Martin Sather

Martin Sather
Curler
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Born (1983-08-23) August 23, 1983 (age 41)
Fairbanks, Alaska
Team
Curling clubArdsley CC, New York
Curling career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances		1 (2012)
Other appearancesWorld Junior Championships: 1 (2002)
Medal record
Curling
Representing New York (state) New York
United States Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Philadelphia
United States Olympic Curling Trials
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Fargo

Martin Sather (born August 23, 1983, in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an American curler.[1]

In 2002 Sather won the United States Junior Curling Championship, playing second for skip Leo Johnson.[2] The national title earned them the opportunity to represent the United States at the 2002 World Junior Championship in Kelowna, British Columbia, where they finished ninth out of ten teams.[3]

After juniors he took a break but returned to competitive curling in 2010. He won the 2012 United States Men's Championship playing second for Heath McCormick,[2] they then finished 8th at the 2012 World Championship.[4]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2001–02 Leo Johnson Colin Hufman Martin Sather Christopher Benshoof Steven Birklid (WJCC) Bill Gryder (WJCC), Dennis Thies (WJCC) USJCC 2002 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WJCC 2002 (9th)
2009–10 Matt Hames Bill Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell USMCC 2010 (4th)
2010–11 Heath McCormick Bill Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell USMCC 2011 (4th)
2011–12 Heath McCormick Bill Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell Craig Brown (WCC) Matt Hames USMCC 2012 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 2012 (8th)
2012–13 Heath McCormick Bill Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell ContCup 2013 1st place, gold medalist(s)
USMCC 2013 (4th)
2013–14 Heath McCormick Bill Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell USOCT 2013 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tyler George Bill Stopera Dean Gemmell Martin Sather USMCC 2014 (6th)
2014–15 Dean Gemmell Bill Stopera Martin Sather Mark Lazar USMCC 2015 (5th)
2015–16 Alex Leichter Martin Sather Nate Clark Ryan Halissey USMCC 2016 (9th)
2016–17 Alex Leichter Martin Sather Nate Clark Ryan Halissey Chris Bond USMCC 2017 (7th)
2017–18 Alex Leichter Martin Sather Chris Bond Jared Wydysh USMCC 2018 (8th)

Private life

Martin Sather graduated from Western Connecticut State University in 2006.[5]

Out of curling he is a musician[2] and insurance broker.

He started curling in 1992 at the age of 9.[6]

References

  1. ^ Martin Sather at World Curling Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c Whiteside, Kelly (2013-11-10). "Jazz musician doubles as Olympic hopeful in curling". USA Today. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  3. ^ "World Junior Curling Championships 2002". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  4. ^ "World Men's Curling Championship 2012". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  5. ^ 2013 Martin Sather | News Archives - WCSU.edu
  6. ^ Martin Sather - USA Curling


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