Richard Frederick Krell (born July 13, 1992) is a Canadian curler from

Canmore, Alberta Canmore is a List of towns in Alberta, town in Alberta, Canada, located approximately west of Calgary near the southeast boundary of Banff National Park. It is located in the Bow Valley within Alberta's Rockies, Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The to ...

. He currently plays

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on Team

Jeff Richard Jeffrey Richard (born March 24, 1979) is a Canadian curler from Lake Country, British Columbia. He currently skips his own team out of Kelowna. Career To date, Richard has won two provincial championships and has made two Brier appearances. ...

Career

University curling

Krell was a member of the

Wilfrid Laurier University Wilfrid Laurier University (commonly referred to as WLU or simply Laurier) is a Public university, public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo, Brantford, Ontario, Brantford and Milton, Ontario, Milton. The ...

curling team, winning provincial titles in 2015 and 2016 and a national title in 2016. Krell has played in the

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and 2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships for Laurier, throwing third stones for Aaron Squires.

Men's

While playing third for Laurier, Krell would also

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his own team on the

World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and Doubles curling, mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later ass ...

. He has been skipping a team on the WCT since 2013. Krell won his first tour event by winning the 2016

KW Fall Classic The KW Fall Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario. The tournament has been held as part of the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour, and both the men's and women's e ...

Personal life

Krell graduated from Laurier in 2016 with a degree in

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. He attended

London Central Secondary School London Central Secondary School is a public secondary school located at the corner of Dufferin Avenue and Waterloo Street in downtown London, Ontario. It is a member of the Thames Valley District School Board. It has approximately 1000 students ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krell, Richard Living people Wilfrid Laurier University alumni Sportspeople from London, Ontario Curlers from Alberta Curlers from Ontario 1992 births Canadian male curlers People from Canmore, Alberta Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade 21st-century Canadian sportsmen