Cristin Clark

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Cristin Clark
Born
Team
Curling club Granite CC, Seattle, Washington
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
3 (2009, 2011, 2012)
Medal record
Curling
United States Mixed Doubles Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Two Harbors
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Duluth
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Wayland
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Seattle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Bemidji

Cristin Clark is an American curler. [1]

At the international level, she curled for the United States at three World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships and one World Mixed Curling Championship.

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At the national level, she is a ten-time United States mixed champion curler and a three-time United States mixed doubles champion curler. Her women's team was the USA Curling Team of the Year in 2009 and 2012.

Private life

Clark's former husband is fellow curler Brady Clark; together, they won the United States Mixed Championship ten times and the United States Mixed Doubles Championship three times. They have one son, Sean. [2] [3]

Teams

Women's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2001–02Cristin Clark Bev Walter Kim KroppTammy Lehto Brady Clark 2002 USWCC (8th) [4] [5]
2003–04Cristin ClarkBecky DobieLiz ZieglerKelly SniderBrady Clark2004 USWCC (7th) [6] [7]
2004–05 Amy Wright Cristin Clark Stephanie Roland Lisa Rugen 2005 USWCC/USOCT (5th)
2005–06Cristin Clark Charissa Lin Tanya Jakobsen Mary McHugh 2006 USWCC (5th)
2006–07Cristin ClarkCharissa Lin Nina Reiniger Janice Langanke 2007 USWCC (6th)
2008–09Cristin ClarkCharissa LinNina ReinigerJanice Langanke
Cristin Clark Sharon Vukich Emily Good Katy SharpeGabrielle Coleman 2009 USWCC/USOCT (9th)
2011–12Cristin ClarkEmily Good Elle LeBeau Sharon VukichBrady Clark [8]
2012–13Cristin Clark Patti Killins Christina Pastula Christie Wilhelmy 2013 USWCC (7th)
2014–15Cristin Clark Regan Birr Sara Shuster Kim Rheaume
Cristin ClarkRegan Birr Cait Flannery Jamie Kraus
2015–16Cristin ClarkRegan Birr Sherri Schummer Bambi Laing
2016–17Cristin Clark Emily Anderson Kathleen Dubberstein Sherri Schummer 2017 USWCC (7th)

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadCoachEvents
2000–01 Brady Clark Cristin Clark ? ?2001 USMxCC Bronze medal icon.svg
2001–02Brady ClarkCristin Clark Jason Larway Kim Kropp 2002 USMXCC Gold medal icon.svg
2002–03Brady ClarkCristin Clark Ryan Beighton Bev Walter 2003 USMXCC Gold medal icon.svg
2003–04Brady ClarkCristin Clark ? ?2004 USMXCC Silver medal icon.svg
2004–05Brady ClarkCristin Clark Darren Lehto Bev Walter2005 USMXCC Gold medal icon.svg
2005–06Brady ClarkCristin Clark Tom Violette Bev Walter2006 USMXCC Gold medal icon.svg
2006–07Brady ClarkCristin Clark Leon Romaniuk Bev Walter2007 USMXCC Gold medal icon.svg
2007–08Brady ClarkCristin Clark Philip Tilker Bev Walter2008 USMXCC (6th)
2008–09Brady ClarkCristin ClarkPhilip TilkerBev Walter2009 USMXCC Gold medal icon.svg
2009–10Brady ClarkCristin ClarkPhilip TilkerBev Walter2010 USMXCC Gold medal icon.svg
2010–11Brady ClarkCristin ClarkPhilip TilkerBev Walter2011 USMXCC Gold medal icon.svg
2011–12Brady ClarkCristin Clark Sean Beighton Bev Walter2012 USMXCC Gold medal icon.svg
2012–13 Doug Kauffman Cristin Clark Peter Sommer Bob Knievel
2013–14Brady ClarkCristin Clark Derrick McLean Beverly Hale 2014 USMXCC Bronze medal icon.svg
2014–15Brady ClarkCristin ClarkSean Beighton Jillian Walker Neil Doese 2015 USMXCC Gold medal icon.svg
2015 WMXCC (5th)

Mixed doubles

SeasonFemaleMaleCoachEvents
2007–08Cristin Clark Brady Clark 2008 USMDCC Bronze medal icon.svg
2008–09Cristin ClarkBrady Clark 2009 USMDCC Gold medal icon.svg
2009 WMDCC (18th)
2009–10Cristin Clark Sean Beighton 2010 USMDCC Silver medal icon.svg
2010–11Cristin ClarkBrady Clark 2011 USMDCC Gold medal icon.svg
2011 WMDCC (8th)
2011–12Cristin ClarkBrady Clark Beverly Walter 2012 USMDCC Gold medal icon.svg
2012 WMDCC (4th)
2012–13Cristin ClarkBrady Clark 2013 USMDCC (5th)
2013–14Cristin ClarkBrady Clark 2014 USMDCC (5th)
2014–15Cristin ClarkBrady Clark 2015 USMDCC (5th)
2015–16Cristin ClarkBrady Clark 2016 USMDCC (7th)
2019–20Cristin Clark Chris Bond 2020 USMDCC (9th)

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