Background
Jamie was born in Bemidji, Minnesota, and is the older sister of Team United States of America skip Cassandra Potter.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Jamie Haskell
Edit ProfileCareer
Playing third, Jamie excels at take-outs and setting up key shots for her skip. Growing up in Bemidji (which is also home to Team United States of America men"s skip Pete Fenson), the Johnson sisters were born to curl. Coming off a silver medal at the 2005 Worlds, the United States. Women anticipated a strong showing at the Torino Games.
Jamie and her teammates" first trip to the Winter Olympics failed to live up to their expectations, though, as the team finished well shy of the medal round with just 2 wins.
The team was the youngest (average age: 22) ever to represent the United States in curling at the elite level
Achievements
-
She usually plays third on her sister"s team, and together they have won the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships, the championship at the United States. Trials in February 2005, and the gold medal at the 2002 Junior World Championships. Their grandparents and great-grandparents were avid curlers, and their parents, Tim and Liz Johnson, won the United States. national mixed curling title in 1980. In fact, that championship came when Liz was five months pregnant with Jamie. According to Johnson family legend, shortly after Jamie"s birth, she was placed in the bowl-shaped trophy her parents won at Nationals.
