Alexandra Carlson

Alexandra Carlson
Alexandra Carlson
	Curler
Born	December 14, 1988; St. Paul, Minnesota
Team
Skip	Jamie Sinclair
Third	Alexandra Carlson
Second	Vicky Persinger
Lead	Monica Walker
Alternate	Jenna Martin
Career
World Championship; appearances	1 (2018)
Grand Slam victories	1 (2018 Players' Championship)
Curling
Representing United States
World Junior Curling Championships
Representing Minnesota
United States Women's Curling Championship
United States Olympic Curling Trials

Alexandra (Alex) Carlson (born December 14, 1988 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American curler.

Junior career

Carlson is a two-time United States Junior Curling Champion with teammates Tabitha Peterson, Tara Peterson and Sophie Brorson, winning in 2009 and 2010. Representing the United States, Carlson skipped her team at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing in fifth place. At the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, she led her team to a bronze medal.

In 2014, Carlson joined the Erika Brown rink for one season, playing third. The team would go on to win the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship. The next season, Carlson returned to skipping a team before joining the Jamie Sinclair rink in 2016 as her third. In their first season together, they would win the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship and would play in the 2017 Continental Cup of Curling. The team lost in the finals of the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, missing out on the chance to play in the Olympics. Later that season they would win the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship and would represent the United States at the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.

Carlson works as a medical device quality consultant.^[1] She is a type 1 diabetic. She attended Marquette University. ^[2]

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.