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John Shuster
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men’s Curling
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Torino Team

John Shuster (born November 3 1982) is an American curler from Chisholm, Minnesota and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.[1]

He participated on the American team at the 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009 World Curling Championships.

Shuster curls out of the Duluth Curling Club.

Shuster won the 2010 United States Olympic Curling Trials and will represent the United States in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.

At the 2009 Curling World Championships in Moncton, Canada John Shuster and his team finished in fifth place. They ended the Round Robin portion in a tie for the playoffs; however, they lost to Team Norway in the tiebreaker.

Teams

Event Skip 3rd 2nd Lead Alternate Result
2009 WCC John Shuster Jason Smith Jeff Isaacson John Benton (curler) Chris Plys 5th (7-5)
2009 US Olympic Trials John Shuster Jason Smith Jeff Isaacson John Benton (curler) 1st (8-4)
2007 Winter Universiade John Shuster Jeff Isaacson Chris Plys Shane McKinlay Kevin Johnson 1st (9-2)
2006 Winter Olympics Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joseph Polo John Shuster Scott Baird 3rd (6-3)

References

  1. ^ "Torino 2006 – Results, Curling"cbc.ca (Retrieved on March 21, 2008)