Gushue was just 25 when he skipped Canada to Olympic gold in Italy, with help from the experienced Russ Howard. That was 15 years ago now — and also two years after he left university, where he studied for a bachelor's degree in business administration. While the MBA will help in his post-sporting life — he co-owns a fitness business in St.
John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with teammate Mark Nichols — that's a long break from the rhythm of studying that takes some getting used to. No disrespect to fifths. Away from the ice and his business, and from the books, too, Gushue has found another way to keep himself busy while earning a little bit more on the side. While success can be defined in multiple ways, it is crystal clear that Gushue relishes a challenge, both on and off the ice.
Nevertheless, running a fitness company during a pandemic has brought challenges. Related News Stories News News In he had an excellent Grand Slam season reaching the semis of the Masters, the finals of Players Championship where he lost to Kevin Martin , and at The National facing Randy Ferbey in the final, Gushue won the game, earning his first Grand Slam title of his career.
In April , Gushue replaced his front-end for the sixth straight year: Jamie Korab rejoined the team as lead and Ryan Fry joined the team at second. Gushue failed to make it out of the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials pre-qualifying tournament, where they won just one game.
He would not make it past a quarterfinal of another Grand Slam until the season where he would have a strong Grand Slam season, reaching the semis of the Masters, and the final of the National where he lost to Wayne Middaugh. A month following their runner-up finish at the Tim Hortons Brier in Hamilton, Gushue announced that Jamie Korab , longtime teammate, was also cut from the team. Despite a strong Brier appearance and season, Gushue said that the team seemed to lack a needed chemistry and that Korab's departure was a group decision.
In , David Noftall assumed the lead position but this did not prove to be a winning combination. In Gushue seemed ready to add a Brier title to his Olympic Gold, finishing the round robin a strong 8—3 for 2nd place, earning himself a spot in the "One vs. Two" playoff game, where he beat Ontario's Glenn Howard who he had lost to in the round robin with a calm, measured performance critics said he could not muster without Russ any longer with him to tame his overly aggressive tendencies.
His team thus advanced to the finals, where they would have a rematch with Howard, and this time would lose, in a game that would turn when in the 7th end tied and with hammer, rather than taking 1, Brad tried an extremely difficult many said impossible shot for 3 or 4, which he would miss to give up a crucial steal of 2, firmly handing the momentum over to the Howard side.
This choice led to many of his critics again questioning his brash nature of wanting to go for the boldest shots unnecessarily at times, and questioning if he could ever win again without strategic mastermind Russ Howard still at his side.
Brad Gushue is currently a business owner, owning Orangetheory Fitness. Gushue married Krista Tibbo on September 8, They have two children. In , Gushue co-authored a book with Alex J. Walling titled Golden Gushue: a Curling Story, which offers a behind the scenes look at the rise of his team to Olympic gold.
In May , Gushue brought in former world champion Russ Howard as fifth man on the team, in order to bring experience and advice for the Canadian Olympic trials. Shortly afterwards, second Mike Adam volunteered to step aside for Howard, as the team felt that Howard's skills and experience gave them the best chance to make it to the Olympics.
Howard, playing as second, was given the right to call the team's shots as a skip would, but would defer to Gushue for the final word on calls. Under international rules, Howard was nominally the skip, holding the broom in the house and sweeping opponents stones behind the tee line.
The personnel change was a success, as Gushue defeated Jeff Stoughton's team in the Olympic trials final on December 11, , qualifying him to represent Canada at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. At the Olympics, he defeated surprise finalist Finland's Markku Uusipaavalniemi to win the Gold medal.
His first Slam final was in when he finished second, after losing to Kevin Martin in the final game of Players' Championship.
After his outstanding career as a junior, Gushue made an impressive transition into men's curling and his team quickly became a competitive force.
Gushue qualified for the Nokia Brier where he finished with a 6—5 record. They will be hoping to achieve something similar later this month in Lillehammer. In the final they outshot Mouat to comfortably take the win.
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