Tabitha Peterson
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Skip | Tabitha Peterson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Third | Cory Thiesse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Second | Tara Peterson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lead | Becca Hamilton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alternate | Vicky Persinger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mixed doubles partner | Joe Polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member Association | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 7 (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 2 (2016, 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pan Continental Championship appearances | 2 (2022, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic appearances | 2 (2018, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tabitha Skelly Peterson (born March 6, 1989) is an American
Career
Junior
As a junior, Peterson was a four-time state champion curler and won
2010–2014
After her junior career ended in 2010, Peterson joined the
2014–2019
For the 2014–15 season, Peterson joined Nina Roth as lead. Team Roth finished fifth at the 2015 National Championship just outside of the playoffs.[6] Peterson claimed another World Curling Tour event win at the 2014 Twin Cities Open.[7]
At the
For the 2016–17 season, Peterson was back playing with Roth's women's team, this time as third. Team Roth won the Molson Cash Spiel that year, a WCT event. At the 2017 National Championship, they earned a silver medal when they lost to their former teammate Jamie Sinclair in the final.[11] Peterson's team represented the United States at the 2017 Americas Challenge, where they beat Brazil to qualify the U.S. for the 2017 World Championship.[12] Due to the United States Curling Association's point system at the time, they also got to compete at the 2017 World's despite not being the National Champions. At World's Peterson and Team USA finished fifth with a record of 6–5.[13]
At the
Just a month before competing at the Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials, Peterson and her women's team defeated Jamie Sinclair's team in a best-of-three final at the
In 2019 Peterson returned to both the United States Women's Championship and Mixed Doubles Championship. In a repeat of the 2017 National Championship final, Peterson's women's team of Nina Roth, Becca Hamilton, and sister Tara Peterson lost to Jamie Sinclair in the final.[15] At the Mixed Doubles Championship, Peterson and Polo went undefeated through the round robin section of the tournament but ultimately lost in the semifinal to eventual champions Cory Christensen and John Shuster.[16]
2019–2022
Peterson skipped Team Roth during the
At the
During the 2020 off-season, the team announced that Peterson would remain as skip when Roth returned from maternity leave. Roth re-joined the team as vice-skip at third, with Hamilton moving to second, Tara Peterson to lead, and Geving to alternate.[24] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Peterson team did not compete in events for most of the 2020–21 season until entering a bio-secure bubble held in Calgary, Alberta in the spring of 2021 for three events in a row. The first two events were the Champions Cup and Players' Championship grand slams, with Peterson missing the playoffs at both. The third event in the Calgary bubble for Team Peterson was the 2021 World Women's Championship, in which they earned a spot as 2020 National Champions after the 2021 National Championship was moved to later in the spring due to the pandemic. They finished the 13 game round-robin in fifth place with a 7–6 record, earning them a spot in the playoffs and securing a 2022 Olympic berth for the United States. In the playoffs, Team Peterson defeated Denmark's Madeline Dupont but lost to Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni to end up in the bronze medal game. There, Peterson faced off against Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and won with a score of 9–5, including scoring five points in the seventh end.[25][26] Team Peterson's bronze medal finish was the first World Women's medal for the United States in 15 years, and the first-ever bronze medal. Right after the World Championship, Peterson traveled to Aberdeen, Scotland to compete in the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with Joe Polo. There, the pair finished the round robin with a 5–4 record.[27] This put them in a qualification game against Czech Republic for the seventh direct spot at the 2022 Winter Olympics, which they lost 8–6.[28]
The Peterson rink won their first two events of the
The Peterson rink won their first two events of the
2022–present
Following the 2021–22 season, Nina Roth retired from competitive curling and the team added Cory Thiesse (née Christensen) as their new third.[39] After a semifinal finish at the US Open of Curling, the team missed the playoffs at both the 2022 National and the 2022 Tour Challenge Slam events.[40] They represented the United States at the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships where they finished first in the round robin with a 7–1 record.[41] They then lost to South Korea and Canada in the semifinal and bronze medal game respectively, finishing fourth.[42] In their next event, Team Peterson reached the semifinals of the Red Deer Curling Classic where they lost to Rachel Homan.[43] At the 2022 Masters, the team made it to the semifinals before losing to the Einarson rink.[44] The following week, they won the Curl Mesabi Classic.[45] In the new year, the team went undefeated to claim the 2023 United States Women's Curling Championship, defeating Delaney Strouse 8–5 in the final.[46] This qualified them for the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship where they finished just outside the playoffs with a 6–6 record.[47] The team ended their season at the 2023 Players' Championship and the 2023 Champions Cup Grand Slam events where they reached the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively.[48]
Team Peterson won their second event of the 2023–24 season, losing just one game en route to claiming the US Open of Curling.[49] They also had a semifinal finish at the 2023 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and a quarterfinal appearance at the 2023 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic. For the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships, the team changed their lineup with Tara Peterson and Becca Hamilton switching positions to second and lead on the team respectively.[50] The move worked as they finished 6–1 through the round robin. After a semifinal loss to Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa, Team Peterson bounced back to claim the bronze medal, stealing in an extra end to defeat Canada's Kerri Einarson.[51] In Grand Slam play, they only qualified in one of the four events they played in, the 2023 Masters, losing in the quarterfinals to Silvana Tirinzoni.[52] At the 2024 United States Women's Curling Championship, the Peterson rink lost their first game to Sarah Anderson before running the table the rest of the event. In the final, they doubled up on Team Anderson 10–5 to defend their title as national champions and qualify for the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship.[53] At Worlds, the team struggled to find consistency, ultimately finishing 6–6 and failing to reach the playoffs for a second year in a row.[54]
Personal life
Peterson studied at the Minnesota College of Pharmacy. She is married and is currently employed as a pharmacist.[55] Her sister is fellow curler Tara Peterson.[56]
Teams
Women's
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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2005–06 | Alex Carlson | Tabitha Peterson | Tara Peterson | Sophie Brorson | 2006 USJCC (SF) | ||
2006–07 | Alex Carlson | Tabitha Peterson | Tara Peterson | Sophie Brorson | 2007 USWCC (4th) | ||
2007–08 | Alex Carlson | Tabitha Peterson | Tara Peterson | Sophie Brorson | 2008 USJCC | ||
2008–09 | Alex Carlson | Tabitha Peterson | Tara Peterson | Sophie Brorson | Molly Bonner | Howard Restall | 2009 USJCC 2009 WJCC (5th) |
2009–10 | Alex Carlson | Tabitha Peterson | Tara Peterson | Sophie Brorson | Miranda Solem | Howard Restall | 2010 USJCC 2010 WJCC |
2010–11 | Allison Pottinger | Nicole Joraanstad | Natalie Nicholson | Tabitha Peterson | 2011 USWCC | ||
2011–12 | Allison Pottinger | Nicole Joraanstad | Natalie Nicholson | Tabitha Peterson | Cassandra Potter | Derek Brown | 2012 USWCC 2012 WWCC (5th) |
2012–13 | Allison Pottinger | Nicole Joraanstad | Natalie Nicholson | Tabitha Peterson | 2013 USWCC | ||
2013–14 | Allison Pottinger | Nicole Joraanstad | Natalie Nicholson | Tabitha Peterson | Tara Peterson | Derek Brown | 2014 USWCC 2014 WWCC (6th) |
2014–15 | Nina Roth | Jamie Sinclair | Becca Hamilton | Tabitha Peterson | 2015 USWCC (5th) | ||
2015–16 | Jamie Sinclair | Tabitha Peterson | Becca Hamilton | Jenna Haag | Tara Peterson | 2016 USWCC (4th) | |
Erika Brown | Allison Pottinger | Nicole Joraanstad | Natalie Nicholson | Tabitha Peterson | Ann Swisshelm | 2016 WWCC (6th) | |
2016–17 | Nina Roth | Tabitha Peterson | Aileen Geving | Becca Hamilton | Cory Christensen (WWCC) |
Ann Swisshelm | 2017 USWCC 2017 WWCC (5th) |
2017–18 | Nina Roth | Tabitha Peterson | Aileen Geving | Becca Hamilton | Cory Christensen (OG) | Al Hackner | |
2018–19 | Nina Roth | Tabitha Peterson | Becca Hamilton | Tara Peterson | 2019 USWCC | ||
2019–20 | Tabitha Peterson | Becca Hamilton | Tara Peterson | Aileen Geving | Natalie Nicholson | 2020 USWCC | |
2020–21 | Tabitha Peterson | Nina Roth | Becca Hamilton | Tara Peterson | Aileen Geving | Laine Peters | 2021 WWCC [25] |
2021–22 | Tabitha Peterson | Nina Roth | Becca Hamilton | Tara Peterson | Aileen Geving | Laine Peters, Phill Drobnick | (6th) |
2022–23 | Tabitha Peterson | Cory Thiesse | Becca Hamilton | Tara Peterson | Vicky Persinger (PCCC/WWCC) | Cathy Overton-Clapham | 2022 PCCC (4th) 2023 USWCC 2023 WWCC (7th) |
2023–24 | Tabitha Peterson | Cory Thiesse | Tara Peterson | Becca Hamilton | Vicky Persinger (PCCC/WWCC) | Cathy Overton-Clapham | 2023 PCCC 2024 USWCC 2024 WWCC |
Mixed doubles
Season | Female | Male | Events |
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2015–16 | Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo | 2016 WMDCC |
2016–17 | Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo | 2017 USMDCC |
2017–18 | Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo | 2017 USMDCOT (5th)
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2018–19 | Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo | 2019 USMDCC (SF) |
2019–20 | Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo | 2020 USMDCC |
2020–21[57] | Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo | 2021 WMDCC (8th) |
2021–22 | Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo | USMDCOT (4th) |
Grand Slam record
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 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
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Tour Challenge | N/A | N/A | N/A | T2 | T2 | T2 | SF | SF | N/A | N/A | Q | Q |
The National | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q | DNP | DNP | Q | DNP | N/A | DNP | Q | Q |
Masters | T2 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Q | DNP | N/A | QF | SF | QF |
Canadian Open | N/A | N/A | Q | DNP | DNP | Q | SF | QF | N/A | N/A | Q | Q |
Players' | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | QF | DNP | N/A | Q | Q | QF | DNP |
Champions Cup | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | Q | Q | SF | N/A |
Former events
Event | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 |
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Elite 10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q |
Autumn Gold | Q | Q | DNP | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Colonial Square | Q | DNP | Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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External links
- Tabitha Peterson at World Curling
- Tabitha Peterson at Olympics.com
- Tabitha Peterson at Olympedia
- Tabitha Peterson at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)