Martin Sather

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Martin Sather
 
Born (1983-08-23) August 23, 1983 (age 41)
Team
Curling clubArdsley CC, New York
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championship
appearances
1 (2012)
Other appearances World Junior Championships: 1 (2002)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of New York.svg New York
United States Men's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Philadelphia
United States Olympic Curling Trials
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Fargo

Martin Sather (born August 23, 1983, in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an American curler. [1]

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In 2002 Sather won the United States Junior Curling Championship, playing second for skip Leo Johnson. [2] The national title earned them the opportunity to represent the United States at the 2002 World Junior Championship in Kelowna, British Columbia, where they finished ninth out of ten teams. [3]

After juniors he took a break but returned to competitive curling in 2010. He won the 2012 United States Men's Championship playing second for Heath McCormick, [2] they then finished 8th at the 2012 World Championship. [4]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2001–02Leo Johnson Colin Hufman Martin SatherChristopher BenshoofSteven Birklid (WJCC)Bill Gryder (WJCC), Dennis Thies (WJCC) USJCC 2002 Gold medal icon.svg
WJCC 2002 (9th)
2009–10 Matt Hames Bill Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell USMCC 2010 (4th)
2010–11 Heath McCormick Bill StoperaMartin SatherDean Gemmell USMCC 2011 (4th)
2011–12Heath McCormickBill StoperaMartin SatherDean Gemmell Craig Brown (WCC)Matt Hames USMCC 2012 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 2012 (8th)
2012–13Heath McCormickBill StoperaMartin SatherDean Gemmell ContCup 2013 Gold medal icon.svg
USMCC 2013 (4th)
2013–14Heath McCormickBill StoperaMartin SatherDean Gemmell USOCT 2013 Bronze medal icon.svg
Tyler George Bill StoperaDean GemmellMartin Sather USMCC 2014 (6th)
2014–15Dean GemmellBill StoperaMartin Sather Mark Lazar USMCC 2015 (5th)
2015–16Alex LeichterMartin SatherNate ClarkRyan Halissey USMCC 2016 (9th)
2016–17Alex LeichterMartin SatherNate ClarkRyan HalisseyChris Bond USMCC 2017 (7th)
2017–18Alex LeichterMartin SatherChris BondJared Wydysh USMCC 2018 (8th)

Private life

Martin Sather graduated from Western Connecticut State University in 2006. [5]

Out of curling he is a musician [2] and insurance broker.

He started curling in 1992 at the age of 9. [6]

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References

  1. Martin Sather on the World Curling database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 Whiteside, Kelly (2013-11-10). "Jazz musician doubles as Olympic hopeful in curling". USA Today. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  3. "World Junior Curling Championships 2002". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  4. "World Men's Curling Championship 2012". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  5. 2013 Martin Sather | News Archives - WCSU.edu
  6. Martin Sather - USA Curling