Mallory Kean (née Buist) is a

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curler from

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. She currently plays

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for the Chrissy Cadorin rink on the

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Career

Kean began curling at age 7 at the Glendale Golf and Country Club in

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. As a junior career, Kean made it to the finals of the Ontario Bantam championship in 2004 (losing to

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) and played in the 2004

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. After juniors, Kean joined the Alison Goring rink, throwing

rocks for the 2011-12 season. She then joined the Brit O'Neill rink for the 2012-13 season, playing

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, then the Ashley Waye for the 2013-14 season and then the Lisa Farnell rink for the 2014-15 season, playing third again. In 2015, Kean would form her own rink with

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, Kerilynn Mathers and Cheryl Kreviazuk. The rink would find immediate success in their first season together, making it to two WCT finals (the Oakville OCT Fall Classic and the Gord Carroll Curling Classic). The team would also qualify for the

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, Kean's first. Outside of the World Curling Tour, Kean has played in two Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials, both times with husband

Mark Kean Mark Kean (born June 22, 1988 in Innerkip, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Woodstock, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of Ottawa. Career Kean's junior career involved winning the provincial junior mixed title in 2009. Kean made ...

. At the 2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials, the pair made it to the quarterfinals, before losing to Mike Armstrong and Ashley Quick of Saskatchewan. At the 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials, the pair missed the playoffs.

Personal life

Kean married

2015 Ontario Tankard The 2015 Ontario Tankard, the Southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 2 to 8 at the Dorchester Flight Exec Centre in Dorchester, Ontario. The winning Mark Kean rink represented Ontario at the 2015 Tim Hortons ...

champion

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kean, Mallory Living people Canadian women curlers Sportspeople from Woodstock, Ontario Curlers from Hamilton, Ontario Year of birth missing (living people)