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Position |
Vice skip |
| Delivers |
Right-handed |
| Born |
July 5, 1973, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada |
| Hometown |
Eden Prairie, Minn. |
| Occupation |
Marketing research analyst |
| Family |
Married to Doug Pottinger;
daughter Lauren |
| Year started curling |
1984 |
| Height |
5 feet, 1 inch |
| Weight |
120 pounds |
| Education |
Master's degree in marketing from the
University of Milwaukee |
CURLING HIGHLIGHTS
- U.S. National Championships: 2008 (champion), 2007
(champion), 2006 (champion), 2005
(runner-up), 2004 (runner-up), 2003 (champion), 2002 (champion), 2001
(runner-up), 2000 (runner-up), 1999 (champion), 1998, 1997, 1996 (champion),
1995
(champion)
- Women's Worlds: 2008,
2007 (4th), 2006
(silver), 2003 (gold), 2002 (8th), 1999
(silver), 1997 (6th), 1996 (silver), 1995 (5th)
- U.S. Olympic Team Trials: 2005 (silver), 2001 (silver)
- Continental Cup: 2007 (champion), 2003 (runner-up)
- World Curling Tour Players' Championship: 2006
(quarterfinalist)
- Mixed Nationals: 1998, '95 (champion both years)
- U.S. Junior Women's Nationals: 1994 (champion)
- Junior Women's Worlds: 1994
(silver)
- Southwest Ontario Women's Cashspiel: 2005, 2002 (champion both
years)
- Montreal Open (runner-up): 2003
- United States Olympic Committee Team of the Month: April 2003
- USCA Team of the Year: 2003
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Other highlights include:
- 2003 Member of the first women's team to win a gold medal at
the world level as vice skip of Debbie McCormick's team by defeating Colleen
Jones' rink from Canada at the 2003 World Curling Championships in Winnipeg,
Canada.
- 2000 Wisconsin State Championships (champion); S.W. Ontario
Women's Cashspiel, London, Ontario (semifinalist); Autumn Gold Curling Classic in Calgary, Alberta (semifinalist); Sask Power
Womens Classic in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (semifinalist); St.
Paul Cashspiel, St. Paul, Minn. (semifinalist)
- 1999 United States Challenge Competition in Milwaukee, Wis. (champion); European
Masters in Stockholm, Sweden (finalist); Weston Curling Classic in Ontario, Canada
(finalist); SW Ontario Womens Classic in London, Ontario, Canada (semifinalist)
- 1998 European Masters in Stockholm, Sweden (finalist).
- 1997 Karuizawa Challenge Cup in Karuizawa, Japan (champion); International Damen
Cup in Berne, Switzerland (finalist); Sun Life Grand Prix in Thunder Bay, Ontario,
Canada (qualifier); Badger State Games in Madison, Wis. (champion)
- 1996 Canadian Bonspiels in Halifax (qualified) and Thunder Bay (qualified);
Wisconsin Womens (champion). Played on team that became the first womens team
to ever qualify for the final four at the St. Paul (Minn.) Cash 'Spiel.
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About Allison Pottinger:
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Curls out of:
St. Paul Curling Club, St. Paul, Minn.
In her own words: "I learned to curl in Otterburn
Park, Quebec, Canada, when I was in sixth grade. I come from a curling family -
my father, mother, brother and sister all curl."
Other favorite sports: Running, mountain biking,
kayaking and rock climbing. Played softball in college (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh).
Education: Graduated from Richelieu Valley Regional High School in
McMasterville, Quebec, Canada. Graduated from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with
bachelor's degrees in political science and history in 1994. Earned a MBA in marketing at
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1998.
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