Tara Peterson

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Tara Peterson
Curler
Born (1991-05-28) May 28, 1991 (age 30)
Burnsville, Minnesota
Team
Curling clubSt. Paul CC,
St. Paul, MN
SkipTabitha Peterson
ThirdNina Roth
SecondBecca Hamilton
LeadTara Peterson
AlternateAileen Geving
Mixed doubles
partner		Kroy Nernberger
Career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances		3 (2014, 2015, 2021)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2022)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  United States
World Women's Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Calgary
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Flims Team
United States Women's Curling Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 Philadelphia Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Cheney Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kalamazoo Team

Tara S. Peterson (born May 28, 1991) is an American curler from Shoreview, Minnesota.[1] She currently plays lead for her sister Tabitha.[2]

Curling career[]

As a junior curler, Peterson won three United States Junior Curling Championships, qualifying her to play in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Junior Curling Championships. At the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships, Peterson played second for the Alexandra Carlson team and finished in 5th place. The next season, Peterson remained on the Carlson rink, and at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, the team won the bronze medal for the United States. The next year, Peterson joined the Wisconsin-based Rebecca Hamilton team at third. At the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships, the team finished in 5th. In 2012, they finished in third place at the U.S. Junior Championships.

After juniors, Peterson continued to play with Hamilton for on season (at second), until joining the Nina Roth rink in 2013 as her second. Peterson competed at the 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship as the alternate on team USA, skipped by Allison Pottinger (finished 6th). In 2014, she joined the Aileen Sormunen rink. With Sormunen, Peterson won her first World Curling Tour event at the 2014 St. Paul Cash Spiel. She also played in her first Grand Slam event that season, going all the way to the semifinals of the 2014 Colonial Square Ladies Classic. The team acquired enough WCT Order of Merit Points to qualify as the U.S. National team for the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship.

At the 2020 United States Women's Championship Peterson earned her second national title, as second for her sister Tabitha. In the round robin Team Peterson's only loss came against Jamie Sinclair but they then beat Team Sinclair in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game and again in the final.[3] As United States Champions Team Peterson would have represented the United States at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship, but they lost that opportunity when the Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] They also earned a spot at the final Grand Slam of the season, the Champions Cup,[5] which was also cancelled due to the pandemic. Their qualification will instead carry over to the 2021 Champions Cup.[6]

During the 2020 off-season the team announced that Tabitha Peterson would remain as skip when Roth returned from maternity leave. Roth re-joined the team as vice-skip at third, with Hamilton moving to second, Tara Peterson to lead, and Geving to alternate.[7] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Peterson team did not compete in events for most of the 2020–21 season until entering a bio-secure bubble held in Calgary, Alberta in the spring of 2021 for three events in a row. The first two events were the Champions Cup and Players' Championship grand slams, with the team missing the playoffs at both. The third event in the Calgary bubble for Team Peterson was the 2021 World Women's Championship, which they earned a spot at as 2020 National Champions after the 2021 National Championship was moved to later in the spring due to the pandemic. They finished the 13 game round-robin in fifth place with a 7–6 record, earning them a spot in the playoffs and securing a 2022 Olympic berth for the United States. In the playoffs, Team Peterson defeated Denmark's Madeline Dupont but lost to Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni to end up in the bronze medal game. There, Peterson faced off against Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and won with a score of 9–5, including scoring five points in the seventh end.[8][9] Team Peterson's bronze medal finish was the first World Women's medal for the United States in 15 years, and the first ever bronze medal.

Personal life[]

Peterson's sister is fellow curler Tabitha Peterson.[10] She is employed as a dentist and is married.[11]

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2005–06 Alex Carlson Tabitha Peterson Tara Peterson Sophie Brorson 2006 USJCC (SF)
2006–07 Alex Carlson Tabitha Peterson Tara Peterson Sophie Brorson (4th)
2007–08 Alex Carlson Tabitha Peterson Tara Peterson Sophie Brorson 2008 USJCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2008–09 Alex Carlson Tabitha Peterson Tara Peterson Sophie Brorson Molly Bonner Howard Restall 2009 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2009 WJCC (5th)
2009–10 Alex Carlson Tabitha Peterson Tara Peterson Sophie Brorson Miranda Solem Howard Restall 2010 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2010 WJCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2010–11 Becca Hamilton Tara Peterson Karlie Koenig Sophie Brorson Rebecca Funk (WJCC) Neil Doese (WJCC) 2011 USJCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2011 WJCC (5th)
2011–12 Becca Hamilton Tara Peterson Karlie Koenig Sophie Brorson 2012 USJCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012 USWCC (7th)
2012–13 Becca Hamilton Molly Bonner Tara Peterson Sophie Brorson 2013 USWCC (8th)
2013–14 Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tabitha Peterson Tara Peterson Derek Brown 2014 USWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014 WWCC (6th)
2014–15 Aileen Sormunen Tara Peterson Vicky Persinger Monica Walker Becca Hamilton (WWCC) Scott Baird 2015 USWCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2015 WWCC (10th)
2015–16 Jamie Sinclair Tabitha Peterson Becca Hamilton Jenna Haag Tara Peterson 2016 USWCC (4th)
2018–19 Nina Roth Tabitha Peterson Becca Hamilton Tara Peterson 2019 USWCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
CWC/GF (6th)
2019–20 Tabitha Peterson Becca Hamilton Tara Peterson Aileen Geving Natalie Nicholson 2020 USWCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020–21 Tabitha Peterson Nina Roth Becca Hamilton Tara Peterson Aileen Geving Laine Peters 2021 WWCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[8]
2021–22 Tabitha Peterson Nina Roth Becca Hamilton Tara Peterson Aileen Geving

References[]

  1. ^ "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  2. ^ https://www.usacurling.org/2022-team-trials-standings
  3. ^ Schneider, Angela (2020-02-15). "Tabitha Peterson takes aggressive approach to dethrone Jamie Sinclair in women's title match of USA Curling Championships". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 2020-02-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "World women's curling championship cancelled". TSN. Mar 12, 2020. Retrieved Apr 27, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Peterson Locks Down Playoff Spot". USA Curling. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "2020 Humpty's Champions Cup teams to keep spots for next season". Grand Slam of Curling. Mar 18, 2020. Retrieved Apr 27, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Team Peterson Announced". USA Curling. Apr 27, 2020. Retrieved Apr 28, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ a b Blount, Rachel (May 9, 2021). "Minnesotans help U.S. women's curling team earn Olympics berth". Star Tribune. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  9. ^ "United States beat Sweden to win women's world curling bronze". Sportsnet. May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  10. ^ "Spatola team wins gold at USA Curling Nationals presented by Labatt". USA Curling. Mar 8, 2014. Retrieved Apr 29, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

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