Landsteiner Bows Out of Competitive Curling

John Landsteiner Steps Away from Team Shuster

DULUTH, Minn.- As Team Shuster gears up for a run towards the 2026 Winter Olympics, they’ll be doing so without one of their mainstays. John Landsteiner, who serves as the lead of the team, announced on Wednesday that he is stepping away from the team. The reason being is he wants to spend more time with his family. During his time on Team Shuster, Landsteiner played a part in six national titles, seven world appearances, and three Olympic games…

Landsteiner bows out of competitive curling

DULUTH — John Landsteiner, 2018 Olympic champion and lead curler for Team Shuster, announced he is leaving competitive curling effective immediately. The Mapleton, Minnesota native and Saginaw resident made his plans known in a social media post Wednesday. “As life has progressed during this quad, with the addition of my two young children and my ongoing full-time career as an engineer with Lake Superior Consulting, it has become clear to me tha…

Olympic gold medallist John Landsteiner stepping back from competitive curling

John Landsteiner, the longtime lead for skip John Shuster and 2018 Olympic gold medallist, is stepping away from competitive curling. The 35-year-old from Duluth, Minn., made the announcement Wednesday in a Facebook post. Landsteiner cited his full-time career as an engineer and his wish to spend more time with his family as reasons for leaving the team. “To be clear, this is not a goodbye to the sport of curling for me,” he wrote in the post. “…