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Steve
Birklid

Athlete Bio#

Age

39

Hometown

Fairbanks

Position	Skip
Delivers	Right-handed
Teammates	Chris Bond, Matt Birklid, Atticus Wallace
Born	June 15, 1985, in Fairbanks, Alaska
Hometown	Fairbanks, Alaska
Occupation
Family	Single
Year started curling	1988
Height	6 feet, 3 inches

CURLING HIGHLIGHTS

Junior Men's Worlds: 2002 (8th)
U.S. Junior Men's National Championships: 2005 (semifinalist), 2004 (6th), 2002 (champion), 2001, 2000
U.S. Men's National Championships: 2003, 2002
Alaska Men's Champ: 2002, 2003
Arctic Winter Games playoffs: 2002 (champion)
Junior Men's State Championships: 2004 (champion), 2003 (runner-up), 2002 (runner-up)

About Steve Birklid:

Curls out of: Fairbanks Curling Club

Other favorite sports: "Baseball, football."

Hobbies: "Listening to music (rock)."

An unusual fact: "Been curling since 3 years old."

One curling memory: "Playing against 2000 World champ Greg McAuley."

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