Andrea Sinclair (born May 14, 1993) is a

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curler from

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. In 2013, she relocated to

Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's Downtown Whitehorse, downtown a ...

, and has since returned to Ottawa. She is one of the few players to participate in both the junior and adult national championships in a single year: the

2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2014 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held from January 18 to 26 at the Queens Place Emera Centre and the Liverpool Curling Club. The winners represented Canada at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships in Flim ...

and the

2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 1 to 9 at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Quebec. The defending champion Rachel Homan rink won their second straight title, with Homan becoming the youngest skip to ever win back- ...

. After winning the 2010

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, Sinclair made her first national appearance at the

2011 Canada Winter Games The 2011 Canada Winter Games were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Friday, 11 February 2011, to Sunday, 27 February 2011. Bids Four bids (all from Nova Scotia, as it was that province's turn) were made for the games, and eventually Halifax was ...

in Halifax,

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, where she played third for team

, skipped by Lauren Horton. Her rink, playing out of the Huntley Curling Club, won a bronze medal at the games. In 2013, Sinclair relocated to Whitehorse to play with

Sarah Koltun Sarah Elizabeth Anne Koltun (born July 6, 1993) is a Canadian curler from Kamloops, British Columbia. She currently plays second on Team Corryn Brown. Career At just 13 years old, Koltun's first national championship was at the 2007 Canadian ...

's team, which placed fifth at the 2011 Canada Winter Games and fourth at the

2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2013 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held from January 31 to February 10 at the Suncor Community Leisure Centre at MacDonald Island Park and at the Oilsands Curling Club in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Alberta last hoste ...

. Two of the members of that team, Koltun and second Patty Wallingham, were age-eligible for both junior and adult play in 2014, and with the addition of Sinclair they were able to field a team in both competitions. At the 2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Sinclair and the Yukon team lost a tie-breaker to enter the championship round, and finished tenth overall. After the main competition finished, the 88 players who did not qualify for the playoffs competed in a

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tournament, which Sinclair won with BC skip Cameron de Jong and Yukon men's coach Kevin Patterson.

References

External links

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2011 Canada Games profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Andrea Living people Curlers from Ottawa Sportspeople from Whitehorse Curlers from Yukon Canadian women curlers 1993 births 21st-century Canadian sportswomen