Brad Gushue

Brad Gushue
Full name	Bradley Raymond Gushue
birthday	16th June 1980 (age 40)
place of birth	St. John's ,  Canada
Career
nation	Canada
Playing position	Skip
Playing hand	right
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 1 × 0 × JWM medals 2 × 0 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold 2006 Turin  World Curling Championships gold 2017 Edmonton silver 2018 Las Vegas Junior World Curling Championships gold 1998 Thunder Bay gold 2001 Ogden
last change: April 10, 2018

Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue , ONL (born June 16, 1980 in St. John's , Newfoundland ) is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion .

Life

He won the junior title of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador six times (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001), the last five titles in the position of skip. In 2001 he not only won the provincial championship, but also became Canadian junior national champion and junior world champion. Gushue had also been called up as a substitute for John Morris at the 1998 Junior World Cup in 1998, with Morris winning the tournament.

After his junior career Gushue quickly rose to one of the best players in his province and qualified in 2003, 2004 and 2005 respectively for the national championship The Brier . In late 2005, Gushue added former world champion Russ Howard to his team and won the Canadian qualifying tournament for the 2006 Winter Olympics . In Pinerolo , he led the Canadian team to win the Olympic gold medal.

Gushue has competed many times for Newfoundland and Labrador in the Canadian championship The Brier. In 2017 he won the tournament for the first time with his team members Mark Nichols , Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker and was allowed to represent Canada at the 2017 World Cup in Edmonton . There he remained undefeated in the round robin and won the page playoff against the Swedish team around Niklas Edin . In 2018 he was able to defend his title at the Canadian Championships and competed again for Canada at the 2018 World Cup . After a third place in the Round Robin, a victory against the USA (Skip: Rich Ruohonen ) in the qualifying game and against Scotland (Skip: Bruce Mouat ) in the semifinals, the final pairing of the previous year was repeated. There Gushue had to admit defeat to the Swedish team of Niklas Edin 3: 7 and be satisfied with the silver medal.

Gushue plays for the Bally Haly Country Club in St. John's and owns a company. He is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right To Play .

Teams

season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead
1994-95	Ryan Davis	Brett Reynolds	Brad Gushue	Colin Josephson
1995-96	Brad Gushue	Randy Turpin	Brett Reynolds	Colin Josephson
1996-97	Brad Gushue	Randy Turpin	Jamie Korab	Brett Reynolds
1997-98	Brad Gushue	Ryan Davis	Jason Davidge	Brett Reynolds
1998-99	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Neal Blackmore	Steve Parsons
1999-00	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Jamie Korab	Mike Adam
2000-01	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brent Hamilton	Mike Adam
2001-02	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Paul Harvey	Gene Trickett
2002-03	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Jamie Korab	Mark Ward
2003-04	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Jamie Korab	Mark Ward
2004-05	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Keith Ryan	Jamie Korab
2005-06	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Mike Adam Russ Howard (skip)	Jamie Korab
2006-07	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Chris Schille	Jamie Korab
2007-08	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Chris Schille	David Noftall
2008-09	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Ryan Fry	Jamie Korab
2009-10	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Ryan Fry	Jamie Korab
2010-11	Brad Gushue	Randy Ferbey (Skip)	Mark Nichols	Ryan Fry
2011	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Ryan Fry	Jamie Danbrook
2011-12	Brad Gushue	Ryan Fry	Geoff Walker	Adam Casey
2012–13	Brad Gushue	Brett Gallant	Adam Casey	Geoff Walker
2013-14	Brad Gushue	Brett Gallant	Adam Casey	Geoff Walker
2014–15	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker
2015–16	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker
2016–17	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker
2017-18	Brad Gushue	Mark Nichols	Brett Gallant	Geoff Walker

Web links

• Team Gushue
• Brad Gushue on Worldcurling.org (English)