Heath McCormick (born August 7, 1976) is a

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curler from

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Career

McCormick began curling in 1992 as a junior in

. He competed in the Ontario Junior Curling Championships five times, and won in 1996 playing third for Patrick Ferris. That rink represented Ontario at the 1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships where they lost in a tie-breaker game to Nova Scotia's Rob Sifton. He also competed in the Ontario's men's provincial championships six times and finished as runner-up in 2003. He was part of the winning team in the 2004 Ontario mixed championship. He lost in the final of the

2004 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The 2004 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held January 10–18, 2004 at the McIntyre Curling Club in Timmins, Ontario. The 2004 Mixed was the last Canadian Mixed Championship to be held in the same calendar year as it was billed as, until ...

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of Alberta. In 2010, McCormick returned to the United States after he was recruited by

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, and

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to replace

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, who was retiring, as skip. With his new team, McCormick competed in the

2011 United States Men's Curling Championship The 2011 United States Men's Curling Championship took place on February 12–19 at the Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota. It was held in conjunction with the 2011 United States Women's Curling Championship. After a win over the Tyler George r ...

, finishing fourth after a playoff loss to

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. He returned the next year to play in the nationals and went through the round robin undefeated, eventually securing his first nationals title with a win over defending champion

Pete Fenson Peter Fenson (born February 29, 1968 in Bemidji, Minnesota) is an American curler. He was the skip of the men's rink that represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the bronze medal, the first Olympic medal for th ...

. McCormick and his team played at the

2013 United States Men's Curling Championship The 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 9 to 16 at the Cornerstone Community Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was held in conjunction with the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning team ...

, and qualified for the playoffs, defeating Fenson and Mike Farbelow in the tiebreaker round. They lost to eventual champion

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in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game. Upon their semifinal win at the

2012 United States Men's Curling Championship