Jason Gunnlaugson
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Jason "the Gunner" Gunnlaugson (born July 2, 1984 in Winnipeg
) is a Canadian
curler.
Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics
. The deal which was announced in April 2010 fell through in November that year, when the Gunnlaugson team was fired by the RCF.
, Gunnlaugson had skipped his team out of Beausejour, Manitoba
. In 2009, Gunnlaugson took over the reins of Daley Peters
's team when Peters left the team to curl with his father Vic Peters
. Gunnlaugson had been a member of the Peters team solely for the 2008-09 season, prior to that he had played third on the Reid Carruthers
team.
Gunnlaugson acquired a berth at the 2009 Olympic Pre-Trials
through his CTRS ranking from September 2007 to April 2009, highest of teams not already qualified. Most of those points were acquired earlier as part of the Reid Carruthers team, the Gunnlaugson team was the last team to qualify for the pre-trials. The four-some surprised many by being one of the four teams to qualify for the main Olympic trials, defeating Mike McEwen
with the last rock in the extra end of the 'C' Final. However, at the trials, the team finished winless, with an 0-7 record.
Coming from curling strong Manitoba, with teams like Jeff Stoughton
and Kerry Burtnyk
, Gunnlaugson has been unable to win the Safeway Provincial Championships
to play in the Brier
thus far in his young career. However, he did play second for Manitoba (skipped by Carruthers) at the 2008 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
.
Gunnlaugson is well known in the curling community for his up weight peel shots. He is able to throw a rock with a 4 second peel (time measured from hogline to hogline). Some of his shots were captured on Youtube
from the 2008 Canadian Mixed Tournament. His female team mates were unable to keep up with the speed of the rock. YouTube Video
In addition to curling, Gunnlaugson lists his profession as a poker
player.
In November 2010, Gunnlaugson won the Russian Men's Curling Cup, the Russian national championships. His team defeated Artem Shmakov's Chelyabinsk
rink in the final by a score of 7-1.
However, later that month, Gunnlaugson, Forrest and Richter refused to renounce their Canadian citizenships in order to fast track their acquiring of Russian citizenships in order to play at the 2010 European Curling Championships
. After that, the Russian Curling Federation fired the three Canadians.
The Canadian Curling Association ruled that despite winning the Russian championship, the team would still be eligible to compete for the Brier, Canada's national championship. However, the team was eliminated from even playing in the Manitoba provincial championship
, after failing to qualify out of their zone.
Key
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
) is a Canadian
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...
curler.
Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event scheduled to be celebrated from 7 to 23 February 2014, in Sochi, Russia with some events held in the resort town of Krasnaya Polyana. Both the Olympic and...
. The deal which was announced in April 2010 fell through in November that year, when the Gunnlaugson team was fired by the RCF.
Career
Prior to his deal to play for RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Gunnlaugson had skipped his team out of Beausejour, Manitoba
Beausejour, Manitoba
Beausejour is a town of 2,772 inhabitants in the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead. It is located 46 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg just west of the Canadian Shield and Whiteshell Provincial Park...
. In 2009, Gunnlaugson took over the reins of Daley Peters
Daley Peters
Daley Peters is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was back to back Manitoba Junior curling champion in 2004 and 2005, the first Junior Mens skip to repeat in Manitoba in nearly a decade. He is currently curling with his father and former Labatt Brier champion, Vic Peters...
's team when Peters left the team to curl with his father Vic Peters
Vic Peters
Vic Peters is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba and originally from Steinbach, Manitoba. He is a three time Manitoba curling champion, and one time national champion having won the 1992 Labatt Brier...
. Gunnlaugson had been a member of the Peters team solely for the 2008-09 season, prior to that he had played third on the Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays second on the Jeff Stoughton rink. Carruthers is a former junior provincial champion in 2003 and a Manitoba provincial mixed champion in 2008, both as a skip...
team.
Gunnlaugson acquired a berth at the 2009 Olympic Pre-Trials
2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held December 6-13, 2009 at Rexall Place in Edmonton. The event is also known and advertised as Roar of the Rings. The winner of the men's and women's events will represent Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics...
through his CTRS ranking from September 2007 to April 2009, highest of teams not already qualified. Most of those points were acquired earlier as part of the Reid Carruthers team, the Gunnlaugson team was the last team to qualify for the pre-trials. The four-some surprised many by being one of the four teams to qualify for the main Olympic trials, defeating Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen (curler)
Michael "Mike" McEwen is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba, who grew up in Brandon, Manitoba. The McEwen team curls out of the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg.-Career:...
with the last rock in the extra end of the 'C' Final. However, at the trials, the team finished winless, with an 0-7 record.
Coming from curling strong Manitoba, with teams like Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton is a Canadian curler. Stoughton is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip.-Career:...
and Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He grew up in Reston, Manitoba. He is a two time Canadian champion skip, and the 1995 World Champion skip.-Career:...
