Doug Kauffman

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Doug Kauffman
Other namesDoogie, DJ
Born (1969-02-04) February 4, 1969 (age 52)
Team
Curling club Granite CC, Seattle, Washington
Career
Member AssociationFlag of the United States.svg  United States
World Championship
appearances
2 (2001, 2004)

Doug Kauffman [1] (born September 18, 1973) is an American curler [2] from Hayward, California.

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At the national level, he is a two-time United States men's curling champion (2001, 2004).

Kauffman picked up curling in his late twenties while living in Seattle, having seen it on television and then watching the 1997 National Championship live at the local Granite Curling Club. [3]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
1998–99John WallenLeon Romaniuk ?Doug Kauffman
2000–01 Jason Larway Greg Romaniuk Travis Way Joel Larway Doug Kauffman Jack McNelly USMCC 2001 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 2001 (6th)
2001–02Jason Larway Craig Disher Travis WayJoel LarwayDoug KauffmanMike Hawkins USOCT 2001 (7th)
Jason LarwayGreg RomaniukJoel LarwayDoug KauffmanUSMCC 2002 (6th) [4] [5]
2003–04Jason Larway Doug Pottinger Joel Larway Bill Todhunter Doug Kauffman Don Pottinger USMCC 2004 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 2004 (9th)
2004–05 Brady Clark Greg Persinger Colin Hufman Ken TraskDoug Kauffman USOCT 2005 Bronze medal icon.svg
2006–07 Phil Tilker Darren Lehto Paul Lyttle Doug Kauffman
2008–09Phil Tilker (4th)Darren Lehto (skip)Paul LyttleDoug Kauffman
2011–12Doug KauffmanPaul LyttleJohn RasmussenLiam Barksdale
2013–14Doug Kauffman Cristin Clark Peter SommerBob Knievel
2019–20Joel LarwayDoug KauffmanDarren LehtoJohn Rasmussen USSCC 2020 Gold medal icon.svg [6]

Personal life

Kauffman married to Katie, they have one son Connor.

He works as Director of Golf at the Members Club at Aldarra. [7]

He started curling in 1998 when he was at the age of 29. In the past he has coached his son's U-18 team, composed of skip Connor Kauffman along with Andrew Bell, Alex Couckuyt and Arjun Thomas.

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References

  1. Other writing: Doug Kaufmann.
  2. Doug Kauffman on the World Curling Federation database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. Caple, Jim (January 8, 2002). "Romancing the stone" . Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  4. "2002 Men's Teams". Curl Mesabi. Archived from the original on April 24, 2002. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  5. "Last of semifinalists decided for USA Curling Nationals". USA Curling. March 8, 2002. Archived from the original on April 17, 2002. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  6. "Champion: Larway wins USA Senior Men's National Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  7. The Members Club At Aldarra in Fall City, Washington, USA | Golf Advisor