Heath McCormick (born August 7, 1976) is a
Canadian
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
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American curler from
Sarnia
Sarnia is a city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. It had a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population of 72,047, and is the largest city on Lake Huron. Sarnia is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes, ...
,
Ontario
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.
Career
McCormick began curling in 1992 as a junior in
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
. He competed in the
Ontario Junior Curling Championships five times, and won in 1996 playing third for
Patrick Ferris. That rink represented Ontario at the
1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships where they lost in a tie-breaker game to Nova Scotia's
Rob Sifton. He also competed in the
Ontario's men's provincial championships six times and finished as runner-up in 2003. He was part of the winning team in the 2004 Ontario mixed championship.
He lost in the final of the
2004 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2004 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held January 10–18, 2004 at the McIntyre Curling Club in Timmins, Ontario.
The 2004 Mixed was the last Canadian Mixed Championship to be held in the same calendar year as it was billed as, until ...
to
Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink (born October 7, 1968 in Norquay, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented ...
of Alberta.
In 2010, McCormick returned to the United States after he was recruited by
Bill Stopera,
Martin Sather, and
Dean Gemmell to replace
Matt Hames, who was retiring, as skip. With his new team, McCormick competed in the
2011 United States Men's Curling Championship, finishing fourth after a playoff loss to
Todd Birr. He returned the next year to play in
the nationals and went through the round robin undefeated, eventually securing his first nationals title with a win over defending champion
Pete Fenson.
McCormick and his team played at the
2013 United States Men's Curling Championship, and qualified for the playoffs, defeating Fenson and
Mike Farbelow in the tiebreaker round. They lost to eventual champion
Brady Clark in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game.
Upon their semifinal win at the
2012 United States Men's Curling Championship, McCormick and his team were qualified to participate at the
2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials.
Grand Slam record
Personal life
McCormick grew up in
Sarnia
Sarnia is a city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. It had a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population of 72,047, and is the largest city on Lake Huron. Sarnia is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes, ...
,
Ontario
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. He studied at the
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario (UWO; branded as Western University) is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thame ...
. He works as an insurance broker with McCormick Insurance Brokers Ltd. Despite sharing a last name, Heath is not related to United States female curler
Debbie McCormick
Deborah McCormick ( Henry, born January 8, 1974) is an American curler from Rio, Wisconsin. Although born in Canada, McCormick moved to Madison, Wisconsin when she was very young. McCormick is a World Champion and four-time Olympian.
Career
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Teams
References
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1976 births
Living people
American male curlers
Canadian male curlers
Curlers from Ontario
Sportspeople from Lansing, Michigan
Sportspeople from Sarnia
Continental Cup of Curling participants
American curling champions
American emigrants to Canada