Men's
- Andreas 'Andy' Kapp, Germany
(World and European Champion)
- Bradley 'Brad' Gushue, Canada
(Olympic Champion 2006)
- David Murdoch, Scotland
(World and European Champion)
- Kevin Martin, Canada
(WMCC-2008 and Canada Champion)
- Pal Trulsen, Norway
(EMCC and Olympic Champion 2002)
- Peja Lindholm, Sweden
(WJCC, WMCC and EMCC Champion)
- Randy Ferbey, Canada
(WMCC Champion 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005)
- Thomas Ulsrud, Norway
(World and European Medalist)
Women's
- Anette Norberg, Sweden
(Olympic Champion 2006, World and European Champion)
- Dordi Nordby, Norway
(World and European Champion)
- Jennifer Jones, Canada
(WWCC-2008 and Canada Champion)
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Kevin Martin (born July 31, 1966 in Killam, Alberta; nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart") is a Canadian curler from Edmonton.
Kevin Martin is the current World Champion and Brier champion skip. Martin is one of the most successful curlers in the world, especially in the World Curling Tour, where his team has won almost $1 million in his career!
Team Kevin Martin won again
Martin first came on the curling scene in 1985 when he won the Canadian Junior Championships. This qualified him for the 1986 World Junior championships, where he won the silver medal.
Five years later, he qualified for the 1991 Labatt Brier, which he ended up winning and going on to the World Championships where he won the silver medal.
In 1992 Martin qualified for the 1992 Winter Olympics in which curling was a demonstration sport and finished fourth. would then play in the 1992, 1995 and 1996 Labatt Briers before winning the Brier again in 1997. That gave him a berth at the World Championships where he would again fall short of gold, finishing fourth.
He would not return to the Brier until 2000 where he finished with a disappointing 6-5 record.
Martin once again went to the Olympics two years later for the 2002 Winter Olympics, the second Olympics where curling was a full-medal event. At the 2002 Olympics, Martin had an 9–1 record before losing to Pal Trulsen of Norway in the final, missing a presumably "easy" draw in the last round.
On April 26, 2006 Martin announced the break up of his long-time team Olympic silver medalist team of lead Don Bartlett, second Carter Rycroft and third Don Walchuk. Those three would be replaced by 2-time World Junior Champion skip John Morris now playing third, Marc Kennedy at second and Ben Hebert at lead.
Martin is known for his ability to pull off near-impossible shots in complex situations, to the degree where other curlers have been using the expression "to do a Martin", meaning to attempt such a shot.
Martin has won a career eight Grand Slam victories. He was the second skip (after Wayne Middaugh) to win a "career Grand Slam"—winning a title in each Grand Slam event. He did this after winning the National Grand Slam event on March 25, 2007.
On March 13, 2008, Martin's team from Alberta became the first time since 2003 to go through the round robin at the Tim Hortons Brier undefeated. They finished with a perfect 13-0 record. With that perfect finish, Martin won his third Brier title.
Martin finally won his first World Championship at the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota. After a 10-1 record, he lost to Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, in the 1 vs. 2 game, only to beat them in the rematch in the final. This was the first time Kevin Martin won a gold medal at an international curling event.
Best moment of this wondeful match you can see on our Video page.
In July 2008 shot by Kevin Martin became a BEST SHOT OF THE YEAR - Kevin Martin (Canada)
- BEST SHOT OF THE SEASON 2007/2008.
Of cause, it's 2008 World Men's Curling Champion - Kevin Martin (Canada).
- With his final stone of the first of three battles against Randy Ferbey at the Alberta Boston Pizza Cup, Kevin Martin makes a triple takeout facing two to score three points and win 6-4.
Grand Slam Titles:
Masters of Curling: 2003 (january)
Canadian Open: 2002, 2005, 2007
The National: 2007
Players' Championship: 1998, 2000, 2005, 2007
World Championship: 2008
His current team consists of:
- Kevin Martin, skip
- John Morris, third
- Marc Kennedy, second
- Ben Hebert, first
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