Olympic Curler now Grateful for Dad’s OCD

Olympic curling specialist Arthur P. Luck feels like he was born for this sport. It wasn’t always this way though.  Growing up in the heartland of middle America, he had never actually heard of the sport until he was a senior in high school.

“I always say I didn’t pick curling, it was more like it picked me,” Arthur said candidly.  “And, honestly, I feel like I have an unfair advantage over everyone else because I have been training for this my whole life.  Those brooms, they’re like an extension of my own hand.”

Arthur’s family couldn’t be prouder of what he’s become.  But especially his dad.

“My boy sure can sweep!” Art’s dad beamed.  “He’s like a super sweeper – out there cleaning the ice rinks of the world.  At every competition, when he comes over to see us, I always say, ‘missed a spot!’  He loves it.”

In high school, Art and his family were crowded around the television watching the Winter Games.  That’s when it came on.  And Art was hooked.

“I was mesmerized,” Art said.  “I just sat there staring at the screen but not staring at anything at the same time.  And then I thought: ‘sweeping is a sport?!’  Mind blown.”

After that, Arthur and his brother began pushing anything and everything across the linoleum floor: bags, pets, irons, the baby…

The rest is history.