Bridget Becker
Bridget Becker | |
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Born | 1 January 1981 |
Team | |
Curling club | Ranfurly CC, Ranfurly |
Mixed doubles partner | Sean Becker |
Curling career | |
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 6 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019) |
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 15 (1998-2010, 2012, 2017) |
Bridget Becker (born 1 January 1981 in Ranfurly, Otago, New Zealand) is a New Zealand female curler.[1]
On international level she is runner-up of 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, runner-up (1998) and four-time bronze medallist (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003) оf Pacific Curling Championships.
On national level she is nine-time New Zealand women's curling champion (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018)[2], seven-time New Zealand mixed doubles curling champion (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017)[3].
Teams and events
(skips marked bold)
Personal life
Becker's family is well known in New Zealand as a curling family. Becker's mother, father, two brothers and grandfather have all represented New Zealand on an international scale. Becker's father, Peter Becker, is known as one of the first curlers to represent New Zealand internationally. He was also the coach of the women's team as well as the Secretary of the New Zealand Curling Association. Bridget's older brother, Sean has been the skip of the New Zealand men's national curling team. His wife, Cassie, made her international debut with the New Zealand women's team in 2008. Bridget's younger brother, Scott, is competitive curler too, he was skip of New Zealand men's team on 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.[4][5]
References
- ^ Bridget Becker | New Zealand Curling
- ^ NZ Championship : Women | New Zealand Curling
- ^ NZ Championship : Mixed Doubles | New Zealand Curling
- ^ McMurran, Alistair (8 November 2008). "Curling: Outstanding contribution by family". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ * Curling, Central Otago, New Zealand | The Becker Family
External links
- Bridget Becker on the World Curling database
- Bridget Becker on the World Curling Tour database (archived)
- Bridget Becker on Facebook
- Video: New Zealand v China - Women - Round-Robin - Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2017 on YouTube