Английская Википедия:Andrew Stopera

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Andrew Stopera (born September 30, 1997) is an American curler from Briarcliff Manor, New York. He currently throws third rocks and skips Team Korey Dropkin. He is a three-time United States Junior Champion and won the silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

Career

Stopera had a prolific junior curling career, playing in the United States Junior Championships seven straight years, 2013–2019, and medaling every time. The first two seasons of his junior career Stopera played third for Scott Dunnam's team. They earned bronze at the 2013 Junior Nationals and improved to silver at the 2014 Junior Nationals.

Dunnam aged out of juniors after the 2013–14 season and Stopera joined the United States Curling Association's (USCA) Junior High Performance Program. Stopera was added to the Korey Dropkin rink at the lead position, joining Tom Howell, Mark Fenner, and alternate Luc Violette. Despite the new team, the result at the 2015 Junior Nationals was a familiar one, another silver medal. The team also competed in the United States Men's Championship, where they finished 7th. The next season, Stopera formed a new team, adding Luc Violette at third, Steven Szemple at second, and William Pryor at lead. The new lineup earned bronze at the 2016 Junior Nationals.

For the 2016–17 season, Team Stopera got a new front end, with Ben Richardson joining at second and Graem Fenson at lead. This line-up won the next three United States Junior Championships, 2017–2019. Winning Junior Nationals earned them the chance to represent the United States at the World Junior Championships. At their first appearance, the 2017 Worlds, they earned the silver medal when they lost to Lee Ki-jeong's South Korean team in the final. At the 2018 Worlds they made it to the bronze medal match but lost to Team Switzerland. Stopera finished fifth at his final Worlds in 2019.

Stopera played at the Winter University Games (WUG) twice as a junior, in 2017 and 2019. He played as alternate for Alex Leichter's team at the 2017 Games, finishing in sixth place. Two years later, Stopera returned to the WUG as skip but again came up short, finishing in eighth place.

After aging out of juniors Stopera joined Todd Birr's team for the 2019–20 season, playing third. For that season he also remained in the USCA's High Performance Program as a mixed doubles athlete competing with Madison Bear. For the 2020–21 season Stopera joined Rich Ruohonen's men's High Performance Program team as vice-skip. Stopera also was selected, along with teammate Madison Bear, to be the first U-25 mixed doubles national team. The U-25 team program, which stands for under 25 years old, was added in 2020 as a new part of the High Performance Program with the intention of bridging the development gap between juniors and adult-level curling.

Personal life

Stopera's father Bill is also a curler, and won the United States Men's Championship in 2012. Andrew graduated from Northwestern University.

Teams

Men's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
2012–13	Scott Dunnam	Andrew Stopera	Steven Szemple	Andrew Dunnam			2013 USJCC Шаблон:Bronze3
2013–14	Scott Dunnam	Andrew Stopera	Steven Szemple	Andrew Dunnam			2014 USJCC Шаблон:Silver2
2014–15	Korey Dropkin	Tom Howell	Mark Fenner	Andrew Stopera	Luc Violette		2015 USJCC Шаблон:Silver2 Шаблон:USMCC (7th)
2015–16	Andrew Stopera	Luc Violette	Steven Szemple	William Pryor			2016 USJCC Шаблон:Bronze3
	Heath McCormick	Bill Stopera	Dean Gemmell	Mark Lazar	Andrew Stopera		Шаблон:USMCC (10th)
2016–17	Andrew Stopera	Luc Violette	Ben Richardson	Graem Fenson		Mark Lazar	2017 USJCC Шаблон:Gold1 Шаблон:WJCC Шаблон:Silver2
	Alex Leichter	Nate Clark	Chris Bond	Calvin Weber	Andrew Stopera	Frederick Leichter	2017 WUG (6th)
2017–18	Andrew Stopera	Luc Violette	Ben Richardson	Graem Fenson	Caleb Clawson	Mark Lazar	2018 USJCC Шаблон:Gold1 Шаблон:WJCC (4th)
2018–19	Andrew Stopera	Luc Violette	Ben Richardson	Graem Fenson	Riley Fenson	Mark Lazar	2019 USJCC Шаблон:Gold1 Шаблон:WJCC (5th)
	Andrew Stopera	Luc Violette	Alex Fenson	Graem Fenson		Mark Lazar	2019 WUG (8th)
2019–20	Todd Birr	Andrew Stopera	Hunter Clawson	Tom O'Connor			Шаблон:USMCC (8th)
2020–21	Rich Ruohonen	Andrew Stopera	Colin Hufman	Kroy Nernberger	Philip Tilker	Pete Annis	Шаблон:USMCC (7th)
2021–22	Rich Ruohonen	Andrew Stopera	Colin Hufman	Philip Tilker	Kroy Nernberger	Pete Annis	2021 USOCT Шаблон:Bronze3
2022–23	Korey Dropkin	Andrew Stopera	Mark Fenner	Tom Howell			Шаблон:PCCC Шаблон:Bronze3 Шаблон:USMCC Шаблон:Bronze3
2023–24	Korey Dropkin (Fourth)	Andrew Stopera (Skip)	Mark Fenner	Tom Howell			Шаблон:PCCC (4th)

Mixed doubles

Season	Female	Male	Events
2019–20	Madison Bear	Andrew Stopera	Шаблон:USMDCC (8th)
2020–21	Madison Bear	Andrew Stopera	Шаблон:USMDCC Шаблон:Silver2
2021–22	Madison Bear	Andrew Stopera	2021 USMDOT (9th)
	Monica Walker	Andrew Stopera	Шаблон:USMDCC Шаблон:Silver2
2022–23	Sarah Anderson	Andrew Stopera	Шаблон:USMDCC Шаблон:Silver2
2023–24	Sarah Anderson	Andrew Stopera

Grand Slam record

Event	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24
Tour Challenge	T2	DNP	N/A	N/A	T2	Q
The National	DNP	DNP	N/A	DNP	SF	QF
Masters	DNP	DNP	N/A	Q	Q	Q
Canadian Open	DNP	DNP	N/A	N/A	QF	Q
Players'	DNP	N/A	DNP	DNP	Q
Champions Cup	DNP	N/A	DNP	DNP	QF	N/A

External links

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