Ryan Kuhn (born December 26, 1982) is a Canadian curler from

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Career

Kuhn won the 2000 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing second on a rink skipped by his brother

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. The team then went on to win the

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. After having won the 2000 British Columbia Junior Championships, Kuhn won again in 2002 as a skip. He led his team of

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and Cameron Watt to an 8–4 record at the 2002 Canadian Juniors, missing the playoffs in 4th place. Kuhn played in one season on the

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with his brother in 2005–06. He returned to the tour in 2014 as a member of the Jim Cotter rink, replacing John Morris. Over the course of the season, he played in two

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s, the 2014 Masters of Curling and the 2014 Canadian Open of Curling, losing in the quarter-finals in the latter. The team also played in the 2014 Canada Cup of Curling. In 2015, Kuhn won his first provincial championship and played in his first Brier at the

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as a member of team British Columbia.

Personal life

Kuhn is employed as a pilot for

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. He is married to Robbi Kuhn and has three children.

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