Doug Kauffman
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| Other names | Doogie, DJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 4, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Granite CC, Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 2 (2001, 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Doug Kauffman[1] (born September 18, 1973) is an American curler[2] from Hayward, California.
At the national level, he is a two-time United States men's curling champion (2001, 2004).
Kauffman picked up curling in his late twenties while living in Seattle, having seen it on television and then watching the 1997 National Championship live at the local Granite Curling Club.[3]
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1998–99 | John Wallen | Leon Romaniuk | ? | Doug Kauffman | |||
| 2000–01 | Jason Larway | Greg Romaniuk | Travis Way | Joel Larway | Doug Kauffman | Jack McNelly | USMCC 2001 WCC 2001 (6th) |
| 2001–02 | Jason Larway | Craig Disher | Travis Way | Joel Larway | Doug Kauffman | Mike Hawkins | USOCT 2001 (7th) |
| Jason Larway | Greg Romaniuk | Joel Larway | Doug Kauffman | USMCC 2002 (6th)[4][5] | |||
| 2003–04 | Jason Larway | Doug Pottinger | Joel Larway | Bill Todhunter | Doug Kauffman | Don Pottinger | USMCC 2004 WCC 2004 (9th) |
| 2004–05 | Brady Clark | Greg Persinger | Colin Hufman | Ken Trask | Doug Kauffman | USOCT 2005 | |
| 2006–07 | Phil Tilker | Darren Lehto | Paul Lyttle | Doug Kauffman | |||
| 2008–09 | Phil Tilker (4th) | Darren Lehto (skip) | Paul Lyttle | Doug Kauffman | |||
| 2011–12 | Doug Kauffman | Paul Lyttle | John Rasmussen | Liam Barksdale | |||
| 2013–14 | Doug Kauffman | Cristin Clark | Peter Sommer | Bob Knievel | |||
| 2019–20 | Joel Larway | Doug Kauffman | Darren Lehto | John Rasmussen | USSCC 2020 [6] |
Personal life
Kauffman married to Katie, they have one son Connor.
He works as Director of Golf at the Members Club at Aldarra.[7]
He started curling in 1998 when he was at the age of 29. In the past he has coached his son's U-18 team, composed of skip Connor Kauffman along with Andrew Bell, Alex Couckuyt and Arjun Thomas.
References
- ^ Other writing: Doug Kaufmann.
- ^ Doug Kauffman at World Curling
- ^ Caple, Jim (January 8, 2002). "Romancing the stone". Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "2002 Men's Teams". Curl Mesabi. Archived from the original on April 24, 2002. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ^ "Last of semifinalists decided for USA Curling Nationals". USA Curling. March 8, 2002. Archived from the original on April 17, 2002. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ^ "Champion: Larway wins USA Senior Men's National Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ^ The Members Club At Aldarra in Fall City, Washington, USA | Golf Advisor
External links
- Doug Kauffman at World Curling
- Doug Kauffman at TeamUSA.org (archived)