Joe Polo
Joseph Polo (born December 10, 1982) is an American curler. 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. Polo participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics as the second for Pete Fenson's U.S. team. The team defeated David Murdoch's Great Britain rink to take the bronze medal. On January 16, 2007, the team was named the 2006 USOC Team of the Year.[1]
Joseph Polo | |
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Born | December 10, 1982 |
Team | |
Curling club | Bemidji CC, Bemidji, Minnesota |
Skip | Korey Dropkin |
Third | Joe Polo |
Second | Mark Fenner |
Lead | Tom Howell |
Alternate | Alex Fenson |
Career | |
World Championship appearances | 6 (2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017) |
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 1 (2016) |
Olympic appearances | 2 (2006, 2018) |
Medal record
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After participating at the 2010 Worlds and finishing in 4th place, Polo, Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, and Ryan Brunt went to the 2011 Continental Cup of Curling, where Team North America defeated Team World. The team then headed to the 2011 US Nationals, where, after finishing the round robin undefeated, the team 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.
Polo was also member of an intramural Ultimate Frisbee team while he attended the University of North Dakota.
Personal life
Polo is employed as a project manager and is married.[2]
Teams
Men's
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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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, 2010WMCC | ||
2010–11 | Pete Fenson | Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Ryan Brunt | 2011 Cont. Cup, 2011 USMCC, 2011WMCC | ||
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 | 2014 USMCC | ||
2014–15 | Heath McCormick | Chris Plys | Joe Polo | Colin Hufman | Ryan Brunt | 2015 USMCC | |
2015–16 | Chris Plys (fourth) | Pete Fenson (skip) | Joe Polo | Jason Smith | 2016 USMCC | ||
2016–17 | John Shuster | Joe Polo | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | |||
Shawn Rojeski | Joe Polo | Jeff Currie | Derek Benson | ||||
2017–18 | John Shuster | Tyler George | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Joe Polo | 2017 USOCT ![]() 2018 OG ![]() | |
2018–19 | Joe Polo | Jeff Currie | Jared Zezel | Derek Benson | |||
2019–20 | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Mark Fenner | Alex Fenson | Joe Polo | 2020 USMCC (5th) | |
2020–21[3] | Korey Dropkin | Joe Polo | Mark Fenner | Thomas Howell | Alex Fenson |
Mixed doubles
Season | Male | Female | Events |
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2015–16 | Joe Polo | Tabitha Peterson | 2016 WMDCC ![]() |
2016–17 | Joe Polo | Tabitha Peterson | 2017 USMDCC ![]() |
2017–18 | Joe Polo | Tabitha Peterson | 2017 USMDCOT (5th) |
2018–19 | Joe Polo | Tabitha Peterson | 2019 USMDCC (SF) |
2019–20 | Joe Polo | Tabitha Peterson | 2020 USMDCC ![]() |
2020–21[4] | Joe Polo | Tabitha Peterson |
References
- USOC honors top U.S. athletes for 2006, http://www.usolympicteam.com/117_50738.htm
- 2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team USA
- "Team Dropkin Returns". USA Curling. May 6, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- "Mixed Doubles Teams Announced". USA Curling. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
External links
- Joe Polo at International Olympic Committee
- Joe Polo at United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Joe Polo at Olympedia
- Joe Polo at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Joe Polo at World Curling Federation
- Joe Polo at CurlingZone
- Joe Polo on the CurlingZone database
- Official site of Team Fenson