| Peter Becker | |
| Birth Date: | 9 June 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Otago, New Zealand |
| Curling Club: | Ranfurly CC |
| Skip: | Peter Becker |
| Third: | Murray Pitts |
| Second: | Jack Steele |
| Lead: | Steve Lockhart |
| Pacific Championship Appearances: | 6 |
| Other Appearances: | 10 |
Peter Becker (born 9 June 1949 in Otago, New Zealand) is a New Zealand curler and curling coach.[1]
At the international level, he is a two-time bronze medallist at the Pacific Curling Championships.
At the national level, he is a three-time New Zealand men's champion (1999, 2000, 2013) and two time (2013, 2023) New Zealand senior men's champion.[2]
In 2022, he was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame.[3] [4]
Becker comes from a family of curlers. His wife, two sons, daughter and father have all represented New Zealand on an international scale. His father William Becker was one of the first men who curled in New Zealand. Peter's older son, Sean, is one of the most successful and well known New Zealand curlers. His younger son, Scott, is a competitive curler too, and was skip of the New Zealand men's team at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. His daughter, Bridget has been the skip of the New Zealand women's national curling team, and was a silver medallist at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, and a silver and bronze medallist at the Pacific-Asia Championships.[5] [6]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | Peter Becker | |||||||
| 1993–94 | Peter Becker | Barry Brown | Edwin Harley | |||||
| 1994–95 | Peter Becker | Barry Brown | Ross A. Stevens | John Campbell | Edwin Harley | |||
| 1995–96 | Peter Becker | Edwin Harley | ||||||
| 1996–97 | Peter Becker | Sean Becker | Ross A. Stevens | Lorne De Pape | Edwin Harley | |||
| 1999–00 | Peter Becker | Darren Carson | Sean Becker | NZMCC 1999 | ||||
| 2000–01 | Peter Becker | Merv Jamieson | Darren Carson | Sean Becker | NZMCC 2000 | |||
| 2002–03 | Peter Becker | Allan McLean | Edwin Harley | (15th) | ||||
| 2003–04 | Peter Becker | (15th) | ||||||
| 2004–05 | Peter Becker | Barry Brown | John Campbell | Ross A. Stevens | Edwin Harley | (15th) | ||
| 2006–07 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | John Allen | (7th) | ||||
| 2007–08 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Murray Petherick | John Sanders | (12th) | |||
| 2008–09 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Murray Petherick | John Sanders | NZMCC 2008 (4th) | |||
| 2008–09 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | (9th) | |||
| 2009–10 | Peter Becker | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | Neil Pritchard | NZMCC 2009 | |||
| Peter Becker | Nelson Ede | David Greer | John Sanders | Murray Petherick | (10th) | |||
| 2010–11 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | David Greer | John Sanders | NZMCC 2010 (7th) | |||
| Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | David Greer | John Sanders (WSCC) | (6th) NZMCC 2011 (8th) | |||
| 2011–12 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | Dave Greer | NZSCC 2011 | |||
| 2012–13 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZSCC 2012 | |||
| 2013–14 | Peter Becker | Dave Greer | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZMCC 2013 | |||
| Peter Becker | Dave Greer | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZSCC 2013 | |||
| Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | David Greer | John Sanders | (22nd) | |||
| 2014–15 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | David Greer | John Sanders | NZMCC 2014 (4th) | ||
| Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZSCC 2014 NZMCC 2015 (4th) | ||||
| 2015–16 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZSCC 2015 | |||
| 2017–18 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZMCC 2017 (6th) | |||
| Peter Becker | David Greer | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZSCC 2017 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Peter Becker | Richard Morgan | Nelson Ede | John Sanders | NZMCC 2018 (6th) | |||
| Peter Becker | Peter Becker | (4th) | ||||||
| 2023–24 | Peter Becker | NZMCC 2023 (8th) |
| Season | Female | Male | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2008 (10th) | ||
| 2009–10 | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2009 (4th) | ||
| 2010–11 | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2010 (5th) | ||
| 2012–13 | Wendy Becker | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2012 (5th) | |
| 2013–14 | Wendy Becker | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2013 (11th) | |
| 2014–15 | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2014 (9th) | ||
| 2015–16 | Wendy Becker | Peter Becker | NZMDCC 2015 (6th) |
| Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place | |
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| 1999 | (women) | |||
| 2000 | (women) | |||
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| 2002 | (women) | |||
| 2003 | (men) | |||
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| 2005 | (men) | |||
| 2005 | (men) | |||
| 2006 | (junior men) | |||
| 2006 | (men) | |||
| 2006 | (women) | |||
| 2007 | (junior women) | |||
| 2007 | (men) | |||
| 2007 | (women) | |||
| 2008 | (junior men) | |||
| 2008 | (men) | |||
| 2008 | (women) | |||
| 2009 | (junior men) | |||
| 2009 | (women) | |||
| 2010 | (men) | |||
| 2010 | (women) | |||
| 2011 | (men) | |||
| 2012 | (junior men) | |||
| 2012 | (mixed team) | |||
| 2012 | (mixed double) | |||
| 2012 | (men) | |||
| 2012 | (men) | |||
| 2013 | (men) | |||
| 2015 | (junior men) | |||
| 2016 | (mixed team) | |||
| 2016 | (mixed double) | |||
| 2016 | (mixed double) | |||
| 2016 | (men) | |||
| 2017 | (junior men) | |||
| 2017 | (mixed double) | |||
| 2017 | (men) | |||
| 2018 | (junior men) | |||
| 2018 | (junior women) | |||
| 2018 | (men) |