Allison Pottinger facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Allison Pottinger
Curler
Pottinger at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Born	Allison Darragh (1973-07-05) July 5, 1973 (age 50) Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Team
Curling club	St. Paul CC, St. Paul, Minnesota
Career
Member Association	Minnesota
World Championship appearances	13 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Olympic appearances	2 (2010, 2014)
Medal record Women's curling Representing the  United States World Championships Gold 2003 Winnipeg Silver 1996 Hamilton Silver 1999 Saint John Silver 2006 Grand Prairie World Junior Championships Silver 1994 Sofia United States Olympic Curling Trials Gold 2009 Broomfield Team Silver 2001 Ogden Team Silver 2005 Madison Team Silver 2013 Fargo Team United States National Championships Gold 1995 Appleton Gold 1996 Bemidji Gold 1999 Duluth Gold 2002 Eveleth Gold 2003 Utica Gold 2006 Bemidji Gold 2007 Utica Gold 2008 Hibbing Gold 2009 Broomfield Gold 2012 Philadelphia Gold 2016 Jacksonville Silver 2000 Ogden Silver 2001 Madison Silver 2004 Grand Forks Silver 2005 Madison Silver 2011 Fargo Silver 2014 Philadelphia Bronze 2013 Green Bay United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Silver 2016 Denver

Allison Pottinger /ˈpɒtəndʒər/ (née Darragh, born July 5, 1973) is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She 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. She was named USA female curling athlete of the year in 2008.

Career

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

In 1994, Pottinger was an alternate for Erika Brown's silver medal-winning team at the 1994 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.

Upon their semifinal win at the 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship, Pottinger and her team were qualified to participate at the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials. Her team lost in the trials, but Pottinger was selected as the Alternate for the victorious team (which includes former teammate McCormick). Pottinger attended the 2014 Olympics but was not selected to play in any matches for Team USA.

Personal life

Pottinger is a consumer insights manager with Rakuten Intelligence. 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 and has two children.

Awards

• USA Curling Female Athlete of the Year: 2008, 2012
• USA Curling Team of the Year: 1999, 2003

Teams

Women's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
1993–94	Erika Brown	Debbie Henry	Stacey Liapis	Analissa Johnson	Allison Darragh		1994 USJCC 1 1994 WJCC 2
1994–95	Lisa Schoeneberg	Erika Brown	Lori Mountford	Marcia Tillisch	Allison Darragh		1995 USWCC 1 1995 WWCC (6th)
1995–96	Lisa Schoeneberg	Erika Brown	Lori Mountford	Allison Darragh	Debbie Henry		1996 USWCC 1 1996 WWCC 2
1996–97	Patti Lank	Analissa Johnson	Joni Cotten	Tracy Sachtjen	Allison Darragh		1997 WWCC (7th)
1998–99	Patti Lank	Erika Brown	Allison Darragh	Tracy Sachtjen	Barb Perrella (WWCC)	Steve Brown (WWCC)	1999 USWCC 1 1999 WWCC 2
1999–00	Patti Lank	Erika Brown	Allison Darragh	Tracy Sachtjen		Steve Brown	2000 USWCC 2
2000–01	Patti Lank	Erika Brown	Allison Darragh	Tracy Sachtjen		Keith Reilly	2001 USWCC 2
2001–02	Patti Lank	Erika Brown Oriedo	Allison Darragh	Tracy Sachtjen		Bev Behnke	2001 USOCT 2
	Patti Lank	Erika Brown	Allison Darragh	Natalie Nicholson	Nicole Joraanstad		2002 USWCC 1 2002 WWCC (8th)
2002–03	Debbie McCormick	Allison Pottinger	Ann Swisshelm Silver	Tracy Sachtjen	Joni Cotten	Wally Henry	2003 USWCC 1 2003 WWCC 1
2003–04	Debbie McCormick	Allison Pottinger	Ann Swisshelm Silver	Tracy Sachtjen	Joni Cotten		2004 USWCC 2
2004–05	Debbie McCormick	Allison Pottinger	Ann Swisshelm Silver	Tracy Sachtjen			2005 USWCC/USOCT 2
2005–06	Debbie McCormick	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Tracy Sachtjen	Natalie Nicholson	Joni Cotten	2006 USWCC 1
	Debbie McCormick	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Caitlin Maroldo	Wally Henry	2006 WWCC 2
2006–07	Debbie McCormick	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Tracy Sachtjen		2007 USWCC 1
	Debbie McCormick	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Maureen Brunt	Wally Henry	2007 WWCC (4th)
2007–08	Debbie McCormick	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Tracy Sachtjen (WWCC)	Wally Henry	2008 USWCC 1 2008 WWCC (7th)
2008–09	Debbie McCormick	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Tracy Sachtjen	Wally Henry	2009 USWCC/USOCT 1 2009 WWCC (9th)
2009–10	Debbie McCormick	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Tracy Sachtjen	Wally Henry	2010 OG (10th)
2010–11	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Tabitha Peterson			2011 USWCC 2
2011–12	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Tabitha Peterson	Cassandra Potter	Derek Brown	2012 USWCC 1 2012 WWCC (5th)
2012–13	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Tabitha Peterson			2013 USWCC 3
2013–14	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Tabitha Peterson	Tara Peterson (WWCC)	Derek Brown (WWCC)	2013 USOCT 2 2014 USWCC 2 2014 WWCC (6th)
	Erika Brown	Debbie McCormick	Jessica Schultz	Ann Swisshelm	Allison Pottinger	Bill Todhunter	2014 OG (10th)
2015–16	Erika Brown	Allison Pottinger	Nicole Joraanstad	Natalie Nicholson	Tabitha Peterson (WWCC)	Ann Swisshelm (WWCC)	2016 USWCC 1 2016 WWCC (6th)

Mixed doubles

Season	Male	Female	Events
2015–16	Allison Pottinger	Doug Pottinger	2016 USMDCC 2

Mixed

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Events
1995	Mike Fraboni	Allison Pottinger	Mark Swandby	Toni Swandby	1995 USMxCC 1
1998	Mike Fraboni	Allison Pottinger	Craig Brown	Tracy Sachtjen	1998 USMxCC 1

Grand Slam record

See also

In Spanish: Allison Pottinger para niños