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Erika Brown (curler)

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Erika Brown
Curler
Other namesErika Brown Oriedo
Born (1973-01-25) January 25, 1973 (age 51)
Madison, Wisconsin
Curling career
World Championship
appearances		8 (1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2016)
Olympic
appearances		3 (1988, 1998, 2014)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  United States
World Curling Championships
Silver medal – second place 1996 Hamilton
Silver medal – second place 1999 Saint John
World Junior Curling Championships
Silver medal – second place 1992 Oberstdorf
Silver medal – second place 1994 Sofia
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Grindelwald
United States National Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Appleton
Gold medal – first place 1996 Bemidji
Gold medal – first place 1999 Duluth
Gold medal – first place 2002 Eveleth
Gold medal – first place 2004 Grand Forks
Gold medal – first place 2010 Kalamazoo
Gold medal – first place 2013 Green Bay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kalamazoo
Gold medal – first place 2016 Jacksonville
Silver medal – second place 1991 Utica
Silver medal – second place 2001 Madison
Silver medal – second place 2003 Utica
Silver medal – second place 2000 Ogden
Bronze medal – third place 1993 St. Paul
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Seattle
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bismarck
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Bemidji
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Utica
United States Olympic Curling Trials
Gold medal – first place 1987 St Paul
Gold medal – first place 1997 Duluth
Gold medal – first place 2013 Fargo
Silver medal – second place 2001 Ogden
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Madison

Erika Lynn Brown (born January 25, 1973) is an American curler,[1] currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed.[2]

Career

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As a 15-year-old, Brown represent the United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration event.[3] Brown played third on the team, skipped by Lisa Schoeneberg, and the team finished fifth. Brown then had a successful junior career, representing the United States at six (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994) World Junior Curling Championships, winning silver in 1992 and 1994 and a bronze in 1993.

Brown has participated in sixteen different United States National Championships, beginning with a second-place finish in 1991. In 1995 she won her first national championships and would go on to compete in the 1995 Brandon World Championships where her team placed fifth with a 4–5 record. Her second trip to the world championships proved more successful as her team won the silver medal behind Team Canada in 1996. She picked up a second World Championship silver medal in 1999 as the third for Patti Lank's team.[4]

Brown competed at the 2010 US Olympic Trials, finishing fourth in the round robin portion of the tournament. In the 3 vs. 4 playoff she faced her former skip Patti Lank, but lost.

Upon their win at the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship, Brown and her team were qualified to participate at the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials.[5] They finished first in the round robin standings and defeated Allison Pottinger in a best-of-three series final to clinch the berth to the Olympics.[6]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she led her American team to a 10th-place finish, with a 1–8 record.

Brown's team won the United States Women's Curling Championship in back-to-back years in 2015 and 2016.[2] At the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship they finished in 6th place. In June 2016 Brown announced her retirement from competitive curling.[7]

Personal life

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Brown attended La Follette High School in Madison, Wisconsin.[8] Brown is married to three-time curling world champion Ian Tetley. Her brother Craig is also an Olympic curler. She works as a physician assistant in Hamilton, Ontario. She has three children.[9]

