Dan Mustapic

Daniel Matthew Mustapic (born 23 August 1960) is a New Zealand curler^[1] from Dunedin. He is a two-time Pacific-Asian champion (2000, 2004) and a four-time New Zealand men's champion (2003, 2005, 2006, 2012).

Dan Mustapic
Curler  ♂
Born	(1960-08-23) 23 August 1960 (age 64) Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
Team
Curling club	Ranfurly CC, Ranfurly, New Zealand
Curling career
Member Association	Ontario (1992–1998)  New Zealand (2000–present)
World Championship appearances	3 (2001, 2004, 2005)
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances	1 (2015)
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances	6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009)
Olympic appearances	1 (2006)
Other appearances	World Senior Championship: 4 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Medal record Curling Pacific Championships 2000 Esquimalt 2004 Chuncheon 2005 Taipei World Senior Championships 2013 Fredericton 2015 Sochi

He participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics, where the New Zealand men's team finished in tenth place.

Prior to emigrating to New Zealand, Mustapic was active in the Ontario curling scene. While living in Hamilton^[2] and curling out of Kitchener, he won the 1994 Welton Beauchamp Classic.^[3] He is the father of comedian James Mustapic.^[4]

Teams

Men's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
1992–93[5]	Dan Mustapic	Mark Kozak	David Simpson	Hugh Widdup
1994–95[6]	Dan Mustapic	John Thompson	Jason Lehtovaara	Dunc MacLean			WCT
2000–01	Dan Mustapic	Sean Becker	Hans Frauenlob	Jim Allan	Lorne De Pape	Edwin Harley	PCC 2000
	Dan Mustapic	Sean Becker	Hans Frauenlob	Lorne De Pape	Jim Allan	Edwin Harley	WCC 2001 (9th)
2002–03	Sean Becker	Hans Frauenlob	Jim Allan	Lorne De Pape	Dan Mustapic		PCC 2002 (4th)
2003–04	Sean Becker	Hans Frauenlob	Dan Mustapic	Lorne De Pape	Warren Dobson	Peter Becker	WCC 2004 (7th)
2004–05	Sean Becker	Hans Frauenlob	Dan Mustapic	Lorne De Pape	Warren Dobson	Peter Becker	PCC 2004 WCC 2005 (8th)
2005–06	Sean Becker	Hans Frauenlob	Dan Mustapic	Lorne De Pape	Warren Dobson	Peter Becker	PCC 2005 WOG 2006 (10th)
2006–07	Dan Mustapic	Hans Frauenlob	Rupert Jones	Lorne De Pape		Edwin Harley	PCC 2006 (5th)
2007–08	Dan Mustapic	Kenny Thomson	Peter de Boer	Haymon Keeler	Lorne De Pape		NZMCC 2008
2008–09	Dan Mustapic	Hans Frauenlob	Kenny Thomson	Lorne De Pape			NZMCC 2009
2009–10	Dan Mustapic	Scott Becker	Warren Kearney	Warren Dobson	Kris Miller		PCC 2009 (5th)
	Dan Mustapic	Kenny Thomson	Lorne De Pape	Doug Charko			NZMCC 2010
2012–13	Hans Frauenlob	Lorne De Pape	Allan Langille	Pat Cooney	Dan Mustapic		WSCC 2013
	Dan Mustapic	Lorne De Pape	Allan Langille	Pat Cooney	Eugenio Molinatti		NZMCC 2013
2013–14	Dan Mustapic	Lorne De Pape	Iain Craig	Derek Jansen			NZMCC 2014
2014–15	Hans Frauenlob	Dan Mustapic	Lorne De Pape	Iain Craig	Dave Watt		WSCC 2015
	Hans Frauenlob	Dan Mustapic	Brett Sargon	Kieran Ford			NZMCC 2015
2015–16	Hans Frauenlob	Dan Mustapic	Dave Watt	Iain Craig	Lorne De Pape		WSCC 2016 (5th)
2016–17	Dan Mustapic	Hans Frauenlob	Dave Watt	Lorne De Pape	Iain Craig		WSCC 2017 (5th)

Mixed doubles

Season	Male	Female	Events
2008–09	Dan Mustapic	Brydie Donald	NZMDCC 2009
2009–10	Dan Mustapic	Brydie Donald	NZMDCC 2010
2013–14	Dan Mustapic	Marisa Jones	NZMDCC 2014
2015–16	Dan Mustapic	Waverley Taylor	NZMDCC 2016 (9th)

References

1. Dan Mustapic – New Zealand Curling Association
2. The Ottawa Citizen, 10 November 1995, pg, D6, "Tough going for defending champs"
3. The Gazette, 15 November 1994, pg E4
4. "Comedian James Mustapic's father accuses TVNZ of privacy breach". The New Zealand Herald. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
5. "'A little weekend fun' turns into a lot of loot". Brantford Expositor. 1 March 1993. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
6. Ottawa Citizen, 15 November 1994, pg H1, "Toronto rink makes Classic defence a success"

External links

• Dan Mustapic at World Curling
• Dan Mustapic at Olympics.com
• Dan Mustapic at Olympedia
• Dan Mustapic at the New Zealand Olympic Committee