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Gary Joraanstad

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Gary Joraanstad
 
Team
Curling clubGranite CC, Seattle, WA
Curling career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances
1 (1987)
Medal record
Curling
United States Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1987 Lake Placid

Gary M. Joraanstad[1] (born c. 1946)[2] is an American curler and 1987 United States men's champion.

Personal life

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His daughter is curler Nicole Joraanstad, multi-time United States women's champion and 2010 Olympian.[3] At the time of the 1987 World Championship, he worked as a personnel supervisor.[2] He is married and has two daughters. After living in Seattle, Joraanstad and his wife Debra moved to Heath, Ohio.[4]

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1986–87 Jim Vukich Ron Sharpe George Pepelnjak Gary Joraanstad 1987 USMCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[5]
1987 WMCC (5th)[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Real estate transactions". The Newark Advocate. 8 November 2003. p. 31. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "World curling facts". The Province. 29 March 1987. p. 17. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "Kent's Joraanstad doesn't get a curling medal, but loved Olympic experience: Slide show". Kent Reporter. 2010-02-26. Archived from the original on 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2022-04-13. Her father, Gary, was on the national curling team in the 1980s, and she got her start at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle.
  4. ^ "Family ready to support daughter at Olympics". The Newark Advocate. 7 February 2010. p. 3. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  5. ^ "Curling title decided". El Paso Times. 1987-03-08. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  6. ^ "Hexagon World Curling Championships 1987". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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