Erika Brown (curler)

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
Other namesErika Brown Oriedo
Born (1973-01-25) January 25, 1973 (age 51)
Curling career
World Championship
appearances
8 (1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2016)
Olympic
appearances
3 (1988, 1998, 2014)

Career edit

As a 15-year-old, Brown represent the United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration event.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

Personal life edit

Brown attended La Follette High School in Madison, Wisconsin.[8] 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]

Teams edit

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
1987–88Tracy ZemanErika BrownMarni VaninganShellie Holerud1988 USJCC
1988 WJCC (8th)[10]
Lisa SchoenebergErika BrownCarla CasperLori Mountford1987 USOCT
1988 OG (5th)
1988–89Erika BrownTracy ZemanShellie HolerudJill JonesDebbie Henry
(WJCC)
1989 USJCC
1989 WJCC (6th)[11]
1989–90Erika BrownJill JonesShellie HolerudDebbie Henry1990 USJCC [2][12]
1990–91Lisa SchoenebergErika BrownLori MountfordJill JonesVicki Bodeen[13]
Erika BrownJill JonesShellie HolerudDebbie Henry1991 USJCC
1991 WJCC (5th)[14]
1991–92Erika BrownKari LiapisStacey LiapisRoberta BreyenDebbie Henry1992 USJCC
1992 WJCC [15]
1992–93Erika BrownKari LiapisStacey LiapisDebbie HenryAnalissa Johnson1993 USJCC
1993 WJCC [16]
1993–94Erika BrownDebbie HenryStacey LiapisAnalissa JohnsonAllison Darragh1994 USJCC
1994 WJCC [17]
1994–95Lisa SchoenebergErika BrownLori MountfordMarcia TillischAllison Darragh1995 USWCC
1995 WWCC (6th)[18]
1995–96Lisa SchoenebergErika BrownLori MountfordAllison DarraghDebbie Henry1996 USWCC [2]
1996 WWCC [19]
1997–98Lisa SchoenebergErika BrownDebbie HenryLori MountfordStacey LiapisSteve Brown1998 OG (5th)[20]
1998–99Patti LankErika BrownAllison DarraghTracy SachtjenBarb Perrella (WWCC)Steve Brown1999 USWCC
1999 WWCC
1999–00Patti LankErika BrownAllison DarraghTracy SachtjenSteve Brown2000 USWCC [21]
2000–01Patti LankErika BrownAllison DarraghTracy SachtjenKeith Reilly2001 USWCC [22][23]
2001–02Patti LankErika Brown OriedoAllison DarraghTracy SachtjenBev Behnke2001 USOCT [24]
Patti LankErika BrownAllison DarraghNatalie NicholsonNicole Joraanstad2002 USWCC
2002 WWCC (8th)[25]
2002–03Patti LankErika BrownNicole JoraanstadNatalie Nicholson2003 USWCC [26]
2003–04Patti LankErika BrownNicole JoraanstadNatalie NicholsonBarb Perrella
(WWCC)
Steve Brown2004 USWCC
2004 WWCC (4th)[27]
2004–05Patti LankErika BrownNicole JoraanstadNatalie NicholsonMatt Hames2005 USWCC/USOCT [28]
2006–07Patti LankErika BrownCaitlin MaroldoChrissy HaaseAnn Swisshelm2007 USWCC
2007–08Patti LankCaitlin MaroldoChrissy HaaseAnn SwisshelmErika BrownSteve Brown2008 USWCC [29][30]
2008–09Erika BrownNina SpatolaNina ReinigerLaura Hallisey2009 USWCC/USOCT (4th)
2009–10Erika BrownNina SpatolaAnn SwisshelmLaura HalliseyJessica Schultz
(WWCC)
Bill Todhunter2010 USWCC
2010 WWCC (5th)[31]
2010–11Erika BrownNina SpatolaAnn SwisshelmLaura HalliseyDebbie McCormick2011 USWCC (4th)[32][33]
2011–12Erika BrownDebbie McCormickJessica SchultzAnn Swisshelm2012 USWCC (5th)[34][35]
2012–13Erika BrownDebbie McCormickJessica SchultzAnn SwisshelmSarah Anderson
(WWCC)
Bill Todhunter
(WWCC)
2013 USWCC [36]
2013 WWCC (4th)[37]
2013–14Erika BrownDebbie McCormickJessica SchultzAnn SwisshelmAllison Pottinger (OG)Bill Todhunter2013 USOCT [38]
2014 OG (10th)[39]
2014–15Erika BrownAlex CarlsonBecca FunkKendall Behm2015 USWCC
2015–16Erika BrownAllison PottingerNicole JoraanstadNatalie NicholsonTabitha Peterson
(WWCC)
Ann Swisshelm
(WWCC)
2016 USWCC
2016 WWCC (6th)[40]

Grand Slam record edit

Key
CChampion
FLost in Final
SFLost in Semifinal
QFLost in Quarterfinals
R16Lost in the round of 16
QDid not advance to playoffs
T2Played in Tier 2 event
DNPDid not participate in event
N/ANot a Grand Slam event that season
Event2007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–16
MastersN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AQQDNPDNP
Players' ChampionshipsDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPQF

Former events edit

Event2007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–14
Autumn GoldDNPDNPDNPQQDNPQ
Manitoba Liquor & LotteriesDNPDNPDNPQQDNPDNP
Colonial SquareN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AQDNP
Sobeys SlamQDNPN/AQFN/AN/AN/A

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