Doug Pottinger | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | September 18, 1973 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | St Paul CC, Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||||
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Member Association | Manitoba (1992-1993) Wisconsin (1999-2003) Washington (2003-2005; 2008-2009) Minnesota (2005-2007; 2009-present) | |||||||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 1 (2004) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Doug Pottinger (born September 18, 1973) is a Canadian-American curler [1] from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He is originally from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
At the national level, he is a 2004 United States men's curling champion.
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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1992–93 | Mike Mansell | Doug Pottinger | Jason Fuchs | Keith Marshall | CJCC 1993 (9th) | ||
1999–00 | Doug Pottinger | Troy Schroeder | Greg Johnson | Bill Todhunter | Kurt Johnson | USMCC 2000 (DNQ) [2] | |
2001–02 | Doug Pottinger | Troy Schroeder | Greg Johnson | Bill Todhunter | Nate Gebert | USOCT 2001 (5th) [3] [4] | |
Craig Brown | Doug Pottinger | Jon Brunt | John Dunlop | Cory Ward | Steve Brown | USMCC 2002 (3rd) [5] | |
2002–03 | Craig Brown | Doug Pottinger | Jon Brunt | John Dunlop | |||
2003–04 | Pete Fenson | Doug Pottinger | Shawn Rojeski | Keith Marshall | |||
Jason Larway | Doug Pottinger | Joel Larway | Bill Todhunter | Doug Kauffman | Don Pottinger | USMCC 2004 ![]() WCC 2004 (9th) | |
2004–05 | Jason Larway | Doug Pottinger | Joel Larway | Bill Todhunter | CCC 2004 ![]() USOCT 2005 (7th) | ||
2005–06 | Todd Birr | Doug Pottinger | Pete Westberg | Kevin Birr | USMCC 2006 (4th) | ||
2006–07 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Doug Pottinger | CCC 2006 ![]() USMCC 2007 (5th) [6] | ||
2007–08 | Greg Romaniuk | Leon Romaniuk | Doug Pottinger | Mike Calcagno | Cory Yalowicki | USMCC 2008 (4th) | |
2008–09 | Greg Romaniuk | Doug Pottinger | Leon Romaniuk | Troy Schroeder | USMCC 2009/ USOCT 2009 (5th) | ||
2009–10 | Troy Schroeder | Doug Pottinger | ? | Sean Silver | |||
2010–11 | Todd Birr | Greg Romaniuk | Doug Pottinger | Tom O'Connor | Kevin Birr | USMCC 2011 ![]() | |
2011–12 | Todd Birr | Greg Romaniuk | Doug Pottinger | Tom O'Connor | Kevin Birr | USMCC 2012 (7th) | |
2012–13 | Todd Birr | Doug Pottinger | Tom O'Connor | Kevin Birr | |||
Todd Birr | Doug Pottinger | Greg Romaniuk | Tom O'Connor | Kevin Birr | USMCC 2013 (9th) | ||
2013–14 | Todd Birr | Doug Pottinger | Tom O'Connor | Troy Schroeder | |||
2014–15 | Todd Birr | Doug Pottinger | Greg Johnson | Tom O'Connor | |||
2015–16 | Todd Birr | Doug Pottinger | John Benton | Tom O'Connor | USMCC 2016 (5th) |
Season | Male | Female | Events |
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2015–16 | Allison Pottinger | Doug Pottinger | USMDCC 2016 ![]() |
Pottinger met his wife Allison at the 1995 World Women's Curling Championship, where he was working on the ice crew and she was the alternate for Lisa Schoeneberg's team. [7] Allison is a two-time Olympian and 2003 World Champion. They have two daughters.
He started curling in 1983 when he was at the age of 10.
Pottinger works as business manager for BRANDT. [8]
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