Erika Brown
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Erika Brown is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario
, Canada
. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed.
Erika 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. She picked up a second World Championship silver medal in 1999 as the third for Patti Lank's team.
Erika Brown competed at the 2010 US Olympic Trials
. She finished fourth in the round robin portion of the tournament. In the 3 vs. 4 playoff
she faced her former skip Patti Lank with Team Lank prevailing.
1999 Saint John World Championships
2010 United States National Curling Championships
2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
Key
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed.
Erika 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. She picked up a second World Championship silver medal in 1999 as the third for Patti Lank's team.
Erika Brown competed at the 2010 US Olympic Trials
2010 United States Olympic Curling Trials
The 2010 United States Olympic Curling Team Trials/2009 U.S. Nationals were held February 21-28, 2009 at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado...
. She finished fourth in the round robin portion of the tournament. In the 3 vs. 4 playoff
Page playoff system
The Page playoff system is a playoff format used primarily in softball and curling at the championship level. Teams are seeded using a round-robin tournament and the top four play a mix of a single-elimination and double-elimination tournament to determine the winner...
she faced her former skip Patti Lank with Team Lank prevailing.
Teammates
1998 Nagano Olympic GamesCurling at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place at Karuizawa, who had hosted the equestrian events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The 1998 Nagano Olympics marked the first time that curling was held as an official Olympic sport...
- Lisa SchoenebergLisa SchoenebergLisa Schoeneberg is an American curler, several times skip for the American national team.She received silver medals at the World Curling Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1992, and again at the 1996 Ford World Curling Championships in Hamilton, as skip for the American team.She...
, Skip - Debbie HenryDebbie McCormickDebbie McCormick is an American curler from Rio, Wisconsin. Although born in Canada, McCormick moved to Madison, Wisconsin, when she was very young...
, Second - Lori Mountford, Lead
- Stacy Liapis, Alternate
1999 Saint John World Championships
- Patti LankPatti LankPatti Lank is an American curler from Lewiston, New York.-Career:Patti Lank began curling at the age of eleven and competed at her first US National Championships in 1994 and her team placed fourth. She has since gone on to compete in fifteen National Championships. In March 2010 she will compete...
, Skip - Allison DarraghAllison PottingerAllison Pottinger is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She currently skips her own team, but is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in multiple Olympics and World Championships. McCormick left the team in 2010. She competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in...
, Second - Tracy SachtjenTracy SachtjenTracy Sachtjen is an American curler from Lodi, Wisconsin.Tracy Sachtjen started curling in 1982 and by 1987 had made her first US Junior National Championships. Her first appearance at the United States National Championships came in 1993 and in 1997 she won her first gold medal at the event with...
, Lead - Barb Perrella, Alternate
2010 United States National Curling Championships
2010 United States Women's Curling Championship
The 2010 United States Curling Nationals Championships were held at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan from March 6, 2010 to March 13, 2010. This is the 34th edition of the United States Curling Women's Championships; it will be held alongside the 2010 United States Men's Curling...
2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
The 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada from March 20-28, 2010.-Qualification:...
- Nina SpatolaNina SpatolaNina Spatola is a curler from McFarland, Wisconsin, USA.Nina Spatola began curling in 1998 and six years later made her first United States Junior National Championships. She would compete in five more Junior Nationals winning the title in 2006 and 2008. As a member of the Junior Championship team...
, Third - Ann SwisshelmAnn SwisshelmAnn Swisshelm is a curler from Chicago, Illinois. She has also been known as Ann Swisshelm Silver....
, Second - Laura HalliseyLaura HalliseyLaura Hallisey is a curler from Medfield, Massachusetts.In 2005 Laura Hallisey made her National debut at the United States Junior Championships. She would ultimately compete in four Junior Nationals winning the Silver medal in 2006 and 2007.Laura Hallisey competed in her first United States...
, Lead - Jessica SchultzJessica SchultzJessica Schultz is an American curler from Richfield, Minnesota. She currently plays lead for Erika Brown...
, Alternate
Grand Slam record
| Event | 2007–08 2007-08 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:Events in bold indicate Grand Slam events.-WCT Money Ranking:-Sources:*... |
2008–09 2008-09 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:-WCT Money Ranking:... |
2009–10 2009-10 curling season The 2009–10 curling season began in September 2009 and ended in April 2010.-Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour events:-Women's World Curling Tour events:... |
2010–11 | 2011–12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Gold Autumn Gold Curling Classic The Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic is the very first Grand Slam event of the season on the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually on the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The first Autumn Gold Classic was held in 1978, and at the... |
DNP | DNP | DNP | Q | Q |
| Manitoba Lotteries | DNP | DNP | DNP | Q | Q |
| Sobeys Slam Sobeys Slam The Sobeys Slam is the third Grand Slam event of the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually in November in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.The event began in 1998 as the Sobeys Curling Classic. It was added as a Grand Slam event for the 2007-08 curling season, and was renamed the "Sobeys Slam"... |
Q | DNP | N/A | QF | |
| Players' Championships Players' Championships The Players' Championships is the final event on the World Curling Tour, and a part of the Grand Slam of Curling, being the only slam to feature both a women's and men's tournament... |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Key
- C - Won Championship
- F - Lost final
- SF - Lost semi final
- QF - Lost quarter final
- Q - Did not make playoffs
- DNP - Did not participate in event
- N/A - not a Grand Slam event that season