Colin Campbell Award
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The Colin Campbell Award was created in honour of Canadian Colin Campbell, who served as president of the International Curling Federation, now known as the World Curling Federation
, from 1969 until his death in 1978. It is presented to the male curler "who best displays the ideals of sportsmanship and skill" during the World Curling Championships. The winner is selected by his fellow curlers in the tournament.
World Curling Federation
The World Curling Federation is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation , when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made...
, from 1969 until his death in 1978. It is presented to the male curler "who best displays the ideals of sportsmanship and skill" during the World Curling Championships. The winner is selected by his fellow curlers in the tournament.
Winners
Year | Winner | Country |
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2009 | Wang Fengchun Wang Fengchun Wang Fengchun is a Chinese curler. He is the skip of the national team.Wang was selected by the Chinese government to play the sport of curling. In China, the national team curls as their profession. By 2002, he played in his first international event- when he played third for Xu Xiaoming at the... |
China |
2008 | Thomas Dufour Thomas Dufour Thomas Dufour is a French curler. He currently skips the French national team.Dufour has played in five World Junior Curling Championships , 12 European Curling Championships , five World Curling Championships and two... |
France |
2007 | Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli is a Swiss curler from Lucerne.Stöckli began a successful curling career at the junior level, winning a bronze medal at the World Junior Curling Championships as an alternate in 1994. In 1996, he was the Swiss skip and they won a silver medal, losing to James Dryburgh of Scotland... |
Switzerland |
2006 | Ewan MacDonald Ewan MacDonald Ewan MacDonald is a Scottish curler. He currently plays third for David Murdoch.At his World Championship debut in 1999, MacDonald played second for Hammy McMillan. Their Scottish team would go all the way and win the gold medal defeating Canada in the final, skipped by Jeff Stoughton... |
Scotland |
2005 | Marco Mariani | Italy |
2004 | Sean Becker Sean Becker Sean Peter Becker is a New Zealand curler.-Career:Becker was the skip for New Zealand teams which won three Pacific Curling Championships in 1998, 2003, and 2004. He also skipped for the New Zealand team in the 2004 and 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, finishing in 8th place with a 5-6... |
New Zealand |
2003 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi is a Finnish curler and politician.-Personal life:Uusipaavalniemi lives in Hyvinkää with his wife and three children. His older brother Jussi taught him how to curl.-Curling career:... |
Finland |
2002 | Pål Trulsen Pål Trulsen Pål Trulsen is a Norwegian curler from Hosle in Bærum, and was the 2002 Olympic curling men's champion.... |
Norway |
2001 | Spencer Mugnier | France |
2000 | Greg McAulay Greg McAulay Greg McAulay is a Canadian World champion curler from Richmond, British Columbia.McAulay has been to only two Briers in his career. At the 1998 Labatt Brier, he skipped his British Columbia team to a 7-4 finish before losing to Saskatchewan in a tie-breaker.Two years later, McAulay was back at... |
Canada |
1999 | Sean Becker Sean Becker Sean Peter Becker is a New Zealand curler.-Career:Becker was the skip for New Zealand teams which won three Pacific Curling Championships in 1998, 2003, and 2004. He also skipped for the New Zealand team in the 2004 and 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, finishing in 8th place with a 5-6... |
New Zealand |
1998 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi is a Finnish curler and politician.-Personal life:Uusipaavalniemi lives in Hyvinkää with his wife and three children. His older brother Jussi taught him how to curl.-Curling career:... |
Finland |
1997 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Finland |
1996 | Mikael Hasselborg | Sweden |
1995 | Peja Lindholm Peja Lindholm Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm is a Swedish curler. He is a three-time world champion skip, winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He is also a two-time European champion and a former world junior champion .Lindholm announced his retirement from curling following the 2007 European Curling Championships... |
Sweden |
1994 | Gert Larsen | Denmark |
1993 | Hugh Millikin Hugh Millikin Hugh Ronald Alexander Millikin is an Australian curler originally from Ottawa, Ontario.-Career:... |
Australia |
1992 | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Finland |
1991 | Markus Eggler Markus Eggler Markus Eggler is a retired Swiss curler from Münchenstein.Eggler was the skip of the Swiss team at the 1986, 1987 and 1989 World Junior Curling Championships. At the 1989 event, he won a bronze medal. He then skipped the Swiss team at the World Curling Championships in 1991, 1992 and 1994... |
Switzerland |
1990 | Tommy Stjerne | Denmark |
1989 | Tommy Stjerne | Denmark |
1988 | Bo Bakke Bo Bakke Bo Bakke is a Norwegian curler and world champion. He participated on the winning team in the demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics.-International championships:... |
Norway |
1987 | Gorin Roxin | Sweden |
1986 | Uli Sutor | Germany |
1985 | Tim Wright Tim Wright Tim Wright , alias CoLD SToRAGE, is a Welsh video game music composer most known for his work in video game soundtracks such as Shadow of the Beast II & III, Agony, Lemmings, Wipeout and Colony Wars.... |
USA |
1984 | Mike Hay | Scotland |
1983 | Keith Wendorf | Germany |
1982 | Rick Lang Rick Lang Richard P. "Rick" Lang is a five time Canadian Championship Curling winner representing Northern Ontario.Played third for Brier champions Bill Tetley , and Al Hackner . Also played third for Al Hackner's Canadian Senior Men's championship team in 2006... |
Canada |
1981 | Mark Olson Mark Olson Mark W. Olson was a member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve from 2001 to 2006. Filling an unexpired term to end on January 31, 2010, he resigned on June 21, 2006 in order to run the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.-Biography:In 1943, Mark W. Olson was born on March... |
Canada |
1980 | Greig Henderson | Scotland |
1979 | Keith Wendorf | Germany |