Kroy Nernberger

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Kroy Nernberger
 
Born (1984-02-27) February 27, 1984 (age 37)
Team
Curling clubMedford CC, Medford, Wisconsin
Skip Rich Ruohonen
Third Andrew Stopera
Second Colin Hufman
Lead Kroy Nernberger
Alternate Phil Tilker
Mixed doubles
partner
Tara Peterson
Career
Member AssociationFlag of the United States.svg  United States
World Championship
appearances
1 (2016)

Kroy Everett Nernberger (born February 27, 1984) is an American curler from Madison, Wisconsin. He was a bronze medalist at the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship as alternate on John Shuster's Team USA. [1]

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Curling career

Nernberger competed in three Junior National Championships, with his best finish at fourth place in 2002 and 2004. He has medaled at the Men's National Championship three times, all in a row on skip Craig Brown's team, silver in 2014 and 2015 and bronze in 2016. Later in 2016 Nernberger was invited to be alternate on the US Champion team, skipped by John Shuster, as they represented the United States at the World Championship. There they won the bronze medal, defeating Japan's Yusuke Morozumi in the bronze medal match. [2]

Teams

Men's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2001–02Ryan LemkeKroy NernbergerAdam WeilandBryan AmundsonBev Schroeder2002 USJCC (4th) [3]
2003–04Ryan Lemke Ryan Brunt Kroy NernbergerCraig Amundson2004 USJCC (4th) [4]
2004–05Ryan LemkeRyan BruntKroy NernbergerJason Gerstenkorn2005 USJCC (5th) [4]
2006–07Jeremy Roe Matt Hamilton Scott TempletonMark HartmanKroy NernbergerEd Sheffield2007 USMCC (7th) [5]
2009–10Kroy NernbergerRyan LemkeJake WillSteve Day
2010–11Kroy NernbergerRyan LemkeJake WillSteve Day
2011–12 Craig Brown Matt HamiltonKroy NernbergerDerrick Casper 2012 USMCC (4th)
2012–13Craig BrownKroy NernbergerMatt Hamilton Jon Brunt 2013 USMCC (7th)
2013–14Craig BrownKroy NernbergerMatt HamiltonJon Brunt 2014 USMCC Silver medal icon.svg
2014–15Craig BrownKroy Nernberger Sean Beighton Jared Zezel Alex Leichter Phill Drobnick 2015 USMCC Silver medal icon.svg
2015–16Craig BrownKroy NernbergerJared ZezelSean Beighton 2016 USMCC Bronze medal icon.svg
John Shuster Tyler George Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Kroy NernbergerPhill Drobnick 2016 WMCC Bronze medal icon.svg
2016–17Craig BrownKroy Nernberger Jason Smith Sean Beighton Quinn Evenson Scott Baird 2017 USMCC (4th)
2017–18Craig BrownKroy NernbergerJason SmithSean BeightonQuinn Evenson
Sean Beighton (4th)Kroy Nernberger (skip)Derrick McLeanQuinn Evenson 2018 USMCC (4th)
2018–19 Greg Persinger (4th) Rich Ruohonen (skip)Sean BeightonKroy NernbergerPhill Drobnick CWC/1 (6th)
2019–20Rich RuohonenGreg Persinger Colin Hufman Philip Tilker Kroy Nernberger 2020 USMCC Silver medal icon.svg
2020–21Rich Ruohonen Andrew Stopera Colin HufmanPhilip TilkerKroy Nernberger 2021 USMCC (7th)
2021–22Rich RuohonenAndrew StoperaColin HufmanKroy NernbergerPhilip Tilker

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
2007Ryan LemkeJackie LemkeKroy NernbergerSydney Johnson2007 USMxCC Bronze medal icon.svg [6]
2008Ryan LemkeJackie LemkeKroy NernbergerRebecca WoodMegan O'Connell2008 USMxCC Silver medal icon.svg [6]

Mixed doubles

SeasonMaleFemaleEvents
2015–16Kroy Nernberger Nina Roth 2016 USMDCC Bronze medal icon.svg
2016–17Kroy NernbergerNina Roth 2017 USMDCC Bronze medal icon.svg
2018–19Kroy NernbergerNina Roth 2019 USMDCC Bronze medal icon.svg
2021–22Kroy Nernberger Tara Peterson

Private life

Kroy Nernberger attended University of Wisconsin–Madison. He works for Spectrum Brands and has some inventions. [7]

He started curling in 1997, when he was 13 years old.

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References

  1. Kroy Nernberger on the World Curling Federation database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "World Men's Curling Championship 2016". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  3. State Champions — High School Curling — Medford Curling Club
  4. 1 2 Junior Men's — State Champions — Wisconsin State Curling Association
  5. "2007 Competing playdown teams". USA Curling. Archived from the original on February 15, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Mixed — State Champions — Wisconsin State Curling Association
  7. Kroy Everett Nernberger Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search