Who won curling gold in 2014?
Meet the team: Jennifer Jones No other curler has ever won three consecutive Olympic gold medals. The 33-year-old from Winnipeg won gold in 2014 and followed that up with gold in mixed doubles at the Pyeongchang Games.
Who won curling in the last Olympics?
Sweden wins first Olympic men’s curling gold In the tenth end of the gold medal game, Great Britain, trailing 4-3, was sitting a stone on the edge of the 8-foot circle.
Who represented Canada in curling at 2014 Olympics?
Team Jennifer Jones
Canada has not missed the podium at an Olympic curling tournament since the sport’s re-inclusion in 1998 (three gold, three silver, and two bronze). In Sochi, it was required that Team Jennifer Jones and Team Brad Jacobs be prepared to continue with a medal performance. And they were. Team Jennifer Jones at Sochi 2014.
Who won women’s curling Olympics 2018?
Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg tops Switzerland to win Olympic women’s curling bronze. Anna Hasselborg’s Sweden triumphed 9-7 over Silvana Tirinzoni’s reigning world champions Switzerland to clinch the Olympic bronze medal in the women’s curling competition at the National Aquatics Centre on Saturday.
Are Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing married?
Personal life. Laing is married to another champion curler, Jennifer Jones from Manitoba. They have two children together, Isabella and Skyla.
Has the USA ever won a medal in curling?
Teams from Norway, Sweden, Great Britain, and the United States have also won gold medals in the sport. A total of 27 medals (nine of each color) have been awarded since 1924 and have been won by teams from ten National Olympic Committees (NOC).
Where does Jennifer Jones curl out of?
Jennifer Jones (curler)
| Jennifer Jones | |
|---|---|
| Curling club | St. Vital CC, Winnipeg, MB Alliston CC, Alliston, ON |
| Skip | Jennifer Jones |
| Third | Mackenzie Zacharias |
| Second | Karlee Burgess |
Who won the women’s curling 2022?
Great Britain
Great Britain won the gold medal in women’s curling event at Beijing 2022, with a dominant performance against Japan in the final. Eve Muirhead’s GB team led from the first end of the gold medal match, and continued that form throughout to win by a score of 10-3 and top the podium.
Who won 2018 men’s Olympic curling?
In the gold medal match, with the score tied at 5 in the eighth end, US skip John Shuster fired a dramatic double take-out for five that left his team leading 10-5 with two ends to go, effectively sealing the win and the gold medal for the United States, which won its first gold medal in curling.
Where is John Shuster?
Shuster is married to Sara Shuster, and has two children. He was employed as a “Team USA Sales Associate” for Dick’s Sporting Goods, and now works as a public speaker. He lives in Superior, Wisconsin.
Who is Brent Laing curling with in 2021?
John Epping
Teams
| Season | Skip | Lead |
|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | John Epping | Craig Savill |
| 2019–20 | John Epping | Brent Laing |
| 2020–21 | John Epping | Brent Laing |
| 2021–22 | John Epping | Brent Laing |
Did the US beat Sweden in curling?
What seemed to be a stalemate for much of the competition quickly turned into a 10-4 rout by Sweden, the defending-gold medal winners in Olympic women’s curling. The U.S. had a strong start and even led 3-2 after four ends.
Do curlers make money?
Prize amounts vary per bonspiel or nationally/internationally competitive proceeding. At the 2018 Brier (Canadian national tournament), the winning team took home $62,000. Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling usually gives away about $2 million of prize money over 7 events.
Does the 5th member of the curling team get a medal?
There is a fifth member, Ross Whyte, who gets ridiculed for being born in England, even though he represents Scotland. Interestingly, he will also get a medal despite not making one single minute on the ice this tournament.