Craig Brown (curler)

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Craig Brown
Born (1975-08-18) August 18, 1975 (age 47)
Team
Curling clubFairbanks Curling Club
Fairbanks, Alaska
Skip Greg Persinger
Third Dominik Märki
Second Alex Leichter
Lead Shawn Banyai
AlternateCraig Brown
Career
Member AssociationFlag of the United States.svg  United States
World Championship
appearances
2 (2000, 2008)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2014)
Medal record
Curling
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Sofia
United States Men's Curling Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Ogden, UT
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Hibbing, MN
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Madison
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Madison
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Philadelphia
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Kalamazoo
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Jacksonville
United States Olympic Curling Trials
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Madison

Craig Brown (born August 18, 1975) is an American curler.

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Born in Madison, Wisconsin, he is one of the top skips in the U.S. He was the skip of the 2000 and 2008 U.S. champion rinks. At the 2000 Ford World Curling Championships, Brown skipped the U.S. team to a fourth-place finish, losing to Finland in the final.

Brown played third on the U.S. team at three World Junior Curling Championships (1994, 1995, 1997). Mike Peplinski skipped the team in 1994 and 1995, while Matt Stevens skipped the team in 1997. Brown won the bronze medal with Peplinski in 1994.

At the 2014 Olympics, Brown played as alternate for the USA team.

Brown attended La Follette High School [1] and is employed by Steve's Curling Supplies.

Teammates

2008 Grand Forks World Championships

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