Peter Becker

Peter Becker (born 9 June 1949 in Otago, New Zealand) is a New Zealand curler and curling coach.

At the international level, he is a two-time bronze medallist (, , , , ) at the Pacific Curling Championships.

At the national level, he is a three-time New Zealand men's champion (1999, 2000, 2013) and two time (2013, 2023) New Zealand senior men's champion.

In 2022, he was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame.

Personal life Becker comes from a family of curlers. His wife, two sons, daughter and father have all represented New Zealand on an international scale. His father William Becker was one of the first men who curled in New Zealand. Peter's older son, Sean, is one of the most successful and well known New Zealand curlers. His younger son, Scott, is a competitive curler too, and was skip of the New Zealand men's team at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. His daughter, Bridget has been the skip of the New Zealand women's national curling team, and was a silver medallist at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, and a silver and bronze medallist at the Pacific-Asia Championships.

Teams and events Men's Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events 1991–92 Peter Becker Edwin Harley Jock Kearney Barry Brown Stewart McKnight 1993–94 Peter Becker Barry Brown John Campbell Ross A. Stevens Edwin Harley 1994–95 Peter Becker Barry Brown Ross A. Stevens Richard Morgan John Campbell Edwin Harley 1995–96 Peter Becker Sean Becker Allan McLean Lorne De Pape Darren Carson Edwin Harley 1996–97 Peter Becker Sean Becker Jim Allan Ross A. Stevens Lorne De Pape Edwin Harley 1999–00 Peter Becker Merv Jamieson Darren Carson Sean Becker NZMCC 1999 2000–01 Peter Becker Merv Jamieson Darren Carson Sean Becker NZMCC 2000 2002–03 Peter Becker Allan McLean Mervyn Jamieson Edwin Harley (15th) 2003–04 John Allen Len McSaveney Len Hill Peter Taylor Peter Becker (15th) 2004–05 Peter Becker Barry Brown John Campbell Ross A. Stevens Edwin Harley (15th) 2006–07 Peter Becker Richard Morgan John Allen John Sanders Murray Petherick (7th) 2007–08 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Murray Petherick John Sanders Nelson Ede (12th) 2008–09 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Murray Petherick John Sanders NZMCC 2008 (4th) 2008–09 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede David Greer John Sanders (9th) 2009–10 Peter Becker Nelson Ede John Sanders Neil Pritchard NZMCC 2009 Peter Becker Nelson Ede David Greer John Sanders Murray Petherick (10th) 2010–11 Peter Becker Richard Morgan David Greer John Sanders NZMCC 2010 (7th) Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede David Greer John Sanders (WSCC) (6th)NZMCC 2011 (8th) 2011–12 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede Dave Greer NZSCC 2011 2012–13 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZSCC 2012 2013–14 Peter Becker Dave Greer Nelson Ede John Sanders NZMCC 2013 Peter Becker Dave Greer Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZSCC 2013 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede David Greer John Sanders (22nd) 2014–15 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede David Greer John Sanders NZMCC 2014 (4th) Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZSCC 2014 NZMCC 2015 (4th) 2015–16 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZSCC 2015 2017–18 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZMCC 2017 (6th) Peter Becker David Greer Nelson Ede John Sanders NZSCC 2017 2018–19 Peter Becker Richard Morgan Nelson Ede John Sanders NZMCC 2018 (6th) Scott Becker Simon Neilson Anton Hood Warren Dobson Peter Becker Peter Becker (4th) 2023–24 Peter Becker Murray Pitts Jack Steele Steve Lockhart NZMCC 2023 (8th)

Mixed doubles Season Female Male Events 2008–09 Brittany Taylor Peter Becker NZMDCC 2008 (10th) 2009–10 Cass Becker Peter Becker NZMDCC 2009 (4th) 2010–11 Wendy Becker Peter Becker NZMDCC 2010 (5th) 2012–13 Wendy Becker Peter Becker NZMDCC 2012 (5th) 2013–14 Wendy Becker Peter Becker NZMDCC 2013 (11th) 2014–15 Jessica Smith Peter Becker NZMDCC 2014 (9th) 2015–16 Wendy Becker Peter Becker NZMDCC 2015 (6th)

Record as a coach of national teams Year Tournament, event National team Place 1999 1999 Pacific Curling Championships (women) 2000 2000 Pacific Curling Championships (women) 2001 2001 Pacific Curling Championships (women) 2002 2002 Pacific Curling Championships (women) 2003 2003 Pacific Curling Championships (men) 2004 2004 World Men's Curling Championship (men) 2004 2004 Pacific Curling Championships (men) 2005 2005 World Men's Curling Championship (men) 2005 2005 Pacific Curling Championships (men) 2006 2006 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships (junior men) 2006 2006 Winter Olympics (men) 2006 2006 Pacific Curling Championships (women) 2007 2007 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships (junior women) 2007 2007 Pacific Curling Championships (men) 2007 2007 Pacific Curling Championships (women) 2008 2008 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships (junior men) 2008 2008 Pacific Curling Championships (men) 2008 2008 Pacific Curling Championships (women) 2009 2009 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships (junior men) 2009 2009 Pacific Curling Championships (women) 2010 2010 Pacific Curling Championships (men) 2010 2010 Pacific Curling Championships (women) 2011 2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (men) 2012 2012 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships (junior men) 2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympics (mixed team) 2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympics (mixed double) 2012 2012 World Men's Curling Championship (men) 2012 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (men) 2013 2013 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (men) 2015 2015 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships (junior men) 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics (mixed team) 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics (mixed double) 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics (mixed double) 2016 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (men) 2017 2017 World Junior B Curling Championships (junior men) 2017 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (mixed double) 2017 2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (men) 2018 2018 World Junior B Curling Championships (junior men) 2018 2018 World Junior B Curling Championships (junior women) 2018 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (men)