Michael Lizmore (born November 7, 1987, in

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) is a

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curler from

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Career

Juniors

Lizmore, who is originally from

won the 2007 Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships playing vice for the Ryan Myler rink. Representing Ontario at the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, the team went 8–4, missing the playoffs.

Men's career: Ontario

After juniors, Lizmore joined the

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rink for one season before joining the

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team in 2008 as lead. The team made it to the 2009 TSC Stores Tankard, the provincial men's championship for Ontario, where they finished in 4th place. The next season they did not make it to provincials but did play in one

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event, the

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, where they went winless.

Men's career: Alberta

Lizmore moved to Alberta to attend the

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(after attending the

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) to study psychology. He joined the

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rink in 2011, playing third. The team won the 2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships in their first season together. The next season, they represented Canada at the

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, where they won a bronze medal. That season, the team won their first

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event, the

Red Deer Curling Classic The Pumps and Pressure Red Deer Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Alberta. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format. The men's tournament started i ...

, and played in Lizmore's first Alberta men's provincial championship, the 2013 Boston Pizza Cup, winning just one game. The 2013-14 season was the last season for Lizmore on the team. That year, they won one tour event, the Spruce Grove Cashspiel and won just one game at the 2014 Boston Pizza Cup. They also played on one Slam that year, the

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, where they won just one game. In 2014, Lizmore formed his own rink with

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, Parker Konschuh and Carter Lautner. The team won the

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World Curling Tour event that year and qualified for the playoffs at the

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, where they lost in the semifinal against Lizmore's former skip, Brendan Bottcher. That season Lizmore played in the 2014 National Grand Slam event, playing second for

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, missing the playoffs. For the 2015-16 season, Lizmore added Dalyn Vavrek and

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to the team, replacing Connolly and Konschuh. The team won the

. Once again Lizmore made it to the playoffs at the 2016 Boston Pizza Cup, and once again lost to Bottcher, this time in the 3 vs. 4 game. Also that season, Lizmore won the 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship with teammates

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, Alison Kotylak.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lizmore, Mick 1987 births Curlers from Ontario Living people Curlers from Edmonton Sportspeople from London, Ontario Canadian male curlers Canadian mixed curling champions Winter World University Games medalists in curling FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Canadian curling coaches 21st-century Canadian sportsmen