Brad Gushue

Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL (/ˈɡʊʒu/ GUU-zhoo; born June 16, 1980) is a retired Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland 10–4. He also represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where he won a bronze medal. In addition to the Olympics, Gushue won the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship with teammates Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, and Geoff Walker.

Gushue has played in 23 Briers, Canada's national men's curling championship, more than any other curler, and has won the event a record six times, equalling the most ever with teammates Mark Nichols and Geoff Walker and Albertan Randy Ferbey. He was a Brier champion skip in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 all with Nichols, Gallant and Walker, except for 2023 and 2024 with E. J. Harnden replacing Gallant. Their win in 2017 was Newfoundland and Labrador's first Brier title in 41 years. At the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Gushue set a new record for Brier game wins as a skip, breaking a three-way tie with previous record-holders Russ Howard and Kevin Martin. Gushue played in the Brier every year from 2003 to 2026, except in 2006, when he was unable to participate due to being at the Olympics in Italy. He represented his native Newfoundland and Labrador in each edition except in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025, where as defending champion, his rink was designated Team Canada, and at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, when he was the Wild Card 1 team, as the team missed the Newfoundland and Labrador playdowns as they were at the Olympics.