Erika Brown (curler)
Introduction '''Erika Lynn Brown''' (born January 25, 1973) is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed.
Career As a 15-year-old, Brown represent the United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration event. Brown played third on the team, skipped by Lisa Schoeneberg, and the team finished fifth. Brown then had a successful junior career, representing the United States at six (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994) World Junior Curling Championships, winning silver in 1992 and 1994 and a bronze in 1993.Brown has participated in sixteen different United States National Championships, beginning with a second-place finish in 1991.In 1995 she won her first national championships and would go on to compete in the 1995 Brandon World Championships where her team placed fifth with a 4–5 record. Her second trip to the world championships proved more successful as her team won the silver medal behind Team Canada in 1996.She picked up a second World Championship silver medal in 1999 as the third for Patti Lank's team.Brown competed at the 2010 US Olympic Trials, finishing fourth in the round robin portion of the tournament. In the 3 vs. 4 playoff she faced her former skip Patti Lank, but lost.Upon their win at the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship, Brown and her team were qualified to participate at the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials. They finished first in the round robin standings and defeated Allison Pottinger in a best-of-three series final to clinch the berth to the Olympics.At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she led her American team to a 10th-place finish, with a 1–8 record.Brown's team won the United States Women's Curling Championship in back-to-back years in 2015 and 2016.At the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship they finished in 6th place. In June 2016 Brown announced her retirement from competitive curling.
Personal life Brown attended La Follette High School in Madison, Wisconsin. Brown is married to three-time curling world champion Ian Tetley. Her brother Craig is also an Olympic curler. She works as a physician assistant in Hamilton, Ontario. She has three children.
Teams  Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events 1987–88  Tracy Zeman  Erika Brown  Marni Vaningan  Shellie Holerud      1988 USJCC  (8th) Lisa Schoeneberg Erika Brown  Carla Casper Lori Mountford    1987 USOCT 1988 OG (5th) 1988–89  Erika Brown  Tracy Zeman  Shellie Holerud  Jill Jones  Debbie Henry(WJCC)   1989 USJCC  (6th) 1989–90 Erika Brown  Jill Jones  Shellie Holerud  Debbie Henry    1990 USJCC  1990–91  Lisa Schoeneberg  Erika Brown  Lori Mountford  Jill Jones Vicki Bodeen    Erika Brown  Jill Jones  Shellie Holerud  Debbie Henry    1991 USJCC  (5th) 1991–92  Erika Brown  Kari Liapis  Stacey Liapis  Roberta Breyen  Debbie Henry   1992 USJCC   1992–93  Erika Brown  Kari Liapis  Stacey Liapis  Debbie Henry  Analissa Johnson   1993 USJCC   1993–94  Erika Brown  Debbie Henry  Stacey Liapis   Analissa Johnson Allison Darragh  1994 USJCC   1994–95 Lisa Schoeneberg  Erika Brown  Lori Mountford  Marcia Tillisch Allison Darragh  1995 USWCC  (6th) 1995–96  Lisa Schoeneberg  Erika Brown  Lori Mountford  Allison Darragh  Debbie Henry   1996    1997–98  Lisa Schoeneberg  Erika Brown  Debbie Henry   Lori Mountford  Stacey Liapis  Steve Brown  1998 OG (5th) 1998–99 Patti Lank Erika Brown  Allison Darragh  Tracy Sachtjen Barb Perrella (WWCC) Steve Brown 1999 USWCC   1999–00 Patti Lank  Erika Brown  Allison Darragh  Tracy Sachtjen   Steve Brown  2000 USWCC  2000–01 Patti Lank  Erika Brown  Allison Darragh  Tracy Sachtjen   Keith Reilly  2001 USWCC  2001–02 Patti Lank  Erika Brown Oriedo  Allison Darragh  Tracy Sachtjen   Bev Behnke  2001 USOCT  Patti Lank  Erika Brown  Allison Darragh  Natalie Nicholson Nicole Joraanstad  2002 USWCC  (8th) 2002–03  Patti Lank  Erika Brown  Nicole Joraanstad  Natalie Nicholson    2003 USWCC  2003–04  Patti Lank  Erika Brown  Nicole Joraanstad  Natalie Nicholson  Barb Perrella(WWCC)  Steve Brown  2004 USWCC  (4th) 2004–05  Patti Lank  Erika Brown  Nicole Joraanstad  Natalie Nicholson   Matt Hames     2006–07  Patti Lank  Erika Brown  Caitlin Maroldo Chrissy Haase  Ann Swisshelm  2007 USWCC  2007–08  Patti Lank  Caitlin Maroldo  Chrissy Haase  Ann Swisshelm  Erika Brown  Steve Brown    2008–09  Erika Brown  Nina Spatola Nina Reiniger  Laura Hallisey     (4th) 2009–10  Erika Brown  Nina Spatola  Ann Swisshelm  Laura Hallisey  Jessica Schultz(WWCC) Bill Todhunter2010 USWCC  (5th) 2010–11  Erika Brown  Nina Spatola  Ann Swisshelm  Laura Hallisey  Debbie McCormick    (4th) 2011–12  Erika Brown  Debbie McCormick  Jessica Schultz  Ann Swisshelm     (5th) 2012–13  Erika Brown  Debbie McCormick  Jessica Schultz  Ann Swisshelm  Sarah Anderson(WWCC)  Bill Todhunter(WWCC)   (4th) 2013–14  Erika Brown  Debbie McCormick  Jessica Schultz  Ann Swisshelm  Allison Pottinger (OG)  Bill Todhunter  2013 USOCT 2014 OG (10th) 2014–15  Erika Brown  Alex Carlson Becca Funk  Kendall Behm      2015–16 Erika Brown  Allison Pottinger  Nicole Joraanstad  Natalie Nicholson  Tabitha Peterson(WWCC)  Ann Swisshelm(WWCC)   (6th)
Grand Slam record  Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 Masters N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Q Q DNP DNP Players' Championships DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP QF===Former events=== Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 Autumn Gold DNP DNP DNP Q Q DNP Q Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries DNP DNP DNP Q Q DNP DNP Colonial Square N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Q DNP Sobeys Slam Q DNP N/A QF N/A N/A N/A
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