Allison Pottinger

Allison Pottinger
Curler
Pottinger at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Born	Allison Darragh (1973-07-05) July 5, 1973 (age 43) Brampton, Ontario
Team
Curling club	St. Paul CC, St. Paul, Minnesota
Skip	Erika Brown
Third	Allison Pottinger
Second	Nicole Joraanstad
Lead	Natalie Nicholson
Alternate	Tabitha Peterson
Career
World Championship appearances	13 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Olympic appearances	2 (2010, 2014)
Medal record Women's curling World Curling Championships Representing  United States 2003 Winnipeg 1996 Hamilton 1999 Saint John 2006 Grand Prairie United States Olympic Curling Trials 2009 Broomfield Team 2005 Madison Team 2013 Fargo Team United States National Championships 2016 Jacksonville 2014 Philadelphia 2013 Green Bay

Allison Pottinger /ˈpɒtəndʒər/ is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She currently plays third for Erika Brown, but is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in multiple Olympics and World Championships. McCormick left the team in 2010. She competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Vancouver, Canada. She was named USA female curling athlete of the year in 2008.

Pottinger curls out of the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota. She learned how to curl in Otterburn Park, Quebec.

In 1994, Pottinger was an alternate for Erika Brown's silver medal winning team at the World Junior Curling Championships. Pottinger picked up another silver medal at the 1996 World Curling Championships as the lead for Lisa Schoeneberg. In 1999, Pottinger won another silver medal, this time playing second for Patti Lank. In 2003 she had moved up to the position of third, and played for Debbie McCormick. In 2003, they won the first gold medal for an American team at the World Curling Championships. They would go to the Worlds again in 2006, where they won a silver medal.