Taylor Anderson-Heide (born February 25, 1995 as Taylor Anderson) is an American curler from

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. She currently plays

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on Team

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. Along with her twin sister

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, she was United States National Champion in 2019 and World Junior silver medalist in 2016.

Curling career

Juniors

Anderson-Heide was a member of Team USA at the

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, playing lead on the team, which was skipped by Korey Dropkin. They finished in fifth place. In the mixed doubles event, Anderson-Heide was paired with Great Britain's Duncan Menzies. The pair were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Anderson-Heide was the alternate for Team USA (skipped by Cory Christensen) at the

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. The team finished in 5th place, and Anderson-Heide played in two games. The next season, Anderson-Heide was promoted to second on the team. The team represented the United States at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, where they made it all the way to the gold medal final, where they lost to Canada.

Women's

Anderson-Heide made her debut at the United States Women's Curling Championship in 2013 playing lead for her twin sister

's team. The team finished the event with a 2–7 record. Anderson-Heide played in the 2014 United States Women's Curling Championship playing second for her sister. The team finished with a 4–5 record. In 2014, the Anderson twins joined the Christensen rink to play in both juniors and women's events. The team won a

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(WCT) event in their first season, the 2014 Molson Cash Spiel. The team played in the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship, finishing fourth. The next season the team won another WCT event, the 2015 St. Paul Cash Spiel. Later that season, they finished third at the 2016 United States Women's Curling Championship. The team won the St. Paul Cash Spiel again in 2016 and finished fifth at the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship. In their last season together, the team finished 2nd at the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship and was also one of three invited to the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, where they finished last with just one win. After the 2017–18 season, both Taylor and Sarah Anderson joined the Jamie Sinclair rink. In their first year together, the team won the 2019 United States Women's Curling Championship and represented the U.S. at the

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, finishing with a 6–6 record. Anderson-Heide would join the

rink as lead in the

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, where in their first season together, the team won the

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over Elizabeth Cousins 7–6 in an extra end. This would qualify the team to represent the United States at the

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Mixed doubles

Anderson-Heide made her debut in mixed doubles during the 2014–15 curling season, curling with Scott Dunnam, where they lost in the semifinals of the 2015 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Anderson-Heide would then join forces with

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during the 2022–23 season where they would continue to have strong showings at the

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national championships, losing in the semifinals in both events. Anderson-Heide and Richardson would also finish 4th at the 2024 United States Mixed Doubles Olympic Pre-Trials, qualifying them for the 2025 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, where they went 5–4 in the round robin, and finished 4th after losing in the 3v4 game to Madison Bear and Aidan Oldenburg 10–9 in an extra end.

Personal life

Anderson-Heide attended the

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. She currently lives in

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. She works as a " Lululemon educator".

Teams

Women's

Mixed doubles

References

External links

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