, Gunnlaugson has been unable to win the Safeway Provincial Championships
Safeway Championship
The Safeway Championship is the Manitoba provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Manitoba at the Tim Hortons Brier. Previously, it was known as the Safeway Select ; the Labatt Tankard and the British Consols . Listed below are the provincial champion skips for each...
to play in the Brier
Tim Hortons Brier
The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply the Brier, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association . The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut shop chain.The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during...
thus far in his young career. However, he did play second for Manitoba (skipped by Carruthers) at the 2008 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada. It is considered as the highest level of mixed curling in the world, with the absence of a World Championships. However, a...
.
Gunnlaugson is well known in the curling community for his up weight peel shots. He is able to throw a rock with a 4 second peel (time measured from hogline to hogline). Some of his shots were captured on Youtube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
from the 2008 Canadian Mixed Tournament. His female team mates were unable to keep up with the speed of the rock. YouTube Video
In addition to curling, Gunnlaugson lists his profession as a poker
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player.
Joining the Russians
On April 28, 2010 Jason Gunnlaugson announced his deal with the Russian Curling Federation. The negotiations were for Jason Gunnlaugson and teammates Tyler Forrest and Justin Richter to pair with two Russian curlers to create a Russian team to qualify for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. The deal involved each of the players earning $100,000 to train.In November 2010, Gunnlaugson won the Russian Men's Curling Cup, the Russian national championships. His team defeated Artem Shmakov's Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
rink in the final by a score of 7-1.
However, later that month, Gunnlaugson, Forrest and Richter refused to renounce their Canadian citizenships in order to fast track their acquiring of Russian citizenships in order to play at the 2010 European Curling Championships
2010 European Curling Championships
Gold Medal GameSaturday, December 11, 16:00Bronze Medal GameSaturday, December 11, 8:00-Group B:16 men's berths were qualified for Group B, including the teams advancing from Group C and the teams relegated from last year's A Group...
. After that, the Russian Curling Federation fired the three Canadians.
The Canadian Curling Association ruled that despite winning the Russian championship, the team would still be eligible to compete for the Brier, Canada's national championship. However, the team was eliminated from even playing in the Manitoba provincial championship
Safeway Championship
The Safeway Championship is the Manitoba provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Manitoba at the Tim Hortons Brier. Previously, it was known as the Safeway Select ; the Labatt Tankard and the British Consols . Listed below are the provincial champion skips for each...
, after failing to qualify out of their zone.
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05 | Dan Kammerlock | Jason Gunnlaugson | Derek Samagalski | Dan McKenzie |
| 2005-06 | Reid Carruthers Reid Carruthers Reid Carruthers is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays second on the Jeff Stoughton rink. Carruthers is a former junior provincial champion in 2003 and a Manitoba provincial mixed champion in 2008, both as a skip... |
Jason Gunnlaugson | Derek Samagalski | Tyler Forrest |
| 2006-07 | Reid Carruthers Reid Carruthers Reid Carruthers is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays second on the Jeff Stoughton rink. Carruthers is a former junior provincial champion in 2003 and a Manitoba provincial mixed champion in 2008, both as a skip... |
Jason Gunnlaugson | Justin Richter | Tyler Forrest |
| 2007-08 | Reid Carruthers Reid Carruthers Reid Carruthers is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays second on the Jeff Stoughton rink. Carruthers is a former junior provincial champion in 2003 and a Manitoba provincial mixed champion in 2008, both as a skip... |
Jason Gunnlaugson | Justin Richter | Tyler Forrest |
| 2008-09 | Daley Peters Daley Peters Daley Peters is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was back to back Manitoba Junior curling champion in 2004 and 2005, the first Junior Mens skip to repeat in Manitoba in nearly a decade. He is currently curling with his father and former Labatt Brier champion, Vic Peters... |
Jason Gunnlaugson | Justin Richter | Tyler Forrest |
| 2009-10 | Jason Gunnlaugson | Justin Richter | Braden Zawada | Tyler Forrest |
| 2010-11 | Jason Gunnlaugson | Justin Richter | Tyler Forrest | Alexey Stukalsky |
| 2010-11 | Jason Gunnlaugson | Justin Richter | Jason Ackerman | David Kraichy |
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:... |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Open BDO Canadian Open of Curling The BDO Canadian Open of Curling is an annual curling men's bonspiel. It is one of the Grand Slam events on the World Curling Tour.-Event names:*Telus Canadian Open: 2001*M&M Meat Shops Canadian Open: 2002*Canadian Open: 2003, 2005... |
DNP | DNP | Q |
| Masters/World Cup | Q | DNP | DNP |
| The National The National (curling) The Swiss Chalet National is an annual curling men's bonspiel. It is one of four men's Grand Slam events on the World Curling Tour.-Champions:* Called the BDO Curling Classic**Maxime Elmaleh curled for the team in the final... |
Q | DNP | Q |
| 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... |
Q | DNP | Q |
Key
- C – Champion
- F – Lost final
- SF – Lost semi final
- QF – Lost quarter final
- Q – Did not make playoffs
- DNP – Did not participate in event