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New Zealand curler and coach (born 1949)

Peter Becker
Curler
Born (1949-06-09) 9 June 1949 (age 75)
Otago, New Zealand
Team
Curling clubRanfurly CC
SkipPeter Becker
ThirdMurray Pitts
SecondJack Steele
LeadSteve Lockhart
Curling career
Member Association New Zealand
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		6 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2018)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 10 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2024)
Medal record
Curling
Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Sagamihara
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Adelaida
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Christchurch
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Tokoro
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Sydney
New Zealand Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1999
Gold medal – first place 2000
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dunedin
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Dunedin

Peter Becker (born 9 June 1949 in Otago, New Zealand) is a New Zealand curler and curling coach.

At the international level, he is a two-time bronze medallist (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) at the Pacific Curling Championships.

At the national level, he is a three-time New Zealand men's champion (1999, 2000, 2013) and two time (2013, 2023) New Zealand senior men's champion.

In 2022, he was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Becker comes from a family of curlers. His wife, two sons, daughter and father have all represented New Zealand on an international scale. His father William Becker was one of the first men who curled in New Zealand. Peter's older son, Sean, is one of the most successful and well known New Zealand curlers. His younger son, Scott, is a competitive curler too, and was skip of the New Zealand men's team at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. His daughter, Bridget has been the skip of the New Zealand women's national curling team, and was a silver medallist at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, and a silver and bronze medallist at the Pacific-Asia Championships.

Teams and events

Men's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1991–92 Peter Becker Edwin Harley Jock Kearney Barry Brown Stewart McKnight PCC 1991 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1993–94 Peter Becker Barry Brown John Campbell Ross A. Stevens Edwin Harley PCC 1993 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1994–95 Peter Becker Barry Brown Ross A. Stevens Richard Morgan John Campbell Edwin Harley PCC 1994 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1995–96 Peter Becker Sean Becker Allan McLean Lorne De Pape Darren Carson Edwin Harley PCC 1995 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1996–97 Peter Becker Sean Becker Jim Allan Ross A. Stevens Lorne De Pape Edwin Harley PCC 1996 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1999–00 Peter Becker Merv Jamieson Darren Carson Sean Becker NZMCC 1999 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2000–01 Peter Becker Merv Jamieson Darren Carson Sean Becker NZMCC 2000 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2002–03 Peter Becker Allan McLean Mervyn Jamieson Edwin Harley WSCC 2003 (15th)
2003–04 John Allen Len McSaveney Len Hill Peter Taylor Peter Becker WSCC 2004 (15th)
2004–05 Peter Becker Barry Brown John Campbell Ross A. Stevens Edwin Harley WSCC 2005 (15th)
2006–07 Peter Becker Richard Morgan John Allen John Sanders Murray Petherick WSCC 2007 (7th)
2007–08 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Murray Petherick John Sanders Nelson Ede WSCC 2008 (12th)
2008–09 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Murray Petherick John Sanders NZMCC 2008 (4th)
2008–09 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede David Greer John Sanders WSCC 2009 (9th)
2009–10 Peter Becker Nelson Ede John Sanders Neil Pritchard NZMCC 2009 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Peter Becker Nelson Ede David Greer John Sanders Murray Petherick WSCC 2010 (10th)
2010–11 Peter Becker Richard Morgan David Greer John Sanders NZMCC 2010 (7th)
Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede David Greer John Sanders (WSCC) WSCC 2011 (6th)
NZMCC 2011 (8th)
2011–12 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede Dave Greer NZSCC 2011 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2012–13 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZSCC 2012 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2013–14 Peter Becker Dave Greer Nelson Ede John Sanders NZMCC 2013 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Peter Becker Dave Greer Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZSCC 2013 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede David Greer John Sanders WSCC 2014 (22nd)
2014–15 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede David Greer John Sanders NZMCC 2014 (4th)
Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZSCC 2014 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
NZMCC 2015 (4th)
2015–16 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZSCC 2015 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017–18 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZMCC 2017 (6th)
Peter Becker David Greer Nelson Ede John Sanders NZSCC 2017 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018–19 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZMCC 2018 (6th)
Scott Becker Simon Neilson Anton Hood Warren Dobson Peter Becker Peter Becker PACC 2018 (4th)
2023–24 Peter Becker Murray Pitts Jack Steele Steve Lockhart NZMCC 2023 (8th)

Mixed doubles

Season Female Male Events
2008–09 Brittany Taylor Peter Becker NZMDCC 2008 (10th)
2009–10 Cass Becker Peter Becker NZMDCC 2009 (4th)
2010–11 Wendy Becker Peter Becker NZMDCC 2010 (5th)
2012–13 Wendy Becker Peter Becker NZMDCC 2012 (5th)
2013–14 Wendy Becker Peter Becker NZMDCC 2013 (11th)
2014–15 Jessica Smith Peter Becker NZMDCC 2014 (9th)
2015–16 Wendy Becker Peter Becker NZMDCC 2015 (6th)

Record as a coach of national teams

Year Tournament, event National team Place
1999 1999 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (women) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2000 2000 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (women) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2001 2001 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (women) 4
2002 2002 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (women) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2003 2003 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2004 2004 World Men's Curling Championship  New Zealand (men) 7
2004 2004 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2005 2005 World Men's Curling Championship  New Zealand (men) 8
2005 2005 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2006 2006 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships  New Zealand (junior men) 4
2006 2006 Winter Olympics  New Zealand (men) 10
2006 2006 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (women) 4
2007 2007 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships  New Zealand (junior women) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2007 2007 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2007 2007 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (women) 5
2008 2008 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships  New Zealand (junior men) 4
2008 2008 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2008 2008 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (women) 4
2009 2009 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships  New Zealand (junior men) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2009 2009 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (women) 4
2010 2010 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 4
2010 2010 Pacific Curling Championships  New Zealand (women) 4
2011 2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2012 2012 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships  New Zealand (junior men) 4
2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympics  New Zealand (mixed team) 13
2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympics  New Zealand (mixed double) 17
2012 2012 World Men's Curling Championship  New Zealand (men) 5
2012 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 6
2013 2013 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 4
2015 2015 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships  New Zealand (junior men) 4
2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics  New Zealand (mixed team) 13
2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics  New Zealand (mixed double) 17
2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics  New Zealand (mixed double) 5
2016 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 5
2017 2017 World Junior B Curling Championships  New Zealand (junior men) 16
2017 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship  New Zealand (mixed double) 29
2017 2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 5
2018 2018 World Junior B Curling Championships  New Zealand (junior men) 5
2018 2018 World Junior B Curling Championships  New Zealand (junior women) 4
2018 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships  New Zealand (men) 4

References

  1. Peter Becker | New Zealand Curling
  2. "NZ Championship : Senior Men". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.
  3. "Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022.
  4. "World Curling inducts 2022 Hall of Fame recipients". World Curling Federation. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022.
  5. McMurran, Alistair (8 November 2008). "Curling: Outstanding contribution by family". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  6. Curling, Central Otago, New Zealand | The Becker Family

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