Aidan Oldenburg (born June 22, 2001) is an American curler from Mapleton, Minnesota. He is currently the lead on Team Daniel Casper, and will be representing the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics. He also notably wears different colored neon headbands while competing on the ice.
Oldenburg, in his junior career, would notably skip a team out of St. Paul to a silver medal at the 2021 United States Junior Curling Championships, losing 5âÂÂ3 in the final to Daniel Casper.
Once aging out of Juniors, Oldenburg would join the Daniel Casper rink as their new lead alongside Casper, Luc Violette, and Ben Richardson. Team Casper would begin to find success in the 2025âÂÂ26 curling season, starting with a second-place finish at the 2025 Trentino Curling World Cup, losing to Yannick Schwaller 7âÂÂ6 in the final. Casper continued their strong start to the season by winning the Grand Slam of Curling Masters Tier 2 event, beating Kevin Koe 4âÂÂ2 in the final. Their performance over the past two seasons qualified the team for the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials. At the Trials, Team Casper would go 4âÂÂ2 in the round robin and beat the rink led by 2018 Olympic Champion and 5-time Olympian John Shuster in the best-of-three final series, winning the deciding Game 3 by a score of 7âÂÂ5 after the two sides split the first two games. This win qualified the Casper rink to represent the United States at the 2025 Olympic Qualification Event. The team would go on to win the Qualification Event, finishing 6âÂÂ1 after round robin play and beating China's Xu Xiaoming 9âÂÂ4, qualifying for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Oldenburg has also competed in mixed doubles with Madison Bear, notably at the 2025 United States Olympic mixed doubles curling trials, where they qualified for the playoffs after finishing round-robin play with a 6âÂÂ3 record. However, they would lose in the semifinal 7âÂÂ5 to Sarah Anderson and Andrew Stopera, winning the bronze medal.
Oldenburg began curling at age 10. However, he was also well known at the Minnesota State Fair where Oldenburg juggled flaming torches to "We Didn't Start the Fire" in performances with his older brother that included a backflip. He also participated in 4-H as a child.
Outside of curling, Oldenburg works as an environmental scientist on permitting for wind and solar projects nationwide, fulfilling a lifelong dream that, as a child, he would spend hours on projects involving animals and wildlife, especially fish. Oldenburg graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato with bachelor's degree in ecology in 2022, where he was captain of the Minnesota State Mavericks' varsity Valorant E-Sports team.