Martin Sather | |
Gender: | M |
Birth Date: | 23 August 1983 |
Birth Place: | Fairbanks, Alaska |
Curling Club: | Ardsley CC, New York |
World Championship Appearances: | 1 |
Other Appearances: | 1 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Martin Sather (born August 23, 1983, in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an American curler.
In 2002 Sather won the United States Junior Curling Championship, playing second for skip Leo Johnson.[1] The national title earned them the opportunity to represent the United States at the 2002 World Junior Championship in Kelowna, British Columbia, where they finished ninth out of ten teams.[2]
After juniors he took a break but returned to competitive curling in 2010. He won the 2012 United States Men's Championship playing second for Heath McCormick, they then finished 8th at the 2012 World Championship.[3]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events | |
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2001–02 | Leo Johnson | Martin Sather | Christopher Benshoof | Steven Birklid (WJCC) | Bill Gryder (WJCC), Dennis Thies (WJCC) | USJCC 2002 (9th) | ||
2009–10 | Martin Sather | USMCC 2010 (4th) | ||||||
2010–11 | Bill Stopera | Martin Sather | Dean Gemmell | USMCC 2011 (4th) | ||||
2011–12 | Heath McCormick | Bill Stopera | Martin Sather | Dean Gemmell | Craig Brown (WCC) | Matt Hames | USMCC 2012 (8th) | |
2012–13 | Heath McCormick | Bill Stopera | Martin Sather | Dean Gemmell | ContCup 2013 USMCC 2013 (4th) | |||
2013–14 | Heath McCormick | Bill Stopera | Martin Sather | Dean Gemmell | ||||
Bill Stopera | Dean Gemmell | Martin Sather | USMCC 2014 (6th) | |||||
2014–15 | Dean Gemmell | Bill Stopera | Martin Sather | USMCC 2015 (5th) | ||||
2015–16 | Alex Leichter | Martin Sather | Nate Clark | Ryan Halissey | USMCC 2016 (9th) | |||
2016–17 | Alex Leichter | Martin Sather | Nate Clark | Ryan Halissey | Chris Bond | USMCC 2017 (7th) | ||
2017–18 | Alex Leichter | Martin Sather | Chris Bond | Jared Wydysh | USMCC 2018 (8th) |
Martin Sather graduated from Western Connecticut State University in 2006.[4]
Out of curling he is a musician and insurance broker.
He started curling in 1992 at the age of 9.[5]