Nicole Joraanstad

Nicole Joraanstad
Curler
Born (1980-11-10) November 10, 1980 (age 44)
Seattle, Washington
Team
Curling clubMadison CC,
Madison, WI
SkipErika Brown
ThirdAllison Pottinger
SecondNicole Joraanstad
LeadNatalie Nicholson
AlternateTabitha Peterson
Curling career
World Championship
appearances		9, (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2010)
Medal record
Women's Curling
World Curling Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Grande Prairie
World Junior Curling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Geising
United States Olympic Curling Trials
Gold medal – first place 2009 Broomfield Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Fargo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Madison Team
United States National Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Eveleth
Gold medal – first place 2004 Grand Forks
Gold medal – first place 2006 Bemidji
Gold medal – first place 2007 Utica
Gold medal – first place 2008 Hibbing
Gold medal – first place 2009 Broomfield
Gold medal – first place 2012 Philadelphia
Gold medal – first place 2016 Jacksonville
Silver medal – second place 2003 Utica
Silver medal – second place 2011 Fargo
Silver medal – second place 2014 Philadelphia
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Ogden
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Green Bay

Nicole Joraanstad (/ˈdʒɔːrənstɛd/ JOR-ən-sted; born November 10, 1980, in Seattle, Washington) is an American curler from Verona, Wisconsin. She currently plays second for Erika Brown.

Career

At the 2000 World Junior Curling Championships, Joraanstad played third for Laura Delaney and won a bronze medal for Team USA. The following year, Joraanstad skipped her own team to a seventh-place finish.

Joraanstad would later join up with Patti Lank as her second, and Team USA finished in fourth place at the 2004 Ford World Curling Championships.

Joraanstad left Lank's team and joined up with Debbie McCormick. Team USA won a silver medal at the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship losing to Sweden (skipped by Anette Norberg) in the final.[1]

At the 2007 Aomori World Championships, Joraanstad and Debbie McCormick's Team USA lost to Scotland in the semi-final and took 4th place.

At the 2008 Women's National Championships in Hibbing, Minnesota, Joraanstad won her third straight national championship while playing for Debbie McCormick. Team McCormick was the first team to ever win three consecutive U.S. national titles. At the 2008 Vernon World Championships, Joraanstad and Debbie McCormick's Team USA finished 6-5 after round-robin play and did not advance to the playoff round.

Joraanstad, left, sweeping a stone with Natalie Nicholson at the 2010 Winter Olympics

On June 4, 2008, Joraanstad received the Madison Sports Hall of Fame Club 2008 Sportswoman of the Year Award.

At the US National Championship / Olympic Trials - Curling in 2009, Joraanstad won her fourth straight national championship while playing with Debbie McCormick. They also won the right to represent the US at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, BC.

In 2010, McCormick left the team as skip, and was replaced by the team's third, Allison Pottinger. Joraanstad would be promoted to the team's third.

In 2011, Team Pottinger (who Nicole plays third for) lost the US National Championship final to Patti Lank.

In 2012, Team Pottinger beat Cassie Potter in the final to go on to the World Championships in Lethbridge, Alberta. They lost a tie-breaker to get into the play-offs at the Worlds and finished fourth. Their win at the US Nationals earned them a spot into the 2013 Olympic Trials - Curling for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The Olympic Trials - Curling are in November 2013.

Joraanstad has played in five Continental Cups, more than any North American curler.

Personal life

A native of Kent, Washington, Joraanstad attended Kentridge High School[2][3] and holds a business degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Her father is curler Gary Joraanstad, 1987 United States Men's champion, he competed on 1987 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship skipped by Jim Vukich.[4]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1999–00 Laura Delaney Nicole Joraanstad Kirsten Finch Rebecca Dobie Katie Beck Lisa Schoeneberg 2000 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2000 WJCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[5]
Debbie McCormick Nicole Joraanstad Stacey Liapis Ann Swisshelm Mike Liapis 2000 USWCC (SF)[6]
2000–01 Nicole Joraanstad Kirsten Finch Katie Schmitt Rebecca Dobie Aileen Sormunen Neil Doese 2001 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2001 WJCC (7th)[7]
2001–02 Patti Lank Erika Brown Allison Darragh Natalie Nicholson Nicole Joraanstad 2002 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2002 WWCC (8th)[8]
2002–03 Patti Lank Erika Brown Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson 2003 USWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[9]
2003–04 Patti Lank Erika Brown Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Barb Perrella
(WWCC)		 Steve Brown 2004 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2004 WWCC (4th)[10]
2004–05 Patti Lank Erika Brown Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Matt Hames 2005 USWCC/USOCT 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[11]
2005–06 Debbie McCormick Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Tracy Sachtjen Natalie Nicholson Joni Cotten 2006 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[12]
Debbie McCormick Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Caitlin Maroldo Wally Henry 2006 WWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[13]
2006–07 Debbie McCormick Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tracy Sachtjen 2007 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[14][15]
Debbie McCormick Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Maureen Brunt Wally Henry 2007 WWCC (4th)[16]
2007–08 Debbie McCormick Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tracy Sachtjen
(WWCC)		 Wally Henry 2008 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[17][18]
2008 WWCC (7th)[19]
2008–09 Debbie McCormick Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tracy Sachtjen Wally Henry 2009 USWCC/USOCT 1st place, gold medalist(s)[20]
2009 WWCC (9th)[21][22]
2009–10 Debbie McCormick Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tracy Sachtjen Wally Henry 2010 OG (10th)[23][24]
2010–11 Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tabitha Peterson 2011 USWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2011–12 Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tabitha Peterson Cassandra Potter Derek Brown 2012 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2012 WWCC (5th)
2012–13 Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tabitha Peterson 2013 USWCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2013–14 Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tabitha Peterson Tara Peterson
(WWCC)		 Derek Brown
(WWCC)		 2013 USOCT 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014 USWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014 WWCC (6th)
2015–16 Erika Brown Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tabitha Peterson
(WWCC)		 Ann Swisshelm
(WWCC)		 2016 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016 WWCC (6th)[25]

References

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