Kevin Kakela
American curler
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Kevin Kakela (born August 9, 1960, in Rolla, North Dakota, United States) is an American curler.[1]
BornAugust 9, 1960
Rolla, North Dakota, U.S.
Rolla, North Dakota, U.S.
Curling clubLangdon CC, Langdon,
Madison CC,
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison CC,
Madison, Wisconsin
Member Association
United States
United StatesWorld Championship
appearances2 (1997, 2008)
appearances2 (1997, 2008)
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| Born | August 9, 1960 Rolla, North Dakota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Langdon CC, Langdon, Madison CC, Madison, Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 2 (1997, 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the national level, he is a 1997 United States men's champion curler.
Honours
- USA Curling Athlete of the Year: 1997
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1993–94 | Kevin Kakela | ? | ? | ? | 1994 USMCC (???th) | ||
| 1994–95 | Kevin Kakela | ? | ? | ? | 1995 USMCC (4th) | ||
| 1996–97 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Joel Jacobson | Paul Peterson | Randy Darling (WCC) | Steve Brown (WCC) | 1997 USMCC  1997 WMCC (6th) |
| 1997–98 | Kevin Kakela | ? | ? | ? | 1998 USMCC  | ||
| 1998–99 | Kevin Kakela | ? | ? | ? | 1999 USMCC (4th) | ||
| 1999–00 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Joel Jacobson | Carey Kakela | 2000 USMCC (6th)[2][3] | ||
| 2002–03 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Joel Jacobson | Carey Kakela | 2003 USMCC (4th)[4][5] | |
| 2003–04 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Joel Jacobson | 2004 USMCC (5th)[6][7] | |
| 2004–05 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Joel Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Zach Jacobson | 2005 USMCC/USOCT (5th) | |
| 2005–06 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Joel Jacobson | 2006 USMCC [8] | |
| 2006–07 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Joel Jacobson | 2007 USMCC | |
| 2007–08 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Kurt Disher | Joel Jacobson | 2008 USMCC |
| Craig Brown | Rich Ruohonen | John Dunlop | Pete Annis | Kevin Kakela | Steve Brown | 2008 WMCC (7th) | |
| 2008–09 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Zach Jacobson | Carey Kakela | Kurt Disher | 2009 USMCC/USOCT (8th) | |
| 2009–10 | Kevin Kakela | Chad Carlson | Ryan Lagasse | Todd Ussatis | 2010 USMCC (8th) | ||
| 2010–11 | Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Chad Carlson | Pete Annis | John Benton | 2011 USMCC (8th) | |
| Kevin Kakela | Kurt Disher | Kyle Kakela | Pete Annis | ||||
| 2011–12 | Kevin Kakela | Kurt Disher | Kyle Kakela | Pete Annis | |||
| Craig Disher | Kevin Kakela | Kelby Smith | Gary Garceau | 2012 USSCC  | |||
| 2012–13 | Kevin Kakela | Adam Kitchens | Kyle Kakela | Travis Kitchens | |||
| 2013–14 | Kevin Kakela | Kyle Kakela | Ryan Lagasse | Todd Ussatis | |||
| 2015–16 | Kevin Kakela | Owen Sampson | John Lindgren | Ethan Sampson | |||
| 2018–19 | Kevin Kakela | Kyle Kakela | Ryan Lagasse | Timothy Hodek | |||
| 2019–20 | Kevin Kakela | Kyle Kakela | Timothy Hodek | JP Munich | Owen Sampson | 2020 USMCC (9th) |
Personal life
Kevin Kakela is a farm owner and resides at Hansboro, North Dakota.
His son Kyle is also a curler,[9] he competed at the 2015 Winter Universiade. Kevin and Kyle played some years as teammates.
