Allison Pottinger

Allison Pottinger
Curler
Pottinger at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Born	Allison Darragh July 5, 1973 Brampton, Ontario
Team
Curling club	St. Paul CC, St. Paul, Minnesota
Skip	Erika Brown
Third	Allison Pottinger
Second	Nicole Joraanstad
Lead	Natalie Nicholson
Alternate	Tabitha Peterson
Career
World Championship appearances	13 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Olympic appearances	2 (2010, 2014)
Medal record Women's curling World Curling Championships Representing  United States 2003 Winnipeg 1996 Hamilton 1999 Saint John 2006 Grand Prairie United States Olympic Curling Trials 2009 Broomfield Team 2005 Madison Team 2013 Fargo Team United States National Championships 2016 Jacksonville 2014 Philadelphia 2013 Green Bay

Allison Pottinger /ˈpɒtəndʒər/ is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She currently plays third for Erika Brown, but is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in multiple Olympics and World Championships. McCormick left the team in 2010. She competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Vancouver, Canada.^[1] She was named USA female curling athlete of the year in 2008.^[2]

Career

Pottinger curls out of the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota. She learned how to curl in Otterburn Park, Quebec.^[1]

In 1994, Pottinger was an alternate for Erika Brown's silver medal winning team at the World Junior Curling Championships. Pottinger picked up another silver medal at the 1996 World Curling Championships as the lead for Lisa Schoeneberg. In 1999, Pottinger won another silver medal, this time playing second for Patti Lank. In 2003 she had moved up to the position of third, and played for Debbie McCormick. In 2003, they won the first gold medal for an American team at the World Curling Championships. They would go to the Worlds again in 2006, where they won a silver medal.^[2]

Upon their semifinal win at the 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship, Pottinger and her team were qualified to participate at the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials.^[3] Her team lost in the trials, but Pottinger was selected as the Alternate for the victorious team (which includes former teammate McCormick). Pottinger attended the 2014 Olympics but was not selected to play in any matches for Team USA.

Personal life

Pottinger is a manager at Sales Priority and Predicivet Analytics. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and has bachelor's degrees in Political Science and History. She earned an MBA in Marketing at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She is married to Doug Pottinger ^[1] and has children.^[4]

Former teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games

• Debbie McCormick, Skip
• Nicole Joraanstad, Second
• Natalie Nicholson, Lead
• Tracy Sachtjen, Alternate

Grand Slam record

Key
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	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
Autumn Gold	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q
Manitoba Lotteries	QF	Q	DNP	Q
Sobeys Slam	DNP	DNP	N/A	–
Players' Championships	DNP	DNP	DNP	–

References

1. NBC United States Olympic Athlete Biography
2. United States Olympic Committee Athlete Profile
3. "Field set for 2014 US Olympic Team Trials". USA Curling. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
4. http://www.curling.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2016/03/WORLD-MON-ALL.pdf