Mark Lazar
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Mark Lazar is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 curler. He competed in the 2005 United States Olympic Curling Trials
United States Olympic Curling Trials
The United States Olympic Curling Trials take place to decide the curling team to represent the United States at each Winter Olympics.-Men:-Women:...

. He curls out of the Bowling Green Curling Club.

Career

While attending Bowling Green University in his freshman year, Lazar took a 1 credit gym class in curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

. He joined the Bowling Green Curling Club a year after and joined a club league and the university curling league.

Lazar participated in the 2001, 2002, and 2003 United States Men's Curling Championships. In 2005 Lazar was lead for the Don Barcome Jr. rink at the United States Olympic Curling Trials
United States Olympic Curling Trials
The United States Olympic Curling Trials take place to decide the curling team to represent the United States at each Winter Olympics.-Men:-Women:...

, where his team finished 10th. He also participated in the 2006 Men's Nationals, finishing 9th.

Under skip Bryan Wight, he participated in the 2011 United States Men's Curling Championship qualifiers
2011 United States Men's Curling Championship qualifiers
The 2011 United States Men's Curling Championship qualifiers took place during the month of January at various locations throughout the nation. Prior to the national finals, the number of entrants was paired down to ten teams through Regional Qualifiers and then a Challenge Round.Teams qualified...

, where he made it to the challenge round (one level under the finals). His team finished tied for last in the challenge round.
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