Shawn Rojeski
Shawn Rojeski | |
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Curler | |
Born | Virginia, Minnesota |
January 21, 1972
Team | |
Curling club | Hibbing CC, Hibbing, Minnesota |
Skip | Pete Fenson |
Third | Shawn Rojeski |
Second | Joe Polo |
Lead | Ryan Brunt |
Career | |
World Championship appearances |
7 (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2014) |
Olympic appearances |
1 (2006) |
Medal record
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Shawn Rojeski (born January 21, 1972 in Virginia, Minnesota) is an American curler from Chisholm, Minnesota and Olympic medalist. He was born and raised in Biwabik, Minnesota and attended Mesabi East High School. Under skip Pete Fenson, he received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, playing as the third.[1] The team was later named the 2006 USOC Team of the Year.
He participated on the American team at the 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2010 World Curling Championships.
After participating at the 2010 Worlds and finishing in 4th place, he and the rest of the Fenson rink teamed up with Ryan Brunt and went to the 2011 Continental Cup of Curling, where Team North America defeated Team World. He then went to the 2011 US Nationals, where, after remaining undefeated in the round robin, the Fenson rink won the gold medal at the nationals. They represented the United States at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in April at Regina, Saskatchewan, finishing with a 3-8 win-loss record at 10th after a series of close losses.
Teams
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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2003–04 | Pete Fenson | Eric Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | John Shuster | 2003 Cont., USNCC, WCC |
2004–05 | Pete Fenson | Eric Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | John Shuster | 2005 USNCC, WCC |
2005–06 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Doug Pottinger | 2006 Cont. |
Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | John Shuster | 2006 USNCC, OG, WCC | |
2006–07 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | John Shuster | |
2009–10 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Tyler George | 2010 USNCC, WCC |
2010–11 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | 2011 Cont., USNCC, WCC |
2011–12 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | 2012 Cont., USNCC |
2012–13 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | 2013 USNCC |
2013–14 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt |
References
- ↑ "Torino 2006 – Results, Curling" – cbc.ca (Retrieved on March 21, 2008)
External links
- Shawn Rojeski on the World Curling Federation database
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- American curlers
- American sportsmen
- Male curlers
- People from Virginia, Minnesota
- Olympic curlers of the United States
- Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in curling
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- American Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- Curling biography stubs
- American winter sports biography stubs