Medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Men's curling | ||
Representing Canada | ||
Winter Universiade | ||
2013 Trentino |
Bradley "Brad" Thiessen (born March 1, 1990 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian curler. He is a long-time member of the Brendan Bottcher rink, currently throwing second stones for the team.
Thiessen was a member of the Bottcher rink at the 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, representing Alberta. There, the team finished with a 6-6 record. Thiessen aged off the team, and was not a member of the team when Bottcher won the 2012 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. However, remained with Botcher in university curling, playing on the University of Alberta team which won a bronze medal at the 2011 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, gold at the 2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships and silvers at the 2013 CIS/CCA Curling Championships and 2014 CIS/CCA Curling Championships. The team represented Canada at the 2013 Winter Universiade, where they won a bronze medal.
Thiessen has won four World Curling Tour events as a member of the Bottcher rink. They won the 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic, the 2013 Spruce Grove Cashspiel, the 2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out and the 2015 German Masters. They played in their first Grand Slam of Curling event at the 2013 Canadian Open of Curling, where they won just won game. Later that season they played in the 2014 Syncrude National, where they again won just one game. In the 2014-15 season, they team played in three Slams, making it to the semifinals in all three, the 2014 The National (November), the 2014 Canadian Open of Curling and the 2015 Players' Championship. The next season, they played in four slams, making it to the quarterfinals in two (the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge and the 2015 Meridian Canadian Open). In the 2016-17 season, they again made it to the quarterfinals at the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open.