Neil Houston

Neil Houston
birthday	January 19, 1957
place of birth	Calgary , Canada
Career
nation	Canada
society	Calgary Winter Club, Alberta
Playing position	Second
Playing hand	right
status	unknown
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 1 × 0 × 0 × JWM medals 1 × 0 × 0 ×
winter Olympics bronze 1988 Calgary World Curling Championship gold 1986 Toronto Junior World Curling Championship gold 1976 Aviemore
last change: March 15, 2010

Neil Houston (born January 19, 1957 in Calgary ) is a Canadian curler .

Houston made his international debut at the 1976 World Junior Championship in Aviemore , where he won the gold medal. In 1986 Houston became world champion at the World Cup in Toronto .

Houston played second on the Canadian team at the XV. 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics in curling. Skip Ed Lukowich's team won the Olympic bronze medal. Since curling was still a demonstration sport at that time, the medal has no official status.

After finishing his active career, Houston stayed with curling as a functionary. He was Sports Manager on the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and is currently (2011) Event Manager of the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship and the 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling.

successes

• World Champion 1986
• Junior World Champion 1976
• 3rd place Olympic Winter Games 1988 (demonstration competition)

Web links

• Neil Houston on Worldcurling.org (English)
• Neil Houston , olympic.ca

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of Neil Houston  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at LinkedIn