Cory Heggestad (born February 4, 1973, in

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) is a

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curler from

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. He currently

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s a team on the

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. Heggestad is a former Canadian Mixed Curling Champion. At the 2013 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, he skipped a rink that included

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and Amy MacKay to a national championship for Ontario. After posting a 9-2 round robin record, the team beat Quebec (skipped by

Mike Fournier Michael "Mike" Fournier (born November 24, 1971) is a Canadian curler originally from Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec. He currently skips his own team out of Toronto, Ontario. Career Fournier played in his first Quebec Tankard in 2014 at the 2 ...

) and then Nova Scotia (

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) to claim the championship. The team represented Ontario once again at the 2014 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, finishing the round robin tied for third with an 8-3 record. After beating New Brunswick's Sylvie Robichaud rink in a tie breaker, the team beat Saskatchewan's Shaun Meachem in the semi-final before losing to Alberta's

Darren Moulding Darren Moulding (born December 2, 1982) is a Canadian curler from Lacombe, Alberta and curls out of the Saville Sports Centre and the Lacombe Curling Club. He currently coaches Team Thomas Scoffin. He is a former Canadian Junior Silver Medal ...

in the final. Heggestad is originally from British Columbia. He moved to Ontario in 2001. Born with

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, Heggestad wears a custom made "slip on slider", because ordinary curling shoes "make his foot flip over".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heggestad, Cory Living people 1973 births Sportspeople from Barrie Curlers from Saskatchewan Curlers from Simcoe County Curlers from British Columbia People from Esterhazy, Saskatchewan Canadian mixed curling champions