Colin Sterling-Wyatt Hodgson (born June 8, 1990) is a

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curler originally from

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. He is the former lead for Team Mike McEwen and currently plays mixed doubles with Chelsea Carey.

Career

While briefly living in

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, Hodgson's junior years saw him skip the Alberta team at the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, finishing in sixth place with a 6–6 win–loss record. He also won a gold medal at the 2007 Canada Winter Games. Hodgson later moved to

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and played third for

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for a year. Following that season, he moved to

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and joined

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as the lead on his new team in 2014. The team represented Manitoba at the

2015 Tim Hortons Brier The 2015 Tim Hortons Brier was held from February 28 to March 8 at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In the final, the team of Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen, representing "Team Canada" as defendi ...

, finishing in 10th place. While at the Brier, he won the Ford Hot Shots competition, taking home a 2015

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XLT. The next season the team won the

2016 Humpty's Champions Cup The 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup was held from April 26 to May 1 at the Sherwood Park Arena Sports Centre in Sherwood Park, Alberta. This was the final Grand Slam event of the 2015–16 curling season and is the seventh men's Grand Slam and th ...

, Hodgson's first Grand Slam title. Later that year they won the 2016 Canada Cup of Curling.

Personal life

Hodgson was a columnist for ''The Curling News'', and also commentates on CurlingZone. He is trained as a chef and attended the

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and

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. He owns his own curling apparel business called "Dynasty Curling Ltd". He currently lives in Balmertown, Ontario. He is engaged. He is partially

colour blind Color blindness or color vision deficiency (CVD) is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. It can impair tasks such as selecting ripe fruit, choosing clothing, and reading traffic lights. Color blindness may make some aca ...

, and keeps track of curling rocks by

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. He is

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References

External links

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Colin Hodgson – Curling Canada Stats Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hodgson, Colin 1990 births Living people People from Lacombe, Alberta Curlers from Winnipeg Curlers from Calgary Curlers from Edmonton People from Airdrie, Alberta Canadian male curlers Continental Cup of Curling participants Canadian male chefs Canada Cup (curling) participants Curlers from Northern Ontario People from Red Lake, Ontario Canadian Métis people Métis sportspeople Canadian curling coaches