title: Darren Lehto
text: # Darren Lehto
  
  Darren Lehto (born May 17, 1968) is a Canadian-American curler from Athabasca, Alberta.
  
  He won the 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship, earning the chance to compete at the 2013 World Men's Championship in Victoria, British Columbia. They finished ninth at World's.
  
  At the national level Lehto has also won the 2005 United States Mixed Curling Championship and the 2020 United States Senior Curling Championship. The latter means he will again play on the world level, representing the United States at the 2020 World Senior Curling Championships in Kelowna, British Columbia in April, 2020.
  
  ## Teams
  
  ### Men's
  
  | Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2002–03 | Craig Brown | Leon Romaniuk | Greg Romaniuk | Darren Lehto | | | USMCC 2003 |
  | 2006–07 | Phil Tilker | Darren Lehto | Paul Lyttle | Doug Kauffman | | | |
  | 2009–10 | Craig Brown | Rich Ruohonen | Darren Lehto | Pete Annis | | | |
  | 2011–12 | Craig Brown | Darren Lehto | Leon Romaniuk | Steve Lundeen | Wes Johnson | | USMCC 2012 (4th) |
  | 2012–13 | Brady Clark | Sean Beighton | Darren Lehto | Phil Tilker | Greg Persinger (WCC) | Ken Trask | USMCC 2013 WCC 2013 (9th) |
  | 2013–14 | Brady Clark | Sean Beighton | Phil Tilker | Darren Lehto | | | |
  | 2019–20 | Joel Larway | Doug Kauffman | Darren Lehto | John Rasmussen | | | USSCC 2020 |
  
  ### Mixed
  
  | Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2004–05 | Brady Clark | Cristin Clark | Darren Lehto | Bev Walter | USMxCC 2005 |
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Darren Lehto started curling in 1984 at the age of 16.
  
  He moved from Canada to the United States in 1996 and became an American citizen in 1998.
  
  He is employed as regional sales manager with RedBuilt.
  
  