Greg Persinger

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Greg Persinger
Born (1978-02-26) February 26, 1978 (age 43) [1]
Fairbanks, Alaska
Team
Curling club Fairbanks CC,
Fairbanks, AK
Skip Greg Persinger
Third Dominik Märki
Second Alex Leichter
Lead Shawn Banyai
Alternate Craig Brown
Career
World Championship
appearances
2 (2013, 2018)

Greg Persinger (born February 26, 1978) is an American curler. He was born in Fairbanks, Alaska. [2] He was a member of Team USA at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship.

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At the 2020 United States Men's Championship Persinger and Team Ruohonen earned a silver medal, losing to John Shuster in the final. [3]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
1996–97Matt Stevens Craig Brown Bob LiapisJeremy FogelsonGreg Persinger 1997 WJCC (9th)
1997–98Greg PersingerMatt Rudig Brady Clark Leo JohnsonBob Liapis1998 USJCC (SF) [4]
1998–99Ryan QuinnGreg PersingerDerrick CasperKevin DeerenTom Casper1999 USJCC (SF) [5]
2003–04Brady ClarkGreg PersingerLeo JohnsonKen Trask 2004 USMCC (8th) [6] [7]
2004–05Brady ClarkGreg Persinger Colin Hufman Ken Trask Doug Kauffman 2005 USMCC/USOCT Bronze medal icon.svg
2007–08 Jason Larway Colin HufmanGreg Persinger Joel Larway Steven Demlow 2008 USMCC Bronze medal icon.svg
2012–13Greg PersingerNicholas MyersSean MurrayTim Gartner 2013 USMCC (8th)
Brady Clark Sean Beighton Darren Lehto Philip Tilker Greg PersingerKen Trask 2013 WMCC (9th)
2013–14Brady ClarkSean BeightonDarren LehtoPhilip TilkerGreg Persinger 2013 USOCT (5th)
Brady ClarkSean BeightonGreg PersingerPhilip Tilker 2014 USMCC (4th)
2014–15Brady ClarkGreg PersingerNick MyersMatt BirklidPhilip Tilker 2015 USMCC (8th)
2015–16Brady ClarkGreg PersingerColin HufmanPhilip Tilker 2016 USMCC Gold medal icon.svg
2016–17Brady ClarkGreg PersingerColin HufmanPhilip Tilker 2017 USMCC Bronze medal icon.svg
2017–18Brady ClarkGreg PersingerColin HufmanPhilip Tilker 2017 USOCT (5th)
Greg Persinger (fourth)Rich Ruohonen (skip)Colin HufmanPhilip Tilker Chris Plys
(WMCC)
Phill Drobnick 2018 USMCC Gold medal icon.svg
2018 WMCC (6th) [8]
2018–19Greg Persinger (fourth)Rich Ruohonen (skip)Colin HufmanPhilip Tilker 2019 USMCC Silver medal icon.svg
2019–20Rich RuohonenGreg PersingerColin HufmanPhilip Tilker Kroy Nernberger 2020 USMCC Silver medal icon.svg

Grand Slam record

Key
CChampion
FLost in Final
SFLost in Semifinal
QFLost in Quarterfinals
R16Lost in the round of 16
QDid not advance to playoffs
T2Played in Tier 2 event
DNPDid not participate in event
N/ANot a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Masters Q DNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP
Tour Challenge N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/ADNP T2 DNP QF T2
Champions Cup N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A Q DNP QF DNPN/A

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References

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