Sean Beighton (born November 22, 1988) is an American curler from Seattle, Washington.

Career

During his years of junior eligibility, Beighton was active as a skip. He won the national junior championship in 2010, which gave him the opportunity to represent the United States at the

2010 World Junior Curling Championships The 2010 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 5 to 14 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland. Men Teams Round Robin Standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round Robin Results Draw 1 ''Saturday, March 6, 14:00'' ...

, where he finished in ninth place with a 1–8 win–loss record. Beighton also skipped a team which included former national university champion Blake Morton at the qualifying tournament for the 2013 Winter University Games, but finished third. Beighton played at the 2011 United States Men's Curling Championship as second under Jason Larway, but finished in ninth place and earned the nickname 'Chester.' He was also the national mixed championship in 2012. As third for Brady Clark, Beighton won his first national championship title, the first for the Granite Curling Club since 2004. Beighton and his team then represented the United States at the

2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship The 2013 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2013 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7, 2013 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. This m ...

, finishing in ninth place with a 5–6 win–loss record. The team also qualified to participate at the

2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials The 2013 United States Olympic Curling Trials was held from November 10 to 17, 2013 at the Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota. The trials were held to determine the women's team that will represent the United States at the curling tournament ...

due to their performance at the nationals.

Personal life

Beighton works as a software engineer for Amazon. He is currently the coach of the John Shuster rink.

References

External links

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Sean Beighton
on the United States Curling Association database {{DEFAULTSORT:Beighton, Sean American male curlers 1988 births Living people People from Edmonds, Washington American curling champions American curling coaches Sportspeople from Seattle