Carter Rycroft

Carter Rycroft
Curler
Born	(1977-08-29) August 29, 1977 Grande Prairie, Alberta
Team
Curling club	Glencoe CC, Calgary, AB
Skip	Pat Simmons
Third	John Morris
Second	Carter Rycroft
Lead	Nolan Thiessen
Alternate	Tom Sallows
Career
Brier appearances	7 (2000, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)
World Championship appearances	3 (2010, 2014, 2015)
Olympic appearances	1 (2002)
Top CTRS ranking	2nd (2013–14)
Grand Slam victories	7 (Masters: Jan. 2003, 2012; The National: Nov. 2004; Canadian Open: 2002, 2005, 2013; Players' Championship: 2004)
Medal record Men's curling Representing  Canada Winter Olympics 2002 Salt Lake City World Curling Championships 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo 2015 Halifax Representing  Alberta Canadian Olympic Curling Trials 2001 Regina Tim Hortons Brier 2010 Halifax 2014 Kamloops 2015 Calgary 2012 Saskatoon

Carter Rycroft (born August 29, 1977 in Grande Prairie, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. He was a member of the Canadian Olympic team, skipped by Kevin Martin, that won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Career

Rycroft joined the Martin rink in 1999 after skipping Team Alberta at the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and playing for Randy Ferbey. With Martin, he won two provincial championships (2000, 2006), two Canada Cups (2005, 2006) and the Olympic silver medal (2002). He left the Martin rink in 2006 and joined the Kevin Koe rink. Rycroft won another Canada Cup playing second with Koe, followed by his first Brier championship title at Halifax in 2010. The team beat Ontario's Glenn Howard 6-5 in the final. At the 2014 Kamloops Brier the Koe rink repeated as Canadian champions, defeating John Morris' B.C. rink 10-5 in the final.^[1] In 2014, Koe left the team, and was replaced by Morris as skip.

Personal life

Rycroft is the owner of the Prairie West Ventures and Majestic Rentals. He is married to Sheila Rycroft and has three children.^[2] At the 2014 Brier Rycroft, whose wife was pregnant, said he planned to take a year off curling. ^[1] However, since the team won the Brier in 2014, he continued to play in certain events.

Teams

External links

• Carter Rycroft on the World Curling Federation database

• Carter Rycroft on the World Curling Tour database