Cory Heggestad (born February 4, 1973 in

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) is a

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curler from

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. He currently

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s a team on the

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. Heggestad is a former Canadian Mixed Curling Champion. At the

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, he skipped a rink that included

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and Amy MacKay to a national championship for Ontario. After posting a 9-2 round robin record, the team beat Quebec (skipped by Mike Fournier) and then Nova Scotia ( Brent MacDougall) to claim the championship. The team represented Ontario once again at the

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, finishing the round robin tied for third with an 8-3 record. After beating New Brunswick's

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rink in a tie breaker, the team beat Saskatchewan's

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in the semi-final before losing to Alberta's

Darren Moulding Darren Moulding (born December 2, 1982) is a Canadian curler from Lacombe, Alberta and curls out of the Saville Sports Centre and the Lacombe Curling Club. He is a former Canadian Junior Silver Medallist, a Canadian Mixed Champion, and represen ...

in the final. Heggestad is originally from British Columbia. He moved to Ontario in 2001. Born with

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, Heggestad wears a custom made "slip on slider", because ordinary curling shoes "make his foot flip over".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heggestad, Cory Living people 1973 births Sportspeople from Barrie Curlers from Saskatchewan Curlers from Simcoe County Curlers from British Columbia People from Esterhazy, Saskatchewan Canadian mixed curling champions