Allison Pottinger

Allison Pottinger
Curler

Pottinger at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Born Allison Darragh
(1973-07-05) 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/ (born July 5, 1973) 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

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. 1 2 3 NBC United States Olympic Athlete Biography
  2. 1 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
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