Allison Pottinger

Allison Pottinger
Pottinger (left) with then-skip Debbie McCormick at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Born	(1973-07-05) July 5, 1973 (age 38) Brampton, Ontario
Team
Curling club	St. Paul CC, St Paul, Minnesota
Skip	Allison Pottinger
Third	Nicole Joraanstad
Second	Natalie Nicholson
Lead	Tabitha Peterson
Career
World Championship appearances	10 (1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2007, 2009, 2012)
Medal record Women's Curling World Curling Championships Silver 1996 Hamilton Silver 1999 Saint John Gold 2003 Winnipeg Silver 2006 Grand Prairie

Allison Pottinger (pronounced /ˈpɒtəndʒər/) is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She currently skips her own team, 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.^[1] She was named USA female curling athlete of the year in 2008.^[2]

Career

Pottinger curls out of the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota. She learned how to curl in Otterburn Park, Quebec.^[1]

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.^[2]

Personal life

Pottinger is a marketing research analyst. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and has bachelor's degrees in Political Science and History. She earned an MBA in Marketing at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She is married to Doug Pottinger.^[1]

Former teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games

• Debbie McCormick, Skip
• Nicole Joraanstad, Second
• Natalie Nicholson, Lead
• Tracy Sachtjen, Alternate

Grand Slam record

Key

• C – Champion
• F – Lost final
• SF – Lost semi final
• QF – Lost quarter final
• Q – Did not make playoffs
• DNP – Did not participate in event
• N/A – not a Grand Slam event that season

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} NBC United States Olympic Athlete Biography
2. ^ ^{a b} United States Olympic Committee Athlete Profile