U.S. Olympic Athletes
Allison Pottinger
Position: Vice skip
Teammates: Debbie McCormick, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson, Tracy Sachtjen
Delivers: Right-handed
Curls out of: St. Paul Curling Club
Year started curling: 1984
Occupation: Marketing research analyst
Height: 5 feet, 1 inch
Weight: 120 pounds
Education: Master's degree in marketing from the University of Milwaukee
Web site: TeamMcCormick.us
Other sports: Running, mountain biking, kayaking, rock climbing, played softball in college (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
In her own words: "I learned to curl in Otterburn Park, Quebec, Canada, when I was in sixth grade. I come from a curling family. My father, mother, brother and sister all curl."
CURLING HIGHLIGHTS
- Olympic Winter Games: 2010
- U.S. Olympic Team Trials: 2009 (champion), 2005 (silver), 2001 (silver)
- U.S. National Championships: 2009 (champion), 2008 (champion), 2007 (champion), 2006 (champion), 2005 (runner-up), 2004 (runner-up), 2003 (champion), 2002 (champion), 2001 (runner-up), 2000 (runner-up), 1999 (champion), 1998, 1997, 1996 (champion), 1995 (champion)
- Women's World Curling Championships: 2009, 2008 (7th), 2007 (4th), 2006 (silver), 2003 (gold), 2002 (8th), 1999 (silver), 1997 (6th), 1996 (silver), 1995 (5th)
- World Curling Tour Players Championship: 2006 (quarterfinalist)
- Continental Cup: 2008 (runner-up), 2007 (champion), 2003 (runner-up)
- Mixed Nationals: 1998 (champion), 1995 (champion)
- U.S. Women's Junior Nationals: 1994 (champion)
- Women's Junior World Championships: 1994 (silver)
- Southwest Ontario Women's Cashspiel: 2005 (champion), 2002 (champion)
- Montreal Open: 2003 (runner-up)
- USA Curling Team of the Year: 2003, 1999
- U.S. Olympic Committee Team of the Month: April 2003
- USA Curling Female Athlete of the Year: 2008
