Doug Kauffman
{{Short description|American curler}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Doug Kauffman
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| other_names = Doogie, DJ
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|2|4}}
| birth_place = Hayward, California, United States
| Curling club = Granite CC, Seattle, Washington
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| Member Association = {{USA}}
| World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WMCC|2001}}, {{WMCC|2004}})
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| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport | Curling}}
{{MedalCompetition | United States Men's Championship }}
{{MedalGold | 2001 Madison | }}
{{MedalGold | 2004 Grand Forks | }}
{{MedalCompetition | United States Olympic Curling Trials }}
{{MedalBronze| 2005 Madison | }}
{{MedalCompetition | United States Senior Championships }}
{{MedalGold| 2020 Fairbanks | }}
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Doug KauffmanOther writing: Doug Kaufmann. (born September 18, 1973) is an American curler{{worldcurling}} from Hayward, California.
At the national level, he is a two-time United States men's curling champion (2001, 2004).
Kauffman picked up curling in his late twenties while living in Seattle, having seen it on television and then watching the 1997 National Championship live at the local Granite Curling Club.{{Cite news|last=Caple|first=Jim|date=January 8, 2002|title=Romancing the stone|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter02/curling/story?id=1309923|access-date=May 13, 2020}}
Teams
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scope="col" width=60| Season
! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate ! scope="col"| Coach ! scope="col"| Events | ||||||
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scope="row"| 1998–99
| John Wallen || Leon Romaniuk || ? || Doug Kauffman || || || | ||||||
scope="row"| 2000–01
| Jason Larway || Greg Romaniuk || Travis Way || Joel Larway || Doug Kauffman ||Jack McNelly || USMCC 2001 {{Gold1}} | ||||||
scope="row" rowspan=2| 2001–02
| Jason Larway ||Craig Disher || Travis Way || Joel Larway || Doug Kauffman || Mike Hawkins || USOCT 2001 (7th) | ||||||
Jason Larway | Greg Romaniuk | Joel Larway | Doug Kauffman | USMCC 2002 (6th){{cite web |title=2002 Men's Teams |url=http://www.curlmesabi.com/Qualifiers.htm |website=Curl Mesabi |access-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020424032221/http://www.curlmesabi.com/Qualifiers.htm |archive-date=April 24, 2002}}{{cite web |title=Last of semifinalists decided for USA Curling Nationals |url=http://www.usacurl.org/nationals2002/Releases/TBPR.htm |website=USA Curling |access-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020417031456/http://www.usacurl.org/nationals2002/Releases/TBPR.htm |archive-date=April 17, 2002 |date=March 8, 2002}} | ||
scope="row"| 2003–04
| Jason Larway ||Doug Pottinger || Joel Larway ||Bill Todhunter || Doug Kauffman ||Don Pottinger || USMCC 2004 {{Gold1}} | ||||||
scope="row"| 2004–05
| Brady Clark || Greg Persinger || Colin Hufman || Ken Trask || Doug Kauffman || || USOCT 2005 {{Bronze3}} | ||||||
scope="row"| 2006–07
| Phil Tilker || Darren Lehto || Paul Lyttle || Doug Kauffman || || || | ||||||
scope="row"| 2008–09
| Phil Tilker (4th) || Darren Lehto (skip) || Paul Lyttle || Doug Kauffman || || || | ||||||
scope="row"| 2011–12
| Doug Kauffman || Paul Lyttle || John Rasmussen || Liam Barksdale || || || | ||||||
scope="row"| 2013–14
| Doug Kauffman ||Cristin Clark || Peter Sommer || Bob Knievel || || || | ||||||
scope="row"| 2019–20
| Joel Larway || Doug Kauffman || Darren Lehto || John Rasmussen || || || USSCC 2020 {{Gold1}}{{cite web |title=Champion: Larway wins USA Senior Men's National Championship |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=6432&teamid=145621#1 |website=CurlingZone |access-date=2020-02-24}} |
Personal life
Kauffman married to Katie, they have one son Connor.
He works as Director of Golf at the Members Club at Aldarra.[https://www.golfadvisor.com/courses/31783-the-members-club-at-aldarra The Members Club At Aldarra in Fall City, Washington, USA | Golf Advisor]
He started curling in 1998 when he was at the age of 29. In the past he has coached his son's U-18 team, composed of skip Connor Kauffman along with Andrew Bell, Alex Couckuyt and Arjun Thomas.
References
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External links
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Category:Sportspeople from Hayward, California
Category:American male curlers
Category:American curling champions
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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