Ryan Bennett Fry (born July 25, 1978) is a Canadian retired curler currently living in

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. He most recently played

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on the Mike McEwen team and coached the

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team. He currently coaches the

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rink. He previously played third for Team

Brad Jacobs Bradley Robert Jacobs (born June 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of Calgary, Alberta. He is an Olympic champion skip, having led Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Oly ...

, and the team represented Canada and won the gold medal at the

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. The team also won the

2013 Tim Hortons Brier The 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta. This edition of the Brier marked the thirteenth time that Alberta has hosted the Brier, and the sixth t ...

. Fry won a silver medal at the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship.

Career

Fry was born in

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, on July 25, 1978. Fry is a right-handed shooter and delivers "tuck" style. Fry skipped a junior men's team to the 1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and 1997 Canadian Junior Curling Championships representing Manitoba. Fry skipped men's teams to the 2005 and 2006 Manitoba Safeway Select (playdown to the Brier) and joined

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's team playing third for the 2006–07 season. Fry qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics with the

rink after defeating the John Morris rink in the final. Fry accompanied the Stoughton rink to the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier in Hamilton where they lost the semi-finals to

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's Ontario rink. Fry curled 85% in the round robin (second among thirds). Fry left the Stoughton rink in 2008 to play for

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 ...

's team in

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. Fry won the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankards with the team, and represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Briers. Fry played with Gushue until moving to Sault Ste. Marie to play with Jacobs in 2012. Fry won his first The Dominion Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship in 2013 with Jacobs and represented

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at the Brier for the first time in 2013. This tied Earle Morris's record for most provinces represented at the Brier (at three; a feat which has since been duplicated by Earle's son

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). Fry won the Brier with Northern Ontario and represented Canada at the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship where the rink won a silver medal. The Jacobs rink won the

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and went on to win the gold medal at the

. Team Jacobs with Fry still at third would lose the 2015 Brier final to Team Canada (skipped Pat Simmons), win a bronze at the 2016 Brier, and lose the bronze medal game to Mike McEwen at the 2017 Brier. The team finished off the podium at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, finishing fourth. After a November 2018 incident involving "unsportsmanlike behaviour" at the Red Deer Curling Classic (where Fry was sparing on a team skipped by

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), Fry and others on his team were barred from the event and Fry announced he was taking a leave of absence. Fry missed two events on the team, but would return for the 2019 Canadian Open in January. Fry along with Team Jacobs represented Northern Ontario at the

2019 Tim Hortons Brier The 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at Westoba Place in Brandon, Manitoba. In the final, Kevin Koe of Alberta defeated Team Wildcard skipped by Brendan Bottcher 4–3 by scoring ...

. The team went 9-2 in the round robin and championship round combined. Jacobs lost the 1 vs. 2 game to Kevin Koe and the semifinal to Brendan Bottcher resulting in the team getting the bronze medal. Team Jacobs announced in March 2019 that Fry would be parting ways with the team after the end of the 2018-2019 curling season. Fry played with the rink for 7 years but would join Team Epping for the 2019-20 season. Team Epping had a strong start to the year, winning both the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. They had a semifinal finish at the Masters, the first Grand Slam of the season. They missed the playoffs at the next two slams, the

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and the

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after going 1–3 at both. Team Epping posted a 6–2 record en route to winning the 2019 Canada Cup in

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. This win qualified them to represent Team Canada along with five other Canadian teams at the 2020 Continental Cup where they lost 22.5–37.5 to the Europeans. They had a strong showing at the Canadian Open where they made it all the way to the final where they lost to the

rink. At the 2020 Ontario Tankard, they completed their undefeated run throughout the week with an 8–3 win over

. Representing Ontario at the

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, they finished the championship pool with a 7–4 record and in a four way tie for fourth place. They defeated Team Wild Card ( Mike McEwen) in the first tiebreaker before losing to

(Brad Jacobs) in the second and being eliminated from contention. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the

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and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the

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. Team Epping began the 2020–21 season with a win at the 2020 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard. The 2021 Ontario provincial playdowns were cancelled due to the

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. As the 2020 provincial champions, Team Epping was chosen to represent Ontario at the

2021 Tim Hortons Brier The 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 14 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. In the final, Team Alberta, skip (curling), skipped by Brendan Bottch ...

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. At the Brier, they finished with a 7–5 record.

Personal life

Fry's father is

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, winner of the 1979 Brier, the Canadian Men's Curling Championship. Fry attended the

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where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. He is married to Jessica Szabo. He currently is the co-owner of Gravity Management.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fry, Ryan Living people 1978 births Curlers from Winnipeg Curlers from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Curlers from Northern Ontario Curlers from Toronto Sportspeople from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Brier champions Olympic curlers for Canada Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in curling University of Manitoba alumni Canadian male curlers Continental Cup of Curling participants Canada Cup (curling) participants Sportspeople from Pickering, Ontario Canadian curling coaches