Jeff Isaacson
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Born | July 14, 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Chaska CC, Chaska, Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Championship appearances | 1 (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic appearances | 2 (2010, 2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeff Isaacson (born July 14, 1983) is an American curler. He is a two-time Olympian, playing on the United States men's curling team at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.[1]
Career
Isaacson played as
By winning the 2010 US Olympic Trials, his team also qualified for the 2009 World Men's Championship held in Moncton, Canada. Isaacson and his team finished with a 7–4 record. They lost a tiebreaker match against Team Norway to qualify for the semifinals and finished fifth overall.[3]
Isaacson left Shuster's team after the 2010 Olympics to take time away from competitive curling but returned for the
Personal life
Isaacson has degrees from Bemidji State University and University of Wisconsin-Superior. He currently works at the Chaska Curling Center as the Curling Center Manager.[6]
Teammates
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
- John Shuster, Skip
- Jason Smith, Third
- John Benton, Lead
- Chris Plys, Alternate
References
- ^ "Jeff Isaacson". USA Curling. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- ^ "XXI. Olympic Winter Games 2010". World Curling Federation. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- ^ "Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2009". World Curling Federation. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- ^ Wyshynski, Greg (February 10, 2014). "Jeff Isaacson, junior high chemistry teacher, is an Olympic 'Behind The Curling' story". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- ^ "XXII. Olympic Winter Games 2014". World Curling Federation. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- ^ "Curling Center Staff". Chaska Curling Center. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
External links
- Jeff Isaacson at Team USA (archived)
- Jeff Isaacson at World Curling
- Jeff Isaacson at Olympics.com
- Jeff Isaacson at Olympedia
- Jeff Isaacson at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)