Tao4-5 at 2024 World Junior Curling Championships

Edmonton, Canada

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Zach
Davies

Lead
Adam
Naugler

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	6.63
PA/G:	6.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, CAN) finished 4-5 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao lost 9-4 to Orrin Carson (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 9-3 win over Sam Flanagan (Naseby, NZL). Tao won 8-4 against Manuel Jermann (Arlesheim, SUI), then won 6-3 against Liqiunan Tao (Beijing, CHN). Tao went on to lose 8-3 against Italy's Stefano Gilli. Tao lost 8-4 to Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR). Tao lost 10-9 to Wesley Wendling (Wausau, USA) where Tao responded with a 8-7 win over Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER). Tao went on to lose 7-6 against Jacob Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 4.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 31 of the event schedule, Tao did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 80th place on the World Ranking Standings with 34.500 total points. Tao ranks 80th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 34.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	25	19	0	0.568	6-2	3-2	0-2	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	354	261	207	7.37	5.85	1.53	4.55	3.67	1.62	1.59	1.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	163	181	42	22	3-0	10-1	42-7	1.11	0.26	0.39	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	191	80	165	41	1-2	6-9	12-42	0.42	0.86	0.45	0.28

2026: Caden Hebert
Caden Hebert, Jackson Bestland, Benji Paral, Jack Wendtland, Daniel Laufer, Mike Peplinski
, USA
2025: Lukas Hostmaelingen
Lukas Hostmaelingen, Tinius Haslev Nordbye, Magnus Lilleboe, Eskild Eriksen, Harald Daehlin, Johan Hostmaelingen
, NOR
2024: Lukas Hostmaelingen
Lukas Hostmaelingen, Grunde Buraas, Magnus Lilleboe, Tinius Haslev Nordbye
Oslo, NOR
2023: Xueqing Fei
Xueqing Fei, Tianqi Guan, Zhichao Li, Xingyin Xie, Jianjun Ye, Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: James Craik
James Craik, Angus Bryce, Scott Hyslop, Niall Ryder
Stirling, SCO
2020: Jacques Gauthier
Jacques Gauthier, Jordan Peters, Brayden Payette, Zack Bilawka, Thomas Dunlop
Winnipeg, CAN
2019: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Matthew Hall, Alex Horvath, Rylan Kleiter
Langley, CAN
2018: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Zac Curtis, Jacques Gauthier
Langley, CAN
2017: Kijeong Lee
Kijeong Lee, Kibok Lee, Seunghoon Oh, Won Yeong Choi, Kyung-Ho Woo
Uiseong, KOR
2016: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Duncan Menzies, Bobby Lammie, Gregor Cannon, Robin Brydone
Edinburgh, SCO
2015: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Brendan Wilson, Colton Lott
Winnipeg, CAN
2014: Yannick Schwaller
Reto Keller, Yannick Schwaller, Patrick Witschonke, Michael Probst, Romano Keller-Meier
Bern, SUI
2012: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Evan Asmussen, Landon Bucholz, Bryce Bucholz, Parker Konschuh
Edmonton, CAN
2011: Oskar Eriksson
Kristian Lindstroem, Oskar Eriksson, Henrik Leek, Alexander Lindstroem, Christoffer Sundgren
Ostersund, SWE