Ryan Fry

Ryan B. Fry
Curler
Born (1978-07-25) July 25, 1978
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Team
Curling club Community First CC,
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Skip Brad Jacobs
Third Ryan Fry
Second E. J. Harnden
Lead Ryan Harnden
Alternate Tanner Horgan
Career
Brier appearances 10 (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
World Championship
appearances		 1 (2013)
Olympic
appearances		 1 (2014)
Top CTRS ranking 1st (2013-14)
Grand Slam victories 4: The National (2010, 2016), Players' Championship (2015), Champions Cup (2017)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi
World Championships
2013 Victoria
Representing  Manitoba
Tim Hortons Brier
2007 Hamilton
Representing  Newfoundland and Labrador
Tim Hortons Brier
2011 London
Representing  Northern Ontario
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
2013 Winnipeg
Tim Hortons Brier
2013 Edmonton
2015 Calgary
2016 Ottawa

Ryan B. Fry (born July 25, 1978) is a Canadian curler currently living in Calgary[1] and playing third on the Brad Jacobs team. The team represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career

Fry was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on July 25, 1978.[2] Fry is a right-handed shooter and delivers "tuck" style. Fry skipped a junior men's team to the 1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and 1997 Canadian Junior Curling Championships representing Manitoba. Fry skipped men's teams to the 2005 and 2006 Manitoba Safeway Select (playdown to the Brier) and joined Jeff Stoughton's team playing third for the 2006–07 season.

Fry qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics with the Brad Jacobs rink after defeating the John Morris rink in the final.

Fry accompanied the Stoughton rink to the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier in Hamilton where they lost the Semi-Finals to Glenn Howard's Ontario rink. Fry curled 85% in the round robin (second among thirds).

Fry left the Stoughton rink in 2008 to play for Brad Gushue's team in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Fry won the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankards with the team, and represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Briers. Fry played with Gushue until moving to Sault Ste. Marie to play with Jacobs in 2012.Fry won his first The Dominion Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship in 2013 with Jacobs and represented Northern Ontario at the Brier for the first time in 2013. This tied Earle Morris's record for most provinces represented at the Brier (at three; a feat which has since been duplicated by Earle's son John). Fry won the Brier with Northern Ontario and represented Canada at the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship where the rink won a silver medal.

The Jacobs rink won the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials and went on to win the Gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Team Jacobs with Fry still at third would lose the 2015 Brier final to Team Canada (skipped Pat Simmons), win a bronze at the 2016 Brier, and lose the bronze medal game to Mike McEwen at the 2017 Brier.

Personal life

Fry's father is Barry Fry, winner of the 1979 Brier, the Canadian Men's Curling Championship.[3]

Fry attended the University of Manitoba where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration.[4] He currently works as an account specialist in corporate partnerships for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.[5] He is engaged to Jessica Szabo. [6]

References

  1. ↑ 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials: Media Guide
  2. ↑ World Curling Tour Team Profiles
  3. ↑ Bender, Jim (March 6, 2007). "Small Fry heats up: Third shines as Manitoba moves to penthouse". Sun Media. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
  4. ↑ "About Us". Team Jacobs. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  5. ↑ 2017 Brier Media Guide: Team Northern Ontario
  6. ↑ "Ryan Fry". Instagram. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
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