Jason Gunnlaugson
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June 2, 1984 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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Granite CC, Winnipeg, MB |
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| Brier appearances | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Top CTRS ranking | 13th (2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jason Gunnlaugson (born July 2, 1984 in Winnipeg) is a Canadian curler currently living in Vernon, British Columbia.
Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The deal which was announced in April 2010 fell through in November that year, when the Gunnlaugson team was fired by the RCF.
Prior to his deal to play for Russia, Gunnlaugson had skipped his team out of Beausejour, Manitoba. In 2009, Gunnlaugson took over the reins of Daley Peters's team when Peters left the team to curl with his father Vic Peters. Gunnlaugson had been a member of the Peters team solely for the 2008-09 season, prior to that he had played third on the Reid Carruthers team.
Gunnlaugson acquired a berth at the 2009 Olympic Pre-Trials through his CTRS ranking from September 2007 to April 2009, highest of teams not already qualified. Most of those points were acquired earlier as part of the Reid Carruthers team, the Gunnlaugson team was the last team to qualify for the pre-trials. The four-some surprised many by being one of the four teams to qualify for the main Olympic trials, defeating Mike McEwen with the last rock in the extra end of the 'C' Final. However, at the trials, the team finished winless, with an 0-7 record.
Coming from curling strong Manitoba, with teams like Jeff Stoughton and Kerry Burtnyk, Gunnlaugson has been unable to win the Safeway Provincial Championships to play in the Brier thus far in his young career. However, he did play second for Manitoba (skipped by Carruthers) at the 2008 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.
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