Joe Polo

Joseph Polo
Joseph Polo
Curler
Born	December 10, 1982 (age 41); Duluth, Minnesota
Team
Curling club	Bemidji CC, Bemidji, Minnesota
Skip	Korey Dropkin
Third	Thomas Howell
Second	Mark Fenner
Lead	Alex Fenson
Alternate	Joe Polo
Curling career
World Championship; appearances	6 (2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017)
World Mixed Doubles Championship; appearances	1 (2016)
Olympic; appearances	2 (2006, 2018)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing United States
Winter Olympics
World Mixed Doubles Championship
US Men's Championship
US Olympic Trials

Joseph Polo (born December 10, 1982) is an American curler. Polo was raised in Floodwood, Minnesota before moving to Cass Lake. He learned to curl in nearby Bemidji at the age of 10 in the Bemidji Curling Club's Sunday Night Junior League. Polo participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics as the second for Pete Fenson's U.S. team. The team defeated David Murdoch's Great Britain rink to take the bronze medal. On January 16, 2007, the team was named the 2006 USOC Team of the Year.^[1]

After participating at the 2010 Worlds and finishing in 4th place, Polo, Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, and Ryan Brunt went to the 2011 Continental Cup of Curling, where Team North America defeated Team World. The team then headed to the 2011 US Nationals, where, after finishing the round robin undefeated, the team won the gold medal at the nationals. They represented the United States at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in April at Regina, Saskatchewan, finishing with a 3–8 win-loss record at 10th after a series of close losses.

Polo was also member of an intramural Ultimate Frisbee team while he attended the University of North Dakota.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Polo is employed as a project manager and is married.^[2]

Teams

Men's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Events
2005–06	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	Doug Pottinger		2006 Cont. Cup
2005–06	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	John Shuster		2006 USMCC, 2006 OG, 2006 WMCC
2006–07	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	John Shuster
2007–08	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	John Shuster		2008 USMCC
2009–10	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	Tyler George		2010 USMCC, 2010WMCC
2010–11	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	Ryan Brunt		2011 Cont. Cup, 2011 USMCC, 2011WMCC
2011–12	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	Ryan Brunt		2012 Cont. Cup, 2012 USMCC
2012–13	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	Ryan Brunt		2013 USMCC
2013–14	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	Ryan Brunt		2014 USMCC
2014–15	Heath McCormick	Chris Plys	Joe Polo	Colin Hufman	Ryan Brunt	2015 USMCC
2015–16	Chris Plys (fourth)	Pete Fenson (skip)	Joe Polo	Jason Smith		2016 USMCC
2016–17	John Shuster	Joe Polo	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner
2016–17	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	Jeff Currie	Derek Benson
2017–18	John Shuster	Tyler George	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	Joe Polo	2017 USOCT 2018 OG
2018–19	Joe Polo	Jeff Currie	Jared Zezel	Derek Benson
2019–20	Korey Dropkin	Tom Howell	Mark Fenner	Alex Fenson	Joe Polo	2020 USMCC (5th)
2020–21^[3]	Korey Dropkin	Joe Polo	Mark Fenner	Thomas Howell	Alex Fenson

Mixed doubles

Season	Male	Female	Events
2015–16	Joe Polo	Tabitha Peterson	2016 WMDCC
2016–17	Joe Polo	Tabitha Peterson	2017 USMDCC
2017–18	Joe Polo	Tabitha Peterson	2017 USMDCOT (5th)
2018–19	Joe Polo	Tabitha Peterson	2019 USMDCC (SF)
2019–20	Joe Polo	Tabitha Peterson	2020 USMDCC
2020–21^[4]	Joe Polo	Tabitha Peterson

References

^ USOC honors top U.S. athletes for 2006, http://www.usolympicteam.com/117_50738.htm
^ 2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team USA
^ "Team Dropkin Returns". USA Curling. May 6, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
^ "Mixed Doubles Teams Announced". USA Curling. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

External links

[1] USOC honors top U.S. athletes for 2006, http://www.usolympicteam.com/117_50738.htm

[2] 2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team USA

[3] "Team Dropkin Returns". USA Curling. May 6, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.

[4] "Mixed Doubles Teams Announced". USA Curling. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

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