Tim Solin
{{Short description|American curler}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Tim Solin
| gender = M
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|6|18}}
| birth_place = Superior, Wisconsin, United States
| Curling club = Superior CC,
Superior, Wisconsin
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| Member Association = {{USA}}
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| Olympic appearances = 1 (1998)
| Other appearances = {{WSCC||World Senior Championships}}: 3 ({{WSCC|2011}}, {{WSCC|2016}}, {{WSCC|2017}})
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Timothy Solin (born June 18, 1958 in Superior, Wisconsin, United States) is an American curler. He competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics and at three World Senior Curling Championships.
Curling career
He played at the 1998 Winter Olympics as alternate for Tim Somerville's team, where USA men's team finished in fourth place.{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/109|title=XVIII. Olympic Winter Games 1998|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4847327-Former-Minnesota-Viking-Jared-Allens-curling-experiment-playing-out-in-Grand-Forks|title=Former Minnesota Viking Jared Allen's curling experiment playing out in Grand Forks|last=Miller|first=Tom|date=Jan 2, 2020|work=Grand Forks Herald|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}} In 2007 he played second for Mike Farbelow when they won the Minnesota State Championship{{Cite web|url=http://mncurling.org/past-champions/mens-state-champions/|title=Men's State Champions|website=Minnesota Curling Association|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}} and then won the United States Men's Club Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2007/03/02/u-s-club-nationals-in-st-paul/|title=U.S. Club Nationals in St. Paul|date=Mar 2, 2007|website=Twin Cities Pioneer Press|language=en-US|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Events/Championships-microsite/Inside-the-Championships/National-Championship-Events/Club-National-Championships/Club-National-Championships/Champions/Men|title=Club National Championships - Men's Champions|website=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}}{{dead link|date=September 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Solin has won the United States Senior Men's Championship three times, in 2011 and 2016 with Geoff Goodland as skip and 2017 with Mike Farbelow as skip.{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Events/Championships-microsite/Inside-the-Championships/National-Championship-Events/Senior-National-Championships/Senior-Nationals/Champions/Men|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512202135/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Events/Championships-microsite/Inside-the-Championships/National-Championship-Events/Senior-National-Championships/Senior-Nationals/Champions/Men|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2019|title=Senior Nationals - Men's Champions|website=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}} Winning Senior Nationals earns the team the chance to represent the United States at the World Senior Curling Championships; Solin's first trip to World Seniors in 2011{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/blount-a-melting-pot-taking-shape-on-st-paul-ice/120171574/|title=A melting pot taking shape on St. Paul ice|last=Blount|first=Rachel|date=Apr 19, 2011|website=Star Tribune|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}} has been his most successful, earning the silver medal when they lost to Canada's Mark Johnson in the final.{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=May 2011|title=American men earn silver at 2011 World Seniors|url=https://issuu.com/uscurlingnews/docs/may2011|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=12|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}} At the 2016 World Seniors Team Goodland again made it to the playoffs, but lost to Denmark in the quarterfinals.{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/556|title=World Senior Curling Championships 2016|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}} In 2017 Solin's team failed to make the playoffs, finishing the round-robin with a 3–4 record.{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/581|title=World Senior Curling Championships 2017|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}}
Awards
- 2011 United States Curling Association Team of the Year (with teammates Geoff Goodland, Pete Westberg, Ken Olson, and Philip DeVore){{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=May 2011|title=Lank, Fenson named top athletes for 2011; Goodland rink earns top team honors|url=https://issuu.com/uscurlingnews/docs/may2011|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=5|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}}
Teams
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930191743/http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf Nagano 1998 – Official Report Vol. 3] (web archive; "Curling" chapter begins at page 236)
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Category:People from Superior, Wisconsin
Category:American male curlers
Category:Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic curlers for the United States