Erika Brown

Erika Brown
Curler
Born	(1973-01-25) January 25, 1973 Madison, Wisconsin
Team
Curling club	Madison CC, Madison, WI
Skip	Erika Brown
Third	Allison Pottinger
Second	Nicole Joraanstad
Lead	Natalie Nicholson
Alternate	Tabitha Peterson
Career
World Championship appearances	8 (1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2016)
Olympic appearances	3 (1988, 1998, 2014)
Medal record Women's Curling World Curling Championships 1996 Hamilton 1999 Saint John World Junior Curling Championships 1992 Oberstdorf 1994 Sofia 1993 Grindelwald United States National Championships 1995 Appleton 1996 Bemidji 1999 Duluth 2002 Eveleth 2004 Grand Forks 2010 Kalamazoo 2013 Green Bay 2016 Jacksonville 1991 Utica 2001 Madison 2003 Utica 2000 Ogden 1993 St. Paul 1997 Seattle 1998 Bismarck 2006 Bemidji 2007 Utica United States Olympic Curling Trials 2013 Fargo Team 2005 Madison Team

Erika Brown (born January 25, 1973 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.^[1] She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed.^[2]

Career

As a 15-year-old, Brown represent the United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration event. Brown played third on the team, skipped by Lisa Schoeneberg, and the team finished 5th. Brown then had a successful junior career, representing the United States at six (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994) World Junior Curling Championships, winning silver in 1992 and 1993 and a bronze in 1993.

Erika Brown has participated in sixteen different United States National Championships beginning with a second-place finish in 1991. In 1995 she won her first national championships and would go on to compete in the 1995 Brandon World Championships where her team placed fifth with a 4 – 5 record. Her second trip to the world championships proved more successful as her team won the silver medal behind Team Canada. She picked up a second World Championship silver medal in 1999 as the third for Patti Lank's team.

Erika Brown competed at the 2010 US Olympic Trials. She finished fourth in the round robin portion of the tournament. In the 3 vs. 4 playoff she faced her former skip Patti Lank, but lost.

Upon their win at the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship, Brown and her team were qualified to participate at the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials.^[3] They finished first in the round robin standings and defeated Allison Pottinger in a best-of-three series final to clinch the berth to the Olympics.^[4]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she led her American team to a 10th-place finish, with a 1-8 record.

Personal life

Brown is married to three-time curling world champion Ian Tetley. Her brother Craig is also an Olympic curler. She works as a physician assistant in Hamilton, Ontario. She has three children.^[5]

Teammates

1998 Nagano Olympic Games

• Lisa Schoeneberg, Skip
• Debbie Henry, Second
• Lori Mountford, Lead
• Stacy Liapis, Alternate

1999 Saint John World Championships

• Patti Lank, Skip
• Allison Darragh, Second
• Tracy Sachtjen, Lead
• Barb Perrella, Alternate

2010 United States National Curling Championships

2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

• Nina Spatola, Third
• Ann Swisshelm, Second
• Laura Hallisey, Lead
• Jessica Schultz, Alternate

Grand Slam record

Former Events

Notes

External links

• Erika Brown on the World Curling Federation database
• Olympic profile