Kevin Kakela
Kevin Kakela (born August 9, 1960 in Rolla, North Dakota, United States) is an American curler.[1]
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| Born | August 9, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Langdon CC, Langdon, Madison CC, Madison, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Championship appearances | 2 (1997, 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the national level, he is a 1997 United States men's champion curler.
Honours
- USA Curling Athlete of the Year: 1997
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1993–94 | Kevin Kakela | ? | ? | ? | USMCC 1994 (???th) | ||
| 1994–95 | Kevin Kakela | ? | ? | ? | USMCC 1995 (4th) | ||
| 1996–97 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Joel Jacobson | Paul Peterson | Randy Darling (WCC) | Steve Brown (WCC) | USMCC 1997  WCC 1997 (6th) |
| 1997–98 | Kevin Kakela | ? | ? | ? | USMCC 1998  | ||
| 1998–99 | Kevin Kakela | ? | ? | ? | USMCC 1999 (4th) | ||
| 1999–00 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Joel Jacobson | Carey Kakela | |||
| 2002–03 | Kevin Kakela | ? | ? | ? | USMCC 2003 (4th) | ||
| 2003–04 | Kevin Kakela | ? | ? | ? | USMCC 2004 (5th) | ||
| 2004–05 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Joel Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Zach Jacobson | USMCC 2005/ USOCT 2005 (5th) | |
| 2005–06 | Kevin Kakela | ? | ? | ? | USMCC 2006 | ||
| 2006–07 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Joel Jacobson | USMCC 2007 | |
| 2007–08 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Kurt Disher | Joel Jacobson | USMCC 2008 |
| Craig Brown | Rich Ruohonen | John Dunlop | Pete Annis | Kevin Kakela | Steve Brown | WCC 2008 (7th) | |
| 2008–09 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Kurt Disher | USMCC 2009/ USOCT 2009 (8th) | |
| 2009–10 | Kevin Kakela | Chad Carlson | Ryan Lagasse | Todd Ussatis | USMCC 2010 (8th) | ||
| 2010–11 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Chad Carlson | Pete Annis | John Benton | USMCC 2011 (8th) | |
| Kevin Kakela | Kurt Disher | Kyle Kakela | Pete Annis | ||||
| 2011–12 | Kevin Kakela | Kurt Disher | Kyle Kakela | Pete Annis | |||
| Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Kelby Smith | Gary Garceau | USSCC 2012  | |||
| 2012–13 | Kevin Kakela | Adam Kitchens | Kyle Kakela | Travis Kitchens | |||
| 2013–14 | Kevin Kakela | Kyle Kakela | Ryan Lagasse | Todd Ussatis | |||
| 2015–16 | Kevin Kakela | Owen Sampson | John Lindgren | Ethan Sampson | |||
| 2018–19 | Kevin Kakela | Kyle Kakela | Ryan Lagasse | Timothy Hodek | |||
| 2019–20 | Kevin Kakela | Kyle Kakela | Timothy Hodek | JP Munich | Owen Sampson | USMCC 2020 (9th) |
Personal life
Kevin Kakela is a farm owner and resides at Hansboro, North Dakota.
His son Kyle is also a curler[2], he competed at the 2015 Winter Universiade. Kevin and Kyle played some years as teammates.
References
- Kevin Kakela on the World Curling Federation database
- Kyle Kakela on the World Curling Federation database
External links
- Kevin Kakela at United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Kevin Kakela at World Curling Federation
- Kevin Kakela at World Curling Tour
- Kevin Kakela on the CurlingZone database
- Kevin Kakela on LinkedIn
- Kevin Kakela on Facebook
- "Prairie Rose State Games: Curling doesn't skip generation". Grand Forks Herald. July 11, 2009. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020.
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