Craig Brown (curler)

Craig Brown (born August 18, 1975) is an American curler.

Craig Brown
Curler
Born	(1975-08-18) August 18, 1975 Madison, Wisconsin
Team
Curling club	Fairbanks Curling Club Fairbanks, Alaska
Skip	Greg Persinger
Third	Dominik Märki
Second	Alex Leichter
Lead	Shawn Banyai
Alternate	Craig Brown
Curling career
Member Association	United States
World Championship appearances	2 (2000, 2008)
Olympic appearances	1 (2014)
Medal record Curling World Junior Championships 1994 Sofia United States Men's Curling Championship 2000 Ogden, UT 2008 Hibbing, MN 2001 Madison 2005 Madison 2014 Philadelphia 2015 Kalamazoo 2016 Jacksonville United States Olympic Curling Trials 2005 Madison

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, he is one of the top skips in the U.S. He was the skip of the 2000 and 2008 U.S. champion rinks. At the 2000 Ford World Curling Championships, Brown skipped the U.S. team to a fourth-place finish, losing to Finland in the final.

Brown played third on the U.S. team at three World Junior Curling Championships (1994, 1995, 1997). Mike Peplinski skipped the team in 1994 and 1995, while Matt Stevens skipped the team in 1997. Brown won the bronze medal with Peplinski in 1994.

At the 2014 Olympics, Brown played as alternate for the USA team.

Brown attended La Follette High School and is employed by Steve's Curling Supplies.

Teammates

2008 Grand Forks World Championships

• Rich Ruohonen, Third
• John Dunlop, Second
• Peter Annis, Lead
• Kevin Kakela, Alternate

External links

• Craig Brown at World Curling
• Craig Brown at Olympics.com
• Craig Brown at Olympedia
• Craig Brown at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)