Hans Frauenlob
Hans Frauenlob is a New Zealand curler originally from Barrie, Ontario.Career
Frauenlob played most of his career as third for skip Sean Becker. With Becker, Frauenlob won three Pacific Curling Championships in,, and. He also won the Pacific Curling Championships in as second under skip Dan Mustapic. Frauenlob played with Becker in the and World Men's Curling Championships, finishing in seventh and eighth place, respectively. Frauenlob also was part of the first curling team to represent New Zealand at the Winter Olympics in 2006 in Torino. Skipped by Becker, the team finished in last place, with a 0–9 win-loss record.
After Frauenlob reached the age of eligibility to participate in senior curling events, he skipped New Zealand at the 2012 World Senior Curling Championships, but lost in the quarterfinals to Sweden's Connie Östlund. He also skipped New Zealand at the next year's championships, and went all the way to the final before losing to Canada's Rob Armitage. At the same time, he played in the 2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, and finished in fifth after losing in the quarterfinals. In 2015, he skipped New Zealand to a bronze medal at the 2015 World Senior Curling Championships.Television commentator
Frauenlob has been a live sports commentator for a number of events. His first commentary provided voiceover comments for Television New Zealand for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He has done live commentary for World Curling Television from multiple Pacific-Asia and World Curling championships. He did host broadcaster curling commentary for the 2018 Winter Olympics, as well as for multiple New Zealand Winter Games.
He has done television baseball commentary for the Auckland Tuatara of the Australian Baseball League.
