Shawn Rojeski
Shawn Rojeski | |
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Born | January 21, 1972 |
Team | |
Curling club | Hibbing CC, Hibbing, Minnesota |
Skip | Pete Fenson |
Third | Shawn Rojeski |
Second | Mark Fenner |
Lead | Alex Fenson |
Curling career | |
World Championship appearances | 7 (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2014) |
Olympic appearances | 1 (2006) |
Medal record |
Shawn Rojeski (born January 21, 1972) is an American curler from Chisholm, Minnesota and Olympic medalist. He was born and raised in Biwabik, Minnesota and attended Mesabi East High School. Under skip Pete Fenson, he received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, playing as the third.[1] The team was later named the 2006 USOC Team of the Year.
He participated on the American team at the 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006 2010, 2011 and 2014 World Curling Championships.
After participating at the 2010 Worlds and finishing in fourth place, he and the rest of the Fenson rink teamed up with Ryan Brunt and went to the 2011 Continental Cup of Curling, where Team North America defeated Team World. He then went to the 2011 US Nationals, where, after remaining undefeated in the round robin, the Fenson rink won the gold medal at the nationals. They represented the United States at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in April at Regina, Saskatchewan, finishing with a 3–8 win–loss record at 10th after a series of close losses.
Teams
[edit]Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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2002–03 | Pete Fenson | Eric Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | John Shuster | 2003 USMCC, 2003 WMCC |
2003–04 | Pete Fenson | Eric Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | John Shuster | 2003 Cont. Cup |
2004–05 | Pete Fenson | Eric Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | John Shuster | 2005 USMCC, 2005 WMCC |
2005–06 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Doug Pottinger | 2006 Cont. Cup |
Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | John Shuster | 2006 USMCC, 2006 OG, 2006 WMCC | |
2006–07 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | John Shuster | |
2007–08 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | John Shuster | 2008 USMCC |
2009–10 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Tyler George | 2010 USMCC, 2010 WMCC |
2010–11 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | 2011 Cont. Cup, 2011 USMCC, 2011 WMCC |
2011–12 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | 2012 Cont. Cup, 2012 USMCC |
2012–13 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | 2013 USMCC |
2013–14 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt |
References
[edit]- ^ "Torino 2006 – Results, Curling" – cbc.ca (Retrieved on March 21, 2008)
External links
[edit]- Shawn Rojeski at World Curling
- Shawn Rojeski at Olympics.com
- Shawn Rojeski at Olympedia
- Shawn Rojeski at Team USA (archived)
- 1972 births
- Living people
- American male curlers
- People from Virginia, Minnesota
- Sportspeople from St. Louis County, Minnesota
- Olympic curlers for the United States
- Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in curling
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Continental Cup of Curling participants
- American curling champions