From The CBC Torino 2006 – The Olympic Games Site
Brad Gushue – Curling – men’s skip
Birthdate: June 16, 1980
Birthplace: St. John’s
Hometown: St. John’s
Olympic Outlook
Under Russ Howard’s guidance, the 25-year-old Gushue matured by leaps and bounds at the Canadian curling trials, winning nine of ten matches against an extremely deep field. His rink will arrive in Turin as favourites to win Canada’s first Olympic gold medal in men’s curling.
Season Highlights
* Won Canadian men’s curling trials as skip
* Third at World Curling Tour Oslo Cup as skip
Career Highlights
* Won 2004 Canada Cup East as skip
* Won 2001 Canadian junior championships as skip
* Skipped Newfoundland and Labrador in three Briers (2003-2005)
* Skipped Newfoundland in five Canadian junior championships (1996, 1998-2001)
Quotations
“They’re five of my best friends in the world, and if we weren’t curling, we’d still be best friends. This is incredible to share it with them.”
- Gushue on winning the 2005 Canadian curling trials with his close-knit teammates.
Noteworthy
At 25, Gushue will be the youngest man to skip a Canadian rink at the Olympics since curling became a full medal sport in 1998. Mike Harris was 31 and Kevin Martin 36 when they skipped Canada to silver medals in1998 and 2002, respectively.
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Brad
You and your team are true gentelmen , When Russ
Howard was playing I had my TV on mute . Couldn’t stand all the yelling . Wish you could of won over
Stoughton . Maybe next year
Good luck
Brad and Team:
Congrats on fantastic Brier so far. It’s just so good to shut up some of the naysayers.
Keep it up.
Hi Brad. I don’t like to interfere as I am only a curling fan, but I have noticed that the player you have holding the broom for you does not keep his broom in the spot that you put down. Instead as soon as you walk away to the hack, he leaves the spot and lines up a lot of other views. When he returns to holding the broom he sometimes does not put it exactly where you wanted it, sometimes stealing some ice on you. When you wrecked on that draw against Martin, that was the case. Again, none of my business, but I did observe that.
you guys are soo amazing,you inspire me. I love you soo much brad you are just soo.. you are???? your too amazing… wonderful to describe… i wish you all the best hope brad with your mom and you guys you keep doing what you have been doing.. MUAH MUAH I LOVE YOU!!!!!
Brad, you and your team were awesome at the Olympics. You made us all proud to be Canadian during this special time. Thank you for playing so well and showing us how exciting your game can be.
You guys were amazing!
Since schools were closed for us here in NFLD, I made sure I watched the game.
I knew you were gonna win!
You are a winner! Newfoundlanders are so proud of you. Congratulations!
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