Craig Brown (born August 18, 1975) is an American curler. Born in

Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the List of municipalities in Wisconsin by population, second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 269,840 at the 2020 Uni ...

, he is one of the top skips in the U.S. He was the skip of the 2000 and 2008 U.S. champion rinks. At the 2000 Ford World Curling Championships, Brown skipped the U.S. team to a fourth-place finish, losing to Finland in the final. Brown played third on the U.S. team at three

World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 19 ...

(1994, 1995, 1997).

Mike Peplinski Mike Peplinski (born February 11, 1974) is an American curler from La Crosse, Wisconsin. He was named Male Athlete of the Year by the United States Curling Association in 1994. Peplinski was the vice-skip for the Tim Somerville team at the 199 ...

skipped the team in 1994 and 1995, while Matt Stevens skipped the team in 1997. Brown won the bronze medal with Peplinski in 1994. At the 2014 Olympics, Brown played as alternate for the USA team. Brown attended

La Follette High School Robert M. La Follette High School is a Secondary school, public high school located in Madison, Wisconsin, serving the city's far east side with its attendance boundaries including parts of the City of Madison, City of Fitchburg, Town of Bloomi ...

''Wisconsin's 2014 Winter Olympians at a glance'', by Gary D'Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 05, 2014, retrieved June 1, 2020
/ref> and is employed by Steve's Curling Supplies.

Teammates

2008 Grand Forks World Championships *

Rich Ruohonen Richard Ruohonen (born March 31, 1971) is an American curler from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. He is a two-time national champion and as such represented the United States at the 2008 and 2018 World Men's Curling Championships. Career Ruohonen mad ...

, ''Third'' * John Dunlop, ''Second'' * Peter Annis, ''Lead'' * Kevin Kakela, ''Alternate''

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