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| Born | January 5, 1977 St. Albert, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | St. Albert CC, St. Albert, AB[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Alberta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 7 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2016, 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 5 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top CTRS ranking | 2nd (2004–05 & 2005–06) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam victories | 3: World Cup/Masters (Feb 2006); Players (2006, 2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Scott Pfeifer (born January 5, 1977 in St. Albert, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada who plays out of the St. Albert Curling Club in St. Albert. He was the long-time second for the Randy Ferbey rink from 1998 to 2010, winning four Briers and three World championships with the team. He later served as the alternate for the Kevin Koe rink with whom he won a Brier and world championship, and represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Pfeifer won the 1994 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and 1994 World Junior Curling Championships as a second for Colin Davison. At the 1997 Canadian Juniors Pfeifer threw fourth stones for Ryan Keane and would win his second national junior championship. He finished third at the '97 World Junior Curling Championships and became the '98 Shamrock Poor Boy champion. By 1999, he had joined the Randy Ferbey team, for whom he played second. As a member of Team Ferbey, Pfeifer won Briers in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005 and World championships in 2002, 2003 and 2005.
For the 2010–11 and 2011–12 curling season, Pfeifer's curling career was put on hiatus. Pfeifer returned to competitive curling for the 2012–13 season, playing second for Jamie King for two more seasons.
Pfeifer won the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier as the alternate for Team Alberta (skipped by Kevin Koe) and won the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship with the team. They also won the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials and represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics where they lost the bronze medal game to Switzerland's Peter de Cruz.[2]
Pfeifer is currently a performance consultant for Curling Canada[3]
Personal life
Pfeifer is a business owner Ventures North Financial Group. He is married and has two children.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2254/teams/11001/team_athletes/11001-alternate-6719
- ^ "Kevin Koe's team hits 'rock bottom' with bronze-game defeat". CBC Sports. February 23, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ "2018-19 National Team Program lineup, High Performance staff unveiled by Curling Canada". Curling Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ http://www.curling.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2016/03/BRIER-THURSDAY-ALL.pdf
External links
- Scott Pfeifer at International Olympic Committee
- Scott Pfeifer at Olympic Channel
- Scott Pfeifer at Canadian Olympic Committee
- Scott Pfeifer at Olympedia
- Scott Pfeifer at World Curling Federation
- Scott Pfeifer at CurlingZone