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Rob Shlimovitz

Athlete Bio 

Age

30

Hometown

Portage, WI

PositionSkip
TeammatesCody Falk, Ben Miller, Benjamin Vorpahl, Alexander Vorpahl 
DeliversRight-handed 
Age20 
OccupationStudent at Michigan Technological University
Year started curling2000 
CURLING HIGHLIGHTS 
  • U.S. Junior National Championships: 2016, 2015 (9th)
  • Wisconsin Junior Playdowns: 2016 (champion), 2015 (champion)
  • Four time state high school curling finalist: 2 time state champ, 2 time runner-up

About Rob Shlimovitz:

Curls out of: Portage Curling Club

Who/What introduced you to Curling? My dad, Jim Shlimovitz

 

Who was your favourite athlete growing up? Brett Favre

 

What other sports do you play? Golf

 

Do you have any pregame rituals or superstitions? I wear the same hat every time I’m on the ice for the past ten years.

 

What is your career highlight to date? Making the game winning shot two separate years in the Wisconsin High School State Curling Championships

 

Do you have any hidden talents?  Something unique about yourself?

 

I work at a Christmas Tree farm in the summer and I can shear a pretty mean Christmas Tree

 

What is the best advice you’ve ever received? You have to take curling one shot, one end, and one game at a time. Every Champion was once a Rookie

 

What is your favorite sport other then curling? Golf

 

What is one thing you’d like to do before you die? Travel around the world

 

What sporting event would you most like to attend? The curling at the Olympics

 

What do you wish you were better at? Filling out questionnaires like this

 

Person dead or alive you would most like to have dinner with? My grandma, Ma, because she always makes me my favorite meals

 

Favourite Bands/Music? Brad Paisley

 

Television Shows? The Walking Dead, Cops, Duck Dynasty, The Big Bang Theory

 

What is your favorite Movie(s)? Escanaba in Da Moonlight

 

Who was most influential in your curling development? My dad, Jim Shlimovitz, because he got me started and involved in curling

 

What is your most embarrassing moment on the curling ice? Falling during a warm-up slide

 

Where would you like to spend a week’s vacation? Alaska

 

What hobbies do you have? Hunting and fishing

 

What is your earliest curling memory? Saturday morning junior curling

 

What kind of Training Regimen do you follow? No soda, lots of water, stretching, lots of sleep, and practice as much as I can

 

Any nicknames? Shlim Shady

 

Curling Strengths?  Being able to visualizing shots in my head, then going out and executing them

 

What kind of goals have you set for yourself? To play every game to the best of my abilities and to one day curl at a worldwide event

 

Do others in your family curl? My dad, Jim Shlimovitz

 

What do you enjoy most about curling? Creating lifelong friendships

 

What is your Education background? I am currently a first year student at Michigan Technological University studying Chemical Engineering and mineral processing

 

Other Olympic sport you’d like to try? Beach volleyball

 

Most memorable curling experience? Making a ten foot angle raise to the button to win the State high School title

 

Who is your greatest competitor?  Rival? My teammate: Ben Vorpahl. We’ve being curling on the same team together for years and we always like to compete and challenge each other.  We strive to make each other better whenever we are out playing

 

Favorite color? Purple


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