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Brian

Simonson

Athlete Bio#

Age

73

Hometown

Hibbing

 Position:    Vice skip
 Teammates:    Raul Pustovar, Tom Harms, Don Mohawk, Dale Gibbs
 Delivers:    Right-handed
 Born:    April 11, 1952, in Rockford, Ill.
 Hometown:    Hibbing, Minn.
 Occupation:    Prosecuting attorney, St. Louis County
 Education:    University of North Dakota Law School
 Family:    Married, three daughters, Erin, Megan, Kelly
 Year started curling:    1967
 Height:    5 feet, 9 inches
 Weight:    185 pounds

CURLING HIGHLIGHTS

  • U.S. Senior Nationals: 2010 (champion), 2009 (champion), 2007, 2006 (champion)
  • World Senior Curling Championships: 2010 (gold), 2009 (silver), 2006 (silver)
  • Eveleth Spring Spiel champion two times
  • Virginia Early Bird Spiel champion two times
  • Hibbing Last Chance bonspiel runner-up
  • U.S. Olympic Committee Team of the Month: April 2010

COACHING HIGHLIGHTS:

  • U.S. Olympic Team Trials: 2010 (gold, John Shuster team)
  • World Men's Championship: 2009 (5th, John Shuster team)

About Brian Simonson:

Curls out of: Hibbing Curling Club

Curling start: "Started curling with my dad, Art Simonson, in 1967. Have also curled with my wife and three daughters."

"For over 20 years I have been running a junior bonspiel in Chisholm, Minn. The bonspiel is now named after my cousin, Tom Serrano, who was a member of the first two championship rinks in 1963 and 1964, and was killed in Vietnam in 1966."


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