Doug Jones (curler)

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Doug Jones
 
Team
Curling club Granite CC, Seattle, WA
Career
Member AssociationFlag of the United States.svg  United States
World Championship
appearances
3 (1988, 1990, 1992)
Medal record

Doug Jones is an American curler.

He is a 1992 World Men's bronze medallist [1] and a three-times United States men's curling champion (1988, 1990, 1992).

Contents

Awards

Teams

Men's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1987–88Doug Jones Bard Nordlund Murphy Tomlinson Mike Grennan 1988 USMCC Gold medal icon.svg
1988 WMCC (10th) [3]
1989–90Bard Nordlund (fourth)Doug Jones (skip)Murphy Tomlinson Tom Violette 1990 USMCC Gold medal icon.svg
1990 WMCC (7th) [4]
1991–92Doug Jones Jason Larway Joel Larway Tom Violette1992 USMCC Gold medal icon.svg
1992 WMCC Bronze medal icon.svg [5]
1994–95Doug Jones Murray Beighton Ken Trask Tom Violette

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1985Doug Jones Beth Bronger-Jones Bob AndersonCheryl Hardy USMxCC 1985 Gold medal icon.svg

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References

  1. Doug Jones on the World Curling Federation database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Male Athlete of the Year - USA Curling
  3. "Hexagon World Curling Championships 1988". World Curling Federation. Retrieved Mar 25, 2021.
  4. "World Curling Championships 1990". World Curling Federation. Retrieved Mar 25, 2021.
  5. "Canada Safeway World Curling Championships 1992". World Curling Federation. Retrieved Mar 25, 2021.