Olympic
appearances 1 (2006) | Name Hans Frauenlob | |
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Born November 22, 1960 (age 63)
Barrie, Ontario ( 1960-11-22 ) World Championship
appearances 4 (1999, 2001, 2004, 2005) Pacific Championship
appearances 10 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) | ||
Hans Frauenlob - NZTE & GEW International Panel
Hans Frauenlob (born November 22, 1960) is a New Zealand curler originally from Barrie, Ontario.
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Career
Frauenlob played most of his career as third for skip Sean Becker. With Becker, Frauenlob won three Pacific Curling Championships in 1998, 2003, and 2004. He also won the Pacific Curling Championships in 2000 as second under skip Dan Mustapic. Frauenlob played with Becker in the 2004 and 2005 World Men's Curling Championships, finishing in seventh and eighth place, respectively. Frauenlob also was part of the first curling team to represent New Zealand at the Winter Olympics. Skipped by Becker, the team finished in last place, with a 0–9 win-loss record.
After Frauenlob reached the age of eligibility to participate in senior curling events, he skipped New Zealand at the 2012 World Senior Curling Championships, but lost in the quarterfinals to Sweden's Connie Östlund. He also skipped New Zealand at the next year's championships, and went all the way to the final before losing to Canada's Rob Armitage. At the same time, he played in the 2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, and finished in fifth after losing in the quarterfinals. In 2015, he skipped New Zealand to a bronze medal at the 2015 World Senior Curling Championships.
Television Commentator
Frauenlob has been a live curling commentator for a number of events. His first commentary provided voiceover comments for Television New Zealand for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He has done live commentary for World Curling Television from the 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship and the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, as well as for the 2009 New Zealand Winter Games (for Sky Sports New Zealand) and the 2015 New Zealand Winter Games.