Erika Brown

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]

Erika Brown
Curler
Other namesErika Lynn Brown
Born (1973-01-25) January 25, 1973
Madison, Wisconsin
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
1996 Hamilton
1999 Saint John
World Junior Curling Championships
1992 Oberstdorf
1994 Sofia
1993 Grindelwald
United States National Championships
1995 Appleton
1996 Bemidji
1999 Duluth
2002 Eveleth
2004 Grand Forks
2010 Kalamazoo
2013 Green Bay
2015 Kalamazoo
2016 Jacksonville
1991 Utica
2001 Madison
2003 Utica
2000 Ogden
1993 St. Paul
1997 Seattle
1998 Bismarck
2006 Bemidji
2007 Utica
United States Olympic Curling Trials
1987 St Paul
1997 Duluth
2013 Fargo
2001 Ogden
2005 Madison

Early life

Brown attended La Follette High School in Madison, Wisconsin.[3]

Career

As a 15-year-old, Brown represent the United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration event.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

Personal life

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]

Teammates

1998 Nagano Olympic Games

1999 Saint John World Championships

2010 United States National Curling Championships

2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

Grand Slam record
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
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

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erika Brown". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  2. "Erika Brown". Team USA. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  3. "Curling team has cheese flavor, by Phil Hersch, The Chicago Tribune, November 16, 1987". Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  4. Murphy, Cullen (February 1988). "A Stone's Throw". The Atlantic Monthly. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  5. "Erika Brown: Personal details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  6. "Field set for 2014 US Olympic Team Trials". USA Curling. May 9, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  7. "Erika Brown rink wins Olympic Team Trials". USA Curling. November 16, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  8. "Olympian Erika Brown retires from competitive curling". Team USA. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  9. http://www.curling.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2016/03/WORLD-MON-ALL.pdf

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