Celebrity Skips for Lupus Spiel 2026!
Confirmed:
Silvana Tirinzoni: Silvana is an Olympic Silver Medalist (2026), Four-Time World Champion, 3-Time Olympian, and 7-time Grand Slam Champion. She has multiple additional medals including 2 Golds from the European Championships, and a Gold medal from the Junior World Championships.
Kevin Koe: Kevin is a two-time World Champion and Olympian. He has competed in 14 Brier championships, earning NINE medals – FOUR Gold medals and five Silvers. He also has 6 Grand Slam victories and a Worlds Silver medal.
Kevin Martin: Olympic Gold Medalist, Olympic Silver Medalist, World Champion, World Curling Hall of Fame Member, and holds 18 Grand Slam victories.
Eve Muirhead: Olympic Gold Medalist, Olympic Bronze Medalist, World Gold Medalist Women’s, World Gold Medalist Mixed Doubles. 6 Grand Slam victories. 3x Europeans Gold Medalist. 8x Scottish Gold Medalist. 4x World Juniors Gold Medalist. European Mixed Gold Medalist.
Tyler George: 2018 Olympic Gold Medalist.
Shannon Kleibrink: Olympic Bronze Medalist skip! Scotties Tournament of Hearts Silver Medalist, 5 Scotties appearances, 2 Grand Slam victories and prominent curling coach.
Shawn Rojeski: Olympic Bronze Medalist, 5x U.S. National Champion.
Kerry (Koe) Galusha: Skip of Northwest Territories, Kerry has 21 appearances at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Canada)! Gold medalist of Arctic Winter Games.
Jamie Koe: Skip of Northwest Territories. Jamie has played in an amazing 17 Briers, including a playoff run in 2024!
Jason Smith: Smitty is a 2010 Olympian and National Champion in men’s curling. He also is a Gold Medalist in U.S. Mixed Doubles.
Christina Black: Nova Scotia skip with 7 Scotties Tournament of Hearts appearances, earning 2 Bronze medals. Christina is also a Canadian Mixed Curling Champion, and has a Silver medal from the 2025 Canadian Olympic Trials.
Greg Smith: Skip for Newfoundland Labrador in 2018 and 2021 Briers.
Danny Casper: 2026 Olympic Team USA skip. Also holds a Silver medal from the Pan Continental.
Aidan Oldenburg: 2026 Olympian.
Rich Ruohonen: 2026 Olympian, 2x National champion, 2x Senior champion, and World Seniors Silver medalist! Rich is also a celebrated and award-winning attorney and founder at TSR Injury Law.
Jordan Moulton: Olympic coach of Team Casper, 2 x Junior National Champion, Bronze Medalist Olympic Trials.
Ben Richardson: 2026 Olympian. Ben also holds a Silver medal from the Winter Youth Olympics, Silver from World Junior Championships, and Silver from the Winter World University Games.
Courtney Benson (George): 2006 Olympian, World Silver Medalist, World Junior Gold and Silver Medalist.
Connor Kauffman: Mixed Doubles National Champion, World University Games Silver Medalist.
Rachel Kawleski: Mixed Doubles National Champion, World University Games Silver Medalist.
Margot Flemming: 6 Scotties Tournament of Hearts appearances.
Raunora Wescott: 5 Scottie Tournament of Hearts appearances including a 2017 Silver Medal finish.
Pete Stolt: National Gold Medalist, Mixed Doubles.
Maureen Stolt: National Gold Medalist, Mixed Doubles.
Evan Workin: 2xMixed National Champion.
Rachel Workin: 2xMixed National Champion.
Tanya Phillips: Silver Medalist of Club Nationals, Canada 2019 (skip).
John Benton: 2010 Olympian.
Christina Lammers: 2xMixed National Champion.
Mike Farbelow: 2026 World Senior Champion.
Regan Birr: Founder of the Lupus Research Foundation
Joch Tyre: Manager of the Kelowna Curling Club, Jock is recognized for his significant contributions to the sport of curling. A 2025 winner of the Ray Kingsmith award, he has led one of the world’s largest curling facilities since ’92 and works as a World Curling Federation instructor.
Tentative:
Brad Jacobs: TWO-time Olympic Gold Medalist. Brier Champion. World Silver Medalist. 7 Grand Slam victories. Jacobs is the only men’s skip to have won two Olympic gold medals.
Trevor Bonot: World Silver Medalist skip of Canadian Mixed team, Skip of Men’s Northern Ontario team at the 2024 Brier.
Bill Todhunter: World Bronze medalist.
Chelsea Carey: Two-time champion of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Bronze national medalist twice for Mixed Doubles. Two-time Silver medalist for Olympic trials. Two additional Bronze medals from the Hearts.