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1987–88 Tracy Zeman Erika Brown Marni Vaningan Shellie Holerud 1988 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1988 WJCC (8th)[10]
Lisa Schoeneberg Erika Brown Carla Casper Lori Mountford 1987 USOCT 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1988 OG (5th)
1988–89 Erika Brown Tracy Zeman Shellie Holerud Jill Jones Debbie Henry
(WJCC)		 1989 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1989 WJCC (6th)[11]
1989–90 Erika Brown Jill Jones Shellie Holerud Debbie Henry 1990 USJCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[2][12]
1990–91 Lisa Schoeneberg Erika Brown Lori Mountford Jill Jones Vicki Bodeen [13]
Erika Brown Jill Jones Shellie Holerud Debbie Henry 1991 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1991 WJCC (5th)[14]
1991–92 Erika Brown Kari Liapis Stacey Liapis Roberta Breyen Debbie Henry 1992 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1992 WJCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[15]
1992–93 Erika Brown Kari Liapis Stacey Liapis Debbie Henry Analissa Johnson 1993 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1993 WJCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[16]
1993–94 Erika Brown Debbie Henry Stacey Liapis Analissa Johnson Allison Darragh 1994 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1994 WJCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[17]
1994–95 Lisa Schoeneberg Erika Brown Lori Mountford Marcia Tillisch Allison Darragh 1995 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1995 WWCC (6th)[18]
1995–96 Lisa Schoeneberg Erika Brown Lori Mountford Allison Darragh Debbie Henry 1996 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[2]
1996 WWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[19]
1997–98 Lisa Schoeneberg Erika Brown Debbie Henry Lori Mountford Stacey Liapis Steve Brown 1998 OG (5th)[20]
1998–99 Patti Lank Erika Brown Allison Darragh Tracy Sachtjen Barb Perrella (WWCC) Steve Brown 1999 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1999 WWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1999–00 Patti Lank Erika Brown Allison Darragh Tracy Sachtjen Steve Brown 2000 USWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[21]
2000–01 Patti Lank Erika Brown Allison Darragh Tracy Sachtjen Keith Reilly 2001 USWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[22][23]
2001–02 Patti Lank Erika Brown Oriedo Allison Darragh Tracy Sachtjen Bev Behnke 2001 USOCT 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[24]
Patti Lank Erika Brown Allison Darragh Natalie Nicholson Nicole Joraanstad 2002 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2002 WWCC (8th)[25]
2002–03 Patti Lank Erika Brown Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson 2003 USWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[26]
2003–04 Patti Lank Erika Brown Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Barb Perrella
(WWCC)		 Steve Brown 2004 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2004 WWCC (4th)[27]
2004–05 Patti Lank Erika Brown Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Matt Hames 2005 USWCC/USOCT 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[28]
2006–07 Patti Lank Erika Brown Caitlin Maroldo Chrissy Haase Ann Swisshelm 2007 USWCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2007–08 Patti Lank Caitlin Maroldo Chrissy Haase Ann Swisshelm Erika Brown Steve Brown 2008 USWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[29][30]
2008–09 Erika Brown Nina Spatola Nina Reiniger Laura Hallisey 2009 USWCC/USOCT (4th)
2009–10 Erika Brown Nina Spatola Ann Swisshelm Laura Hallisey Jessica Schultz
(WWCC)		 Bill Todhunter 2010 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2010 WWCC (5th)[31]
2010–11 Erika Brown Nina Spatola Ann Swisshelm Laura Hallisey Debbie McCormick 2011 USWCC (4th)[32][33]
2011–12 Erika Brown Debbie McCormick Jessica Schultz Ann Swisshelm 2012 USWCC (5th)[34][35]
2012–13 Erika Brown Debbie McCormick Jessica Schultz Ann Swisshelm Sarah Anderson
(WWCC)		 Bill Todhunter
(WWCC)		 2013 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[36]
2013 WWCC (4th)[37]
2013–14 Erika Brown Debbie McCormick Jessica Schultz Ann Swisshelm Allison Pottinger (OG) Bill Todhunter 2013 USOCT 1st place, gold medalist(s)[38]
2014 OG (10th)[39]
2014–15 Erika Brown Alex Carlson Becca Funk Kendall Behm 2015 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015–16 Erika Brown Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tabitha Peterson
(WWCC)		 Ann Swisshelm
(WWCC)		 2016 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016 WWCC (6th)[40]

Grand Slam record

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Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not 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
Masters N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Q Q DNP DNP
Players' Championships DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP QF

Former events

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Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Autumn Gold DNP DNP DNP Q Q DNP Q
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries DNP DNP DNP Q Q DNP DNP
Colonial Square N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Q DNP
Sobeys Slam Q DNP N/A QF N/A N/A N/A

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