Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL (/ˈɡʊʒu/ GUU-zhoo;[1] born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

[2] Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland 10–4.

In addition to the Olympics, Gushue won the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship with teammates Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, and Geoff Walker.

After his outstanding career as a junior, Gushue made an impressive transition into men's curling, and his team quickly became a competitive force.

In May 2005, Gushue brought in former world champion Russ Howard as fifth man on the team to bring experience and advice for the Canadian Olympic trials.

(Under international rules, Howard was nominally the skip, holding the broom in the house and sweeping opponents' stones behind the tee line.)

Before the gold medal match, a provincial order allowed for the closure of all schools at noon that day, one hour before local coverage of the event began.

A month following their runner-up finish at the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier in Hamilton, Gushue announced that Jamie Korab, a longtime teammate, was also cut from the team.

Despite a strong Brier appearance and season, Gushue said that the team seemed to lack a needed chemistry and that Korab's departure was a group decision.

[10] For the 2011–12 season, Gushue put together a team of Ryan Fry, Geoff Walker of Alberta, and Adam Casey of PEI.

At the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge, the team turned heads when they debuted a new sweeping technique with just one sweeper, as opposed to the traditional two.

[13] Gushue has played in 21 Briers, Canada's national men's curling championship, more than any other curler, and has won the event six times, equalling the most ever with teammates Mark Nichols and Geoff Walker and Albertan Randy Ferbey.

Gushue seemed ready to add a Brier title to his Olympic Gold, finishing the round robin of the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier with a strong 8–3 record for 2nd place, earning himself a spot in the 1v2 Page Playoff game, where he beat Ontario's Glenn Howard (who he had lost to in the round robin) with a calm, measured performance.

At the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Gushue's team failed to make the playoffs, losing a tie-breaker to British Columbia's Bob Ursel.

At the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, Gushue would have a great round-robin, finishing 2nd at 9–2, including making the shot of the week to win in an extra end against Alberta.

Said shot earned him an appearance on TSN SportsCentre's "1v1" segment and ultimately became the first athlete to retire as 1v1 Champion, winning the fan vote ten times in a row against other spectacular plays in the world of sports.

In the playoffs, Gushue would lose both the 1v2 game to the 2014 Olympic and 2013 Brier Champion, Brad Jacobs, and the semifinal to eventual winner Pat Simmons.

In the bronze medal game against Steve Laycock's Saskatchewan team, Gushue would lose in an extra end when he missed a difficult runback shot.

[4] Gushue, who was skipping Team Canada as defending champions would go on to win the event, claiming his second straight Brier title.

He won three straight games in the playoffs to claim his third Brier championship, defeating Bottcher (skipping Team Alberta) in the final.

It would be Gushue's last game for nearly eight months, as the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[16] forcing the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship (which he qualified for as Brier champion) to be cancelled.

After going 6–2 in the round robin, Team Gushue split their games in the championship pool, finishing with an 8–4 record and not advancing to the playoffs for the first time since 2014.

This did not eliminate them however, and the team won all three of their games in the page playoffs, including winning the final against Alberta's Kevin Koe.

This gave Gushue his fourth career Brier title, equalling the most ever for a skip with Ernie Richardson, Randy Ferbey, and Kevin Martin.

As defending champions, Gushue represented Team Canada at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier with new second E. J. Harnden replacing Brett Gallant.

By winning the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Gushue also earned the right to represent Canada at the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

Gushue won his 7th Grand Slam at the 2017 Meridian Canadian Open with an 8–3 win over the 2-time World Champion Niklas Edin of Sweden.

The following season, he won his eighth career Slam by winning the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge over Slam-newcomers Steffen Walstad's rink from Norway.