Brady Clark (curler)

Brady Clark
Curler
Born (1977-09-12) September 12, 1977
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Team
Curling club Granite CC,
Seattle, Washington
Skip Brady Clark
Third Greg Persinger
Second Colin Hufman
Lead Phil Tilker
Career
World Championship
appearances		 1 (2013)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Washington
United States Men's Curling Championship
2016 Jacksonville
2013 Green Bay
2006 Bemidji
United States Olympic Curling Trials
2005 Madison Team

Brady Clark (born September 12, 1977 in Grand Forks, North Dakota) is an American curler from Lynnwood, Washington. Clark is a ten-time national mixed champion, three-time national mixed doubles champion, and two-time national men's champion (2013 & 2016). He has played in three World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships and one World Men's Championship.

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 2016 & 2013 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 wife, Cristin Clark 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 quarter final 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 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship, finishing tied for third in the standings and qualifying for the playoffs through a tiebreaker. Clark defeated defending champion Heath McCormick, John Shuster, and Tyler George en route to securing his first national championship title, the first for the Granite Curling Club since 2004. Clark and his team then represented the United States at the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, finishing in ninth place with a 5–6 win-loss record, and fell short of qualifying the United States directly into the main tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics by one win. Clark's team also won the 2016 US Men's National Championship in Jacksonville, FL in February 2016.

Upon their semifinal win at the 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship, Clark and his team were qualified to participate at the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials.[1]

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
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
Tour Challenge DNP T2
Masters DNP DNP
The National DNP
Canadian Open DNP
Elite 10 DNP
Players' DNP
Champions Cup Q

References

  1. ↑ "Field set for 2014 US Olympic Team Trials". USA Curling. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

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