| Gerry Austgarden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 7, 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Kelowna CC, Kelowna, BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Wheelchair Championship appearances | 3 (2005, 2007, 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic appearances | 1 (2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gerald "Gerry" Austgarden [1] (born January 7, 1964) is a Canadian wheelchair curler, [2] 2006 Winter Paralympics champion.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 2004–05 | Chris Daw | Bruce McAninch | Jim Primavera | Karen Blachford | Gerry Austgarden | Amy Reid, Joe Rea | CWhCC 2005  [3] WWhCC 2005 (6th) |
| 2005–06 | Chris Daw | Gerry Austgarden | Gary Cormack | Sonja Gaudet | Karen Blachford (WPG) | CWhCC 2006 [3] WPG 2006 | |
| 2006–07 | Chris Daw | Gerry Austgarden | Gary Cormack | Sonja Gaudet | Ina Forrest | Joe Rea | WWhCC 2007 (4th) |
| 2007–08 | Darryl Neighbour | Gerry Austgarden | Ina Forrest | Sonja Gaudet | Gary Cormack | Joe Rea | WWhCC 2008 (4th) |
| 2014–15 | Gerry Austgarden | Darryl Neighbour | Frank LaBounty | Alison Duddy | Brad Burton | CWhCC 2015 [4] |
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