Alison Teresa Thiessen (born October 19, 1992 in

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as Alison Kotylak) is a Canadian curler.

Career

Juniors

Thiessen was invited to play as Team Canada's (skipped by

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) alternate at the

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, however she did not play in any games. Thiessen played for the

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curling team from 2011 to 2015. She was the second on the team from 2011 to 2012, the alternate from 2013 to 2014 and was

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in 2015. Her skip in 2011 and 2012 was Kelly Erickson and from 2013 to 2015 was Rocque. At the

2011 CIS/CCA Curling Championships The 2011 CIS/CCA Curling Championships were hosted by the Memorial University of Newfoundland and held in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 8 Teams in each gender competed at the Championship, including two from Western Canada, two ...

and the

2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships The 2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships were held from March 14 to 18 at the Welland Curling Club in Welland, Ontario. The host university of the event was Brock University, located in nearby St. Catharines. The winners of the event, the teams fr ...

the team would lose in tiebreakers. At the

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and 2014 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, they would lose in the final. The team would finally win the CIS/CCA Curling Championships in 2015.

Mixed

Thiessen was a member of the

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winning team, throwing

stones for the

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-skipped Alberta team. The team represented Canada at the 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship, where they lost in the quarterfinals.

Women's

Thiessen played in her first provincial championship in 2014 playing lead for Erickson. The team would be knocked out after losing all three of their games. The next season Thiessen joined the

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rink as her lead. The team played in one

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event, the

2014 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic The 2014 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held from October 10 to 13 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The event was the first women's Grand Slam of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. The event was a triple knockout ...

, where they would lose all three of their games. Thiessen joined the

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 C ...

team in 2015 as her lead. The team played in the 2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they just missed out on the playoffs. The team would however go on to win the

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, and would represent Alberta at the

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, Canada's national women's curling championship.

Personal life

Thiessen is married to fellow curler

Bradley Thiessen Bradley Thiessen (born March 1, 1990 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian curler. He was a long-time member of the Brendan Bottcher rink, throwing second stones for the team until 2022. With Bottcher, he won the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier and repre ...

. The pair were married in 2016 and had a curling-themed wedding. They have two daughters. She has two older sisters who also curl. Thiessen works as a recreation therapy manager for the South Terrace Continuing Care Home.2017 Scotties Media Guide: Team Alberta She received a Bachelor of Arts in Recreation from the University of Alberta in 2015.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thiessen, Alison Living people 1992 births Canadian women curlers Canadian mixed curling champions Curlers from Edmonton University of Alberta alumni