| United States Olympic Curling Trials | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1987 |
| 2025 host city | Sioux Falls, SD |
| 2025 arena | Denny Sanford Premier Center |
| Current champions (2025) | |
| Men |  Team Shuster |
| Women | Team Peterson |
| Current edition | |
The United States Olympic curling trials take place to decide the curling team to represent the United States at each Winter Olympics.
| Year | Site | Winning club | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Fifth | Finish at Olympics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | St. Paul, MN | Madison CC, Madison, WI | Lisa Schoeneberg | Carla Casper | Lori Mountford | Erika Brown | 5th | |
| 1997 | Duluth, MN | Madison CC, Madison, WI | Lisa Schoeneberg | Erika Brown | Debbie Henry | Lori Mountford | 5th | |
| 2001 | Ogden, UT | Bemidji CC, Bemidji, MN | Kari Erickson | Debbie McCormick | Stacey Liapis | Ann Swisshelm | Joni Cotten | 4th |
| 2005 | Madison, WI | Bemidji CC, Bemidji, MN | Cassie Johnson | Jamie Johnson | Jessica Schultz | Maureen Brunt | Courtney George | 8th |
| 2009 | Broomfield, CO | Madison CC, Madison, WI | Debbie McCormick | Allison Pottinger | Nicole Joraanstad | Natalie Nicholson | Tracy Sachtjen | 10th |
| 2013 | Fargo, ND | Madison CC, Madison, WI | Erika Brown | Debbie McCormick | Jessica Schultz | Ann Swisshelm | Allison Pottinger | 10th |
| 2017 | Omaha, NE | Blaine CC, Blaine, MN | Nina Roth | Tabitha Peterson | Aileen Geving | Becca Hamilton | 8th | |
| 2021 | Omaha, NE [1] | St. Paul CC, St. Paul, MN | Tabitha Peterson | Nina Roth | Becca Hamilton | Tara Peterson | Aileen Geving | |
| 2025 | Sioux Falls, SD |
| Year | Site | Female | Male | Finish at Olympics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Blaine, MN | Becca Hamilton | Matt Hamilton | 6th |
| 2021 | Eveleth, MN | Vicky Persinger | Chris Plys | 8th |
Deborah McCormick is an American curler from Rio, Wisconsin. Although born in Canada, McCormick moved to Madison, Wisconsin when she was very young. McCormick is a World Champion and four-time Olympian.
Allison Pottinger is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in multiple Olympics and World Championships. McCormick left the team in 2010. She competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Vancouver, Canada. She was named USA female curling athlete of the year in 2008.
Joseph Polo is an American curler who is best known for winning a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and being the alternate on the gold-medal winning United States men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Polo was raised in Floodwood, Minnesota before moving to Cass Lake. He learned to curl in nearby Bemidji at the age of 10 in the Bemidji Curling Club's Sunday Night Junior League.
John Shuster is an American curler who lives in Superior, Wisconsin. He led Team USA to gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the first American team to ever win gold in curling. He also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He has played in five straight Winter Olympics and eleven World Curling Championships.
Matthew James Hamilton is an American curler from McFarland, Wisconsin. He currently plays front-end on Team John Shuster. He is a World Junior Champion, World Men's bronze medalist, and Olympic gold medalist.
Jeff Isaacson is an American curler. He is a two-time Olympian, playing on the United States men's curling team at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Erika Lynn Brown is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed.
Ann Swisshelm is a curler from Chicago. Swisshelm represented the United States in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2014 Sochi Olympics. She has also been known as Ann Swisshelm Silver.
Tyler George is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. He is a three-time U.S. Champion, 2016 World bronze medalist, and 2018 Olympic gold medalist. Since the 2018 Olympics, he has taken a break from playing competitive curling, instead spending time as an ambassador and coach for the sport.
Jamie Ann Sinclair is an American-Canadian curler from Osgoode, Ontario and is a three-time U.S. National Champion. Her United States Curling Association membership is through the Charlotte Curling Association in Charlotte, North Carolina where she has a number of personal connections. She grew up in Manotick, Ontario, a suburb of Ottawa.
Rebecca Lynn Hamilton is an American curler from McFarland, Wisconsin. She is a five-time national women's champion, three-time national mixed doubles champion, two-time national junior champion, and a two-time Olympian. At the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, she competed in mixed doubles curling with her brother, Matt, along with playing with the women's curling team. She was again on the women's curling team during the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Aileen Miranda Geving is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. She represented the United States on the women's curling team at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics and earned her first national championship in 2020.
Cory Thiesse is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. She currently plays third on Team Tabitha Peterson. She is a three-time defending U.S. women's champion, winning titles in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Thiesse was one of the top junior women's curlers in the United States, playing in six national junior championships and winning four of them. She was the alternate on Nina Roth's 2018 United States Olympic team.
John Landsteiner is an American curler and three-time Olympian. He currently plays lead on Team John Shuster. He won gold as part of Shuster's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics and also competed in 2014 and 2022.
Tabitha Skelly Peterson is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a bronze medalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is a three-time women's national champion. She currently is skip of her own team, having traded positions with Nina Roth during the 2020 off-season.
Korey Dropkin is an American curler originally from Southborough, Massachusetts. He currently skips his own team out of Duluth, Minnesota.
A total of 10 teams in each tournament qualified for a quota of 100 athletes in curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics. A further 8 mixed doubles pairs qualified for a total of 16 athletes. Therefore, a total of 116 athletes qualified in total to compete in the curling competitions.
The United States competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from February 9 to 25, 2018.
A total of 10 teams in each tournament will qualify for a quota of 100 athletes in curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics. A further 10 mixed doubles pairs will qualify for a total of 20 athletes. Therefore, a total of 120 athletes can qualify in total to compete in the curling competitions.
The United States competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
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