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Doug Pottinger

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Doug Pottinger
Born (1973-09-18) September 18, 1973 (age 51)
Team
Curling clubSt Paul CC, Minnesota
Curling career
Member AssociationManitoba (1992-1993)
Wisconsin (1999-2003)
Washington (2003-2005; 2008-2009)
Minnesota (2005-2007; 2009-present)
World Championship
appearances
1 (2004)
Medal record
Curling
US Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 Grand Forks
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Fargo
US Mixed Doubles Championship
Silver medal – second place 2016 Denver

Doug Pottinger (born September 18, 1973) is a Canadian-American curler[1] from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He is originally from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

At the national level, he is a 2004 United States men's curling champion.

Teams

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Men's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1992–93 Mike Mansell Doug Pottinger Jason Fuchs Keith Marshall CJCC 1993 (9th)
1999–00 Doug Pottinger Troy Schroeder Greg Johnson Bill Todhunter Kurt Johnson USMCC 2000 (DNQ)[2]
2001–02 Doug Pottinger Troy Schroeder Greg Johnson Bill Todhunter Nate Gebert USOCT 2001 (5th)[3][4]
Craig Brown Doug Pottinger Jon Brunt John Dunlop Cory Ward Steve Brown USMCC 2002 (3rd)[5]
2002–03 Craig Brown Doug Pottinger Jon Brunt John Dunlop
2003–04 Pete Fenson Doug Pottinger Shawn Rojeski Keith Marshall
Jason Larway Doug Pottinger Joel Larway Bill Todhunter Doug Kauffman Don Pottinger USMCC 2004 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 2004 (9th)
2004–05 Jason Larway Doug Pottinger Joel Larway Bill Todhunter CCC 2004 1st place, gold medalist(s)
USOCT 2005 (7th)
2005–06 Todd Birr Doug Pottinger Pete Westberg Kevin Birr USMCC 2006 (4th)
2006–07 Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joe Polo Doug Pottinger CCC 2006 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
USMCC 2007 (5th)[6]
2007–08 Greg Romaniuk Leon Romaniuk Doug Pottinger Mike Calcagno Cory Yalowicki USMCC 2008 (4th)
2008–09 Greg Romaniuk Doug Pottinger Leon Romaniuk Troy Schroeder USMCC 2009/
USOCT 2009
(5th)
2009–10 Troy Schroeder Doug Pottinger ? Sean Silver
2010–11 Todd Birr Greg Romaniuk Doug Pottinger Tom O'Connor Kevin Birr USMCC 2011 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2011–12 Todd Birr Greg Romaniuk Doug Pottinger Tom O'Connor Kevin Birr USMCC 2012 (7th)
2012–13 Todd Birr Doug Pottinger Tom O'Connor Kevin Birr
Todd Birr Doug Pottinger Greg Romaniuk Tom O'Connor Kevin Birr USMCC 2013 (9th)
2013–14 Todd Birr Doug Pottinger Tom O'Connor Troy Schroeder
2014–15 Todd Birr Doug Pottinger Greg Johnson Tom O'Connor
2015–16 Todd Birr Doug Pottinger John Benton Tom O'Connor USMCC 2016 (5th)

Mixed doubles

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Season Male Female Events
2015–16 Allison Pottinger Doug Pottinger USMDCC 2016 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Personal life

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Pottinger met his wife Allison at the 1995 World Women's Curling Championship, where he was working on the ice crew and she was the alternate for Lisa Schoeneberg's team.[7] Allison is a two-time Olympian and 2003 World Champion. They have two daughters.

He started curling in 1983 when he was at the age of 10.

Pottinger works as business manager for BRANDT.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Doug Pottinger at World Curling Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Competitors". USA Curling. Archived from the original on April 11, 2001. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  3. ^ "U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Curling – Teams". USA Curling. Archived from the original on June 18, 2002. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "Brown second, Baird third in curling Trials". USA Curling. December 16, 2001. Archived from the original on December 18, 2002. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  5. ^ "Wisconsin II takes curling title". Portage Daily Register. March 13, 2002. p. 9. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "U.S. National Championships – Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  7. ^ Gomez, Brian (February 25, 2009). "In this case, love on the rocks is good". The Gazette. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "Doug Pottinger - Brandt". April 1, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
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