Peter Becker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 9 June 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Ranfurly CC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skip | Peter Becker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Third | Murray Pitts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Second | Jack Steele | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lead | Steve Lockhart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member Association | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 6 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other appearances | World Senior Championships: 10 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Becker (born 9 June 1949 in Otago, New Zealand) is a New Zealand curler and curling coach. [1]
At the international level, he is a two-time bronze medallist (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) at the Pacific Curling Championships.
At the national level, he is a three-time New Zealand men's champion (1999, 2000, 2013) and two time (2013, 2023) New Zealand senior men's champion. [2]
In 2022, he was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame. [3] [4]
Becker comes from a family of curlers. His wife, two sons, daughter and father have all represented New Zealand on an international scale. His father William Becker was one of the first men who curled in New Zealand. Peter's older son, Sean, is one of the most successful and well known New Zealand curlers. His younger son, Scott, is a competitive curler too, and was skip of the New Zealand men's team at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. His daughter, Bridget has been the skip of the New Zealand women's national curling team, and was a silver medallist at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, and a silver and bronze medallist at the Pacific-Asia Championships. [5] [6]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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1991–92 | Peter Becker | Edwin Harley | Jock Kearney | Barry Brown | Stewart McKnight | PCC 1991 | |
1993–94 | Peter Becker | Barry Brown | John Campbell | Ross A. Stevens | Edwin Harley | PCC 1993 | |
1994–95 | Peter Becker | Barry Brown | Ross A. Stevens | Richard Morgan | John Campbell | Edwin Harley | PCC 1994 |
1995–96 | Peter Becker | Sean Becker | Allan McLean | Lorne De Pape | Darren Carson | Edwin Harley | PCC 1995 |
1996–97 | Peter Becker | Sean Becker | Jim Allan | Ross A. Stevens | Lorne De Pape | Edwin Harley | PCC 1996 |
1999–00 | Peter Becker | Merv Jamieson | Darren Carson | Sean Becker | NZMCC 1999 | ||
2000–01 | Peter Becker | Merv Jamieson | Darren Carson | Sean Becker | NZMCC 2000 | ||
2002–03 | Peter Becker | Allan McLean | Mervyn Jamieson | Edwin Harley | WSCC 2003 (15th) | ||
2003–04 | John Allen | Len McSaveney | Len Hill | Peter Taylor | Peter Becker | WSCC 2004 (15th) | |
2004–05 | Peter Becker | Barry Brown | John Campbell | Ross A. Stevens | Edwin Harley | WSCC 2005 (15th) | |
2006–07 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | John Allen | John Sanders | Murray Petherick | WSCC 2007 (7th) | |
2007–08 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Murray Petherick | John Sanders | Nelson Ede | WSCC 2008 (12th) | |
2008–09 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Murray Petherick | John Sanders | NZMCC 2008 (4th) | ||
2008–09 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | David Greer | John Sanders | WSCC 2009 (9th) | |
2009–10 | Peter Becker | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | Neil Pritchard | NZMCC 2009 | ||
Peter Becker | Nelson Ede | David Greer | John Sanders | Murray Petherick | WSCC 2010 (10th) | ||
2010–11 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | David Greer | John Sanders | NZMCC 2010 (7th) | ||
Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | David Greer | John Sanders (WSCC) | WSCC 2011 (6th) NZMCC 2011 (8th) | ||
2011–12 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | Dave Greer | NZSCC 2011 | ||
2012–13 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZSCC 2012 | ||
2013–14 | Peter Becker | Dave Greer | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZMCC 2013 | ||
Peter Becker | Dave Greer | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZSCC 2013 | ||
Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | David Greer | John Sanders | WSCC 2014 (22nd) | ||
2014–15 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | David Greer | John Sanders | NZMCC 2014 (4th) | |
Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZSCC 2014 NZMCC 2015 (4th) | |||
2015–16 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZSCC 2015 | ||
2017–18 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZMCC 2017 (6th) | ||
Peter Becker | David Greer | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZSCC 2017 | |||
2018–19 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZMCC 2018 (6th) | ||
Scott Becker | Simon Neilson | Anton Hood | Warren Dobson | Peter Becker | Peter Becker | PACC 2018 (4th) | |
2023–24 | Peter Becker | Murray Pitts | Jack Steele | Steve Lockhart | NZMCC 2023 (8th) |
Season | Female | Male | Events |
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2008–09 | Brittany Taylor | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2008 (10th) |
2009–10 | Cass Becker | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2009 (4th) |
2010–11 | Wendy Becker | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2010 (5th) |
2012–13 | Wendy Becker | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2012 (5th) |
2013–14 | Wendy Becker | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2013 (11th) |
2014–15 | Jessica Smith | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2014 (9th) |
2015–16 | Wendy Becker | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2015 (6th) |
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