, where they finished fourth. The Sinclair rink made history at the 2018 Players' Championship when they became the first American rink to win a Grand Slam event. To finish the season, they had a quarterfinal finish at the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup. The following season, Agre left the Sinclair rink as she was preparing to give birth.

Personal life

Agre works as a medical device quality consultant. [1] She is a type 1 diabetic. She attended Marquette University. [2] She has one daughter, Abigail.

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2005–06Alex Carlson Tabitha Peterson Tara Peterson Sophie Brorson2006 USJCC (SF)
2006–07Alex CarlsonTabitha PetersonTara PetersonSophie Brorson 2007 USWCC (4th)
2007–08Alex CarlsonTabitha PetersonTara PetersonSophie Brorson2008 USJCC Silver medal icon.svg
2008–09Alex CarlsonTabitha PetersonTara PetersonSophie BrorsonMolly BonnerHoward Restall2009 USJCC Gold medal icon.svg
2009 WJCC (5th)
2009–10Alex CarlsonTabitha PetersonTara PetersonSophie BrorsonMiranda SolemHoward Restall2010 USJCC Gold medal icon.svg
2010 WJCC Bronze medal icon.svg
2011–12Alex Carlson Monica Walker Kendall MoultonJordan Moulton 2012 USWCC (4th)
2012–13Alex CarlsonMonica WalkerKendall BehmJordan Moulton 2013 USWCC (4th)
2013–14Alex Carlson Jamie Sinclair Emilia JuocysSherri Schummer 2014 USWCC (5th)
2014–15 Erika Brown Alex CarlsonBecca FunkKendall Behm 2015 USWCC Gold medal icon.svg
2015–16Alex CarlsonRebecca FunkJordan MoultonKendall Behm
2016–17Jamie SinclairAlex Carlson Vicky Persinger Monica Walker 2017 USWCC Gold medal icon.svg
2017–18Jamie SinclairAlex CarlsonVicky PersingerMonica Walker Jenna Martin (WWCC) Scott Baird 2017 USOCT Silver medal icon.svg
2018 USWCC Gold medal icon.svg
2018 WWCC (4th)

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References

  1. 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide
  2. "Alex Agre". USA Curling. Retrieved April 29, 2020.