Brady Clark (curler)
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| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 3 (2009, 2011, 2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brady Clark (born September 12, 1977) is an American
Career
As a junior, Clark played in five national junior championships, placing 3rd in 1998 and 1999. He also won the National College Tournament in 1999. Following juniors, Clark went on to play in nine national men's championships, 12 national mixed championships, and five national mixed doubles championships. He won the 2013 and 2016 United States Men's Curling Championship. He has won 10 national mixed championships, winning in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 & 2015. He has also won three national mixed doubles championships, in 2009, 2011 and 2012. These three national mixed doubles championships qualified him to play in the corresponding World Mixed Doubles championships. In 2009, Clark, and his teammate and his then-wife, Cristin would finish the tournament with a 3–5 record in their group, finishing 18th place over all. In 2011, the two Clarks went 5–2 in their group and lost in the quarterfinal to France. In 2012, Cristin and Brady finished 6–2 in their group, won their quarter final match against China, but lost in the semi-final to Switzerland and the bronze medal game to Austria.
In the men's curling realm, Clark broke through at the
Upon their semifinal win at the
Personal life
Clark's former wife Cristin is also a curler and they won the United States Mixed National Championship ten times together. Clark proposed to Cristin at the local curling rink.[2]
Grand Slam record
Clark qualified for his first career Grand Slam event, the 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup by winning the 2016 U.S. Championship.
| Key | |
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| C | Champion |
| F | Lost in Final |
| SF | Lost in Semifinal |
| QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
| R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
| Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
| T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
| DNP | Did not participate in event |
| N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
| Event | 2015–16 | 2016-17
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|---|---|---|
Tour Challenge
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DNP | T2 |
Masters
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DNP | DNP |
The National
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DNP | |
Canadian Open
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DNP | |
| Elite 10 | DNP | |
Players'
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DNP | |
| Champions Cup | Q |
References
- USA Curling. 9 May 2013. Archived from the originalon November 12, 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ "A look at the Olympic Trials field". USA Curling. Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
External links
- Brady Clark at World Curling
- Brady Clark at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
- Brady Clark on the United States Curling Association database
