Brad Gushue | |
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Curler | |
Born |
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
June 16, 1980
Team | |
Curling club |
Bally Haly G&CC, St. John's, NL |
Skip | Brad Gushue |
Third | Mark Nichols |
Second | Brett Gallant |
Lead | Geoff Walker |
Alternate | Tom Sallows |
Career | |
Brier appearances | 14 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) |
World Championship appearances |
1 (2017) |
Olympic appearances |
1 (2006) |
Top CTRS ranking | 1st (2016-17) |
Grand Slam victories | 7: The National (2010, 2015), Masters (2014), Canadian Open (2014, 2017), Elite 10 (2016), Players' (2016) |
Medal record
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Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL (born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland 10–4. He is also the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier champion with teammates Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, and Geoff Walker, which was Newfoundland and Labrador's first Brier title in 41 years. Gushue and his rink went on to win the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship with a 4-2 victory over Sweden.
Gushue is a six-time (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) provincial junior curling champion in his home province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the last five as skip. He finished with a bronze medal at the 1999 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, a silver medal at the 2000 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and in 2001, he not only won the provincial championship, but the 2001 Canadian Juniors and world junior championships as well. Gushue was also the alternate for John Morris at the 1998 World Junior Championships, which Morris won.