Curler

I started curling in 2010 in Oakland, CA as a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club, mostly socially, but at times, competitively. In 2019, I was given a unique opportunity to represent my country of birth, Mexico, at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Stavanger, Norway. Since then, I’ve been on a steep learning curve to become a better curler, teammate and sportswoman, and contribute to inclusion and diversity in the sport.

Home club: San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club

Other clubs: Lake Tahoe Epic Curling, Silicon Valley Curling Club and Curl Vegas.

Team Camarena

2024 Team Camarena is composed of Adriana Camarena, Karla Knepper, Veronica Huerta and Karla Martínez with alternate Estefana Quintero and coach Doug Dalziel. We will represent México at the 2024 Pan-Continental Curling Championship (PCCC) in Lacombe, Canada, and secure our spot to participate in the 2025 Pre-Olympic Qualifier.

2023 Team Camarena was Adriana Camarena, Estefana Quintero, Veronica Huerta and Karla Martínez with coach Doug Dalziel. Our 2022 team was joined by alternate Paulina Olivares. Our team was formed to participate as the Mexican national curling team in the first PCCC in November 2022 in Calgary, Canada. In our first year together, we won silver in the B Division of the PCCC. We were bumped up to play in the A Division of the 2023 PCCC and successfully maintained our position in the A Division.

Our goal is to represent Mexico at the 2025 Pre-Olympic Qualifying Event and the 2026 Winter Olympics and stand out internationally in this winter sport, displaying our common values as athletes, teammates and Mexicans. We are looking for sponsors to field the costs of training and competing so that we can meet our goal!

Check out our 2025 SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE here.

Other ways to support:

Get a México Lotería del Curling t-shirt or hoodie our printify store, here!

Donate to our GoFundMe, here!

THANKS! ¡Muchas gracias y buen curling!

Competitive experience

2022 Silver, Pan Continental Curling Cup, Women’s (Mexico), Calgary, Canada

2020 World Qualifying Event, Women’s (Mexico), Lohja, Finland

2019 Silver, Americas Challenge, Women’s (Mexico), Eveleth, Minnesota

2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, (Mexico) Stavanger, Norway

Interviews

Podcast: The Whole Spiel. Dean Gemmell. So they’re curling in Oakland…, Jul. 2022

It’s been a long and sometimes complicated journey, but there is a curling-specific facility in the Bay Area. On this episode, we’re joined by two of the people who led the charge—Kate Garfinkel and Adriana Camarena—to talk about how things are going, their upcoming grand opening, and how they are working to weave the curling club into the fabric of the community.

Podcast: How curlers are trying to make their sport more inclusive, Jan. 2022

NBC. My New Favorite Olympian. “Curling stars: It is time to diversify the sport.” Olympic champion John Shuster, Super Bowl champion Vernon Davis, USA Curling’s Monica Walker and other curling enthusiasts are teaming up to create pathways to diversify the sport. Hear from: John Shuster (Two-time Olympic curling medalist), Vernon Davis (Super Bowl champion), Monica Walker (USA Curling national team), Sara Carlsson (Swedish curler), Adriana Camarena (Mexican curler), Dr. Rich Norman (DEI expert), Deb Martin (co-creator of USA Curling’s Ice Breakers program)