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Allison Pottinger (born July 5, 1973 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada as Allison Darragh) is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She currently plays third for Debbie McCormick.

While skip McCormick curls out of the Madison Curling Club in Madison, Wisconsin, Pottinger curls out of the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota. She learned how to curl in Otterburn Park, Quebec.

In 1994, Pottinger was an alternate for Erika Brown's silver medal winning team at the World Junior Curling Championships. Pottinger picked up another silver medal at the 1996 World Curling Championships as the lead for Lisa Schoeneberg. In 1999, Pottinger won another silver medal, this time playing second for Patti Lank. In 2003 she had moved up to the position of third, and played for Debbie McCormick. In 2003, they won the first gold medal for an American team at the World Curling Championships. They would go to the Worlds again in 2006, where they won a silver medal.

Pottinger is a marketing research analyst. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and has bachelor's degrees in Political Science and History. She earned an MBA in Marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is married to Doug Pottinger.

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