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| Born | December 21, 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Langdon CC, Langdon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1997) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Craig Disher (born December 21, 1958, in Rolla, North Dakota, United States) is an American curler. [1]
At the national level, he is a 1997 United States men's champion curler. Also he is a 1996 United States mixed silver medallist.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1977–78 | Craig Disher | ? | ? | ? | 1978 USJCC (???th) | ||
| 1993–94 | Craig Disher | ? | ? | ? | 1994 USMCC  | ||
| 1994–95 | Craig Disher | ? | ? | ? | 1995 USMCC  | ||
| 1995–96 | Craig Disher | ? | ? | ? | 1996 USMCC (6th) | ||
| 1996–97 | Craig Disher | ? | ? | ? | 1997 USOCT (6th) | ||
| Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Joel Jacobson | Paul Peterson | Randy Darling (WCC) | Steve Brown (WCC) | 1997 USMCC  1997 WMCC (6th) | |
| 1999–00 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Joel Jacobson | Carey Kakela | 2000 USMCC (6th) [2] [3] | ||
| 2001–02 | Jason Larway | Craig Disher | Travis Way | Joel Larway | Doug Kauffman | Mike Hawkins | 2001 USOCT (7th) |
| 2002–03 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Joel Jacobson | Carey Kakela | 2003 USMCC (4th) [4] [5] | |
| 2003–04 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Joel Jacobson | 2004 USMCC (5th) [6] [7] | |
| 2004–05 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Joel Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Zach Jacobson | 2005 USMCC/USOCT (5th) | |
| 2005–06 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Joel Jacobson | 2006 USMCC [8] | |
| 2006–07 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Joel Jacobson | 2007 USMCC | |
| 2007–08 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Kurt Disher | Joel Jacobson | 2008 USMCC |
| 2008–09 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Kurt Disher | 2009 USMCC/USOCT (8th) | |
| 2010–11 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Chad Carlson | Pete Annis | John Benton | 2011 USMCC (8th) | |
| 2011–12 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Kelby Smith | Gary Garceau | 2012 USSCC |
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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| 1995–96 | Craig Disher | ? | ? | ? | USMxCC 1996 |
He started curling in 1970 at the age of 12.
He is married to Debbie; they have two children - daughter Kelsey and son Jaden.
Disher is employed as a farmer.
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