Julie Tippin (born August 16, 1983, in

Pointe-Claire Pointe-Claire (, ) is a Quebec local municipality within the Urban agglomeration of Montreal on the Island of Montreal in Canada. It is entirely developed, and land use includes residential, light manufacturing, and retail. As of the 2021 cen ...

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

as Julie Lynne Reddick) 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 ...

curler from

Owen Sound Owen Sound (2021 Canadian Census, 2021 Census population 21,612) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The county seat, seat of government of Grey County, it is located at the mouths of the Pottawatomi River, Pottawatomi and Sydenham River ...

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 ...

. Tippin is a three-time provincial junior champion, and a Canadian mixed champion.

Career

Tippin attended high school in

Beaconsfield, Quebec Beaconsfield is a suburb on the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, part of the Greater Montreal region locally referred to as the West Island. It is a residential community located on the north shore of Lake Saint-Louis, Lac Saint-Louis, bordere ...

where she was on her high school curling team. Tippin began her successful curling career by winning the 1999 Ontario provincial junior championships. At the 1999 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Tippin skipped Ontario to an 8–4 record, just out of the playoffs. Tippin was still eligible for Bantams that year, and she won the 1999 Bantam Girls provincial championship as well. Tippin won another provincial junior championship in 2000 to qualify her for the 2000 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Again, her Ontario team finished with an 8–4 record, and once again it would not be good enough to make the playoffs. Tippin won her third provincial junior championship in 2002. At the 2002 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, her team finished with another winning record, this time 7–5, but again they fell short of the playoffs. Tippin would also find success in

Mixed curling This is a glossary of terms in curling. #s During a game, sweepers might call out numbers. These numbers indicate how far the sweepers think the rock in play will travel. This system is relatively new to the game and is often attributed to the ...

. In 2000, she played third for

John Epping John Allan Epping (born March 20, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Toronto, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of the Leaside Curling Club in East York, Toronto. Career Junior Men's Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top ...

, winning the provincial mixed junior championship and repeated the title in 2002 when she played third for Sebastien Robillard. Tippin would then win back to back Ontario Mixed titles in 2006 and 2007 throwing third stones for

. The team won the 2006 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, but were unable to repeat in

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, finishing 6–5.

Personal life

Tippin attended

Oakville Trafalgar High School Oakville Trafalgar High School (OTHS, often referred to as OT) is a secondary school located in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The school receives most of its students from nearby feeder schools, including Maple Grove Public School, École E.J. James P ...

and

Wilfrid Laurier University Wilfrid Laurier University (commonly referred to as WLU or simply Laurier) is a Public university, public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo, Brantford, Ontario, Brantford and Milton, Ontario, Milton. The ...

. She works as a director of corporate services with Keystone Child, Youth and Family Services. She is married and has two children.

Grand Slam record

Former events

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tippin, Julie 1983 births Canadian women curlers Canadian mixed curling champions Curlers from Ontario Curlers from Quebec Living people Sportspeople from Oakville, Ontario Sportspeople from Pointe-Claire Sportspeople from Owen Sound 21st-century Canadian sportswomen