Tara Peterson
| Tara Peterson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curler | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
May 28, 1991 Burnsville, Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Curling club |
St. Paul CC, St. Paul, MN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Aileen Sormunen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Monica Walker | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Tara Peterson | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Vicky Persinger | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Rebecca Hamilton | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 2 (2014, 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tara S. Peterson (born May 28, 1991) is an American curler from Eagan, Minnesota. She currently plays second on the Aileen Sormunen rink.
As a junior curler, Peterson won three United States Junior Curling Championships, qualifying her to play in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Junior Curling Championships. At the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships, Peterson played second for the Alexandra Carlson team and finished in 5th place. The next season, Peterson remained on the Carlson rink, and at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, the team won the bronze medal for the United States. The next year, Peterson joined the Wisconsin-based Rebecca Hamilton team at third. At the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships, the team finished in 5th. In 2012, they finished in third place at the U.S. Junior Championships.
After juniors, Peterson continued to play with Hamilton for on season (at second), until joining the Nina Roth rink in 2013 as her second. Peterson competed at the 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship as the alternate on team USA, skipped by Allison Pottinger (finished 6th). In 2014 she joined the Aileen Sormunen rink. With Sormunen, Peterson won her first World Curling Tour event at the 2014 St. Paul Cash Spiel. She also played in her first Grand Slam event that season, going all the way to the semifinals of the 2014 Colonial Square Ladies Classic. The team acquired enough WCT Order of Merit Points to qualify as the U.S. National team for the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship.
Personal life
Peterson's sister is fellow curler Tabitha Peterson.[1]
External links
- Tara Peterson on the World Curling Tour database
- Tara Peterson on the World Curling Federation database
- Tara Peterson on the United States Curling Association database