John Shuster

John Shuster
Curler
File:John Shuster.jpg
Born	(1982-11-03) November 3, 1982 Chisholm, Minnesota
Team
Curling club	Duluth CC, Duluth, MN
Skip	John Shuster
Third	Tyler George
Second	Matt Hamilton
Lead	John Landsteiner
Career
World Championship appearances	5 (2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2015)
Olympic appearances	3 (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medal record Men's curling Representing the United States Winter Olympics 2006 Turin Team Winter Universiade 2007 Turin Team United States Men's Curling Championship 2003 Utica Team 2005 Madison Team 2006 Bemidji Team 2012 Philadelphia 2013 Green Bay 2015 Kalamazoo Team United States Olympic Curling Trials 2005 Madison Team 2009 Broomfield Team 2013 Fargo Team

John Shuster (/ˈʃuːstər/; born November 3, 1982) is an American curler and 2006 Olympic bronze medalist from Superior, Wisconsin.

Career

He participated on the American team at the 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009 World Curling Championships. Shuster received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Shuster won the 2010 United States Olympic Curling Trials and represented the United States at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. At the 2009 Curling World Championships in Moncton, Canada, Shuster and his team finished in fifth place. They finished the Round Robin portion in a tie for the playoffs, however they lost to Team Norway in the tiebreaker.

After Shuster missed several crucial last-rock shots in three of the United States' first four matches in the 2010 Winter Olympics, U.S. coaches took the unusual step of benching Shuster and replacing him with alternate Chris Plys. Plys threw third rocks as skip, with Jason Smith throwing fourth rocks. In their first match after Shuster's benching, the U.S. won their first match of the tournament when they stole a point from France in the 10th end. Shuster returned to the ice in the next match, throwing third rocks against Sweden, whom the U.S. defeated. Plys returned to replace lead John Benton against world champion David Murdoch and Great Britain, but a 4–2 loss dropped the Americans to 2–5, all but assuring they would not qualify for the medal round.

After skipping the 2010 Olympic team to a last place finish, Shuster joined the Craig Brown rink as his third. For the 2011 season, Shuster formed his own rink with Zach Jacobson, Jared Zezel, and John Landsteiner. He then replaced Jacobson with longtime teammate Jeff Isaacson at third in the 2012–13 season. Shuster won his second World Curling Tour event as skip at the 2012 St. Paul Cash Spiel, defeating Todd Birr in the final.

After back-to-back bronze medal finishes at the 2012 and 2013 United States Men's Curling Championships, Shuster and his team were selected to participate at the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials by the national High Performance Program committee. Shuster and his team finished first in the round robin, and played Pete Fenson in the three-game final round, winning after the third game. Shuster represented the United States at the qualifying event for the Olympics, and succeeded in securing the final spot at the Olympics for the United States. He represented the United States at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, marking his third consecutive appearance at the Olympics. However, Shuster's rink got off to a slow start and were unable to recover, finishing in ninth place with a 2–7 win-loss record.

Personal life

Shuster is married to Sarah Shuster, and has a son. He is a stay-at-home dad.

Grand Slam record

Key
C	Champion
F	Lost in Final
SF	Lost in Semifinal
QF	Lost in Quarterfinals
R16	Lost in the round of 16
Q	Did not advance to playoffs
T2	Played in Tier 2 event
DNP	Did not participate in event
N/A	Not a Grand Slam event that season

Event	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
Tour Challenge	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	SF
Masters/World Cup	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The National	DNP	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q	Q
Canadian Open	DNP	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q
Elite 10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	DNP
Players'	DNP	QF	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Champions Cup	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Events
2003–04	Pete Fenson	Eric Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	John Shuster	2003 Cont., USNCC, WCC
2004–05	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	John Shuster	2005 USOCT/USNCC, WCC
2005–06	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	John Shuster	2006 USNCC, OG, WCC
2006–07	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	John Shuster
	John Shuster	Jeff Isaacson	Chris Plys	Shane McKinlay	2007 Univ.
2008–09	John Shuster	Jason Smith	Jeff Isaacson	John Benton	2009 USNCC/2010 USOCT, 2009 WCC
2009–10	John Shuster	Jason Smith	Jeff Isaacson	John Benton	2010 OG
2010–11	Craig Brown	John Shuster	Greg Johnson	Derrick Casper	2011 USNCC
2011–12	John Shuster	Zach Jacobson	Jared Zezel	John Landsteiner	2012 USNCC
2012–13	John Shuster	Jeff Isaacson	Jared Zezel	John Landsteiner	2013 USNCC
2013–14	John Shuster	Jeff Isaacson	Jared Zezel	John Landsteiner	2014 USNCC, 2014 OG
2014–15	John Shuster	Tyler George	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	2015 USNCC, 2015 WCC

External links

• John Shuster on the World Curling Tour database
• John Shuster on the World Curling Federation database
• Olympic profile

• "Torino 2006 – Results, Curling" – cbc.ca (Retrieved on March 21, 2008)
• http://cloudfront10.curling.ca/2015worldmen-en/files/2015/03/EYE-OPENER-MONDAY-ALL.pdf