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Darren Lehto

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Darren Lehto
 
Born (1968-05-17) May 17, 1968 (age 56)
Team
Curling clubGranite CC, Seattle, WA
Curling career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances
1 (2013)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Curling Championships: 1 (2024)
Medal record
Curling
World Senior Curling Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Östersund
United States Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013
Silver medal – second place 2003

Darren Lehto (born May 17, 1968) is a Canadian-American curler from Athabasca, Alberta.[1][2]

He won the 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship, earning the chance to compete at the 2013 World Men's Championship in Victoria, British Columbia. They finished ninth at World's.[3]

At the national level Lehto has also won the 2005 United States Mixed Curling Championship and the 2020 United States Senior Curling Championship.[4] The latter means he will again play on the world level, representing the United States at the 2020 World Senior Curling Championships in Kelowna, British Columbia in April, 2020.

Teams

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Men's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2002–03 Craig Brown Leon Romaniuk Greg Romaniuk Darren Lehto USMCC 2003 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2006–07 Phil Tilker Darren Lehto Paul Lyttle Doug Kauffman
2009–10 Craig Brown Rich Ruohonen Darren Lehto Pete Annis
2011–12 Craig Brown Darren Lehto Leon Romaniuk Steve Lundeen Wes Johnson USMCC 2012 (4th)
2012–13 Brady Clark Sean Beighton Darren Lehto Phil Tilker Greg Persinger (WCC) Ken Trask USMCC 2013 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 2013 (9th)
2013–14 Brady Clark Sean Beighton Phil Tilker Darren Lehto
2019–20 Joel Larway Doug Kauffman Darren Lehto John Rasmussen USSCC 2020 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Mixed

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
2004–05 Brady Clark Cristin Clark Darren Lehto Bev Walter USMxCC 2005 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Personal life

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Darren Lehto started curling in 1984 at the age of 16.

He moved from Canada to the United States in 1996 and became an American citizen in 1998.

He is employed as regional sales manager with RedBuilt.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Darren Lehto on the World Curling database Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Curling couple leaps for the topmost rung". Desert News. 2000-03-09. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  3. ^ "Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2013". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  4. ^ Stickells, Laura (2020-02-24). "Teams Smith and Larway win Senior National Championship". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  5. ^ "Home". redbuilt.com.
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