{{short description|American curler (born 1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox curler | name = Jeff Isaacson | birth_name = {{birth date and age|1983|7|14}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|Virginia, Minnesota, U.S.}} | other_names = Jeffrey Glen Isaacson | height = 5 ft 8 in<ref name="Team USA" /> | Curling club = Chaska CC,<br/>Chaska, Minnesota | Skip = | Third = | Second = | Lead = | Alternate = | World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMCC|2009}}) | Olympic appearances = 2 (2010, 2014) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's curling}} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|United States Men's Championship}} {{MedalGold|2009 Broomfield|}} {{MedalSilver|2002 Eveleth|Team}} {{MedalBronze | 2013 Green Bay | }} {{MedalCompetition|United States Olympic Trials}} {{MedalGold|2009 Broomfield|Team}} {{MedalGold|2013 Fargo|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Winter Universiade}} {{MedalGold|2007 Turin|Team}} }}
'''Jeffrey Glen Isaacson''' (born July 14, 1983) is an American curler. He is a two-time Olympian, playing on the United States men's curling team at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.<ref name="Team USA">{{Cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/IS/Jeff-Isaacson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110072839/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/IS/Jeff-Isaacson |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |title=Jeff Isaacson |website=Team USA |url-status=dead |access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Jeff Isaacson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/jeff-isaacson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203085827/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/jeff-isaacson-1.html |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |quote=Full name: Jeffrey Glen "Jeff" Isaacson}}</ref>
==Career== Isaacson played as second on John Shuster's team which won the US Olympic Trials in February 2009 and earned a spot as the 2010 United States Olympic Team. In addition to John Shuster his other teammates were John Benton and Jason Smith. Chris Plys joined the team as alternate after the Olympic Trials. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada they finished in 10th place.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/273 |title=XXI. Olympic Winter Games 2010 |last= |first= |date= |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref>
By winning the 2010 US Olympic Trials, his team also qualified for the 2009 World Men's Championship held in Moncton, Canada. Isaacson and his team finished with a 7–4 record. They lost a tiebreaker match against Team Norway to qualify for the semifinals and finished fifth overall.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/317 |title=Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2009 |last= |first= |date= |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref>
Isaacson left Shuster's team after the 2010 Olympics to take time away from competitive curling but returned for the 2013 Olympic Trials where they again won.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wyshynski |first=Greg |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/jeff-isaacson--junior-high-chemistry-teacher--is-a-olympic--behind-the-curling--story-091845425.html |title=Jeff Isaacson, junior high chemistry teacher, is an Olympic ‘Behind The Curling’ story |date=February 10, 2014 |work=Yahoo Sports |access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref> At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia they finished in 9th place.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/381 |title=XXII. Olympic Winter Games 2014 |last= |first= |date= |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== Isaacson has degrees from Bemidji State University and University of Wisconsin-Superior. He currently works at the Chaska Curling Center as the Curling Center Manager.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chaskacurlingcenter.com/ |title=Curling Center Staff |last= |first= |date= |website=Chaska Curling Center |access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref>
==Teammates== '''2009 Moncton World Championships'''
'''2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics'''
*John Shuster, ''Skip'' *Jason Smith, ''Third'' *John Benton, ''Lead'' *Chris Plys, ''Alternate''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Curling}} * {{Team USA|new_id=jeff-isaacson-914047|old_id=IS/Jeff-Isaacson|archive=20230528031227}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}}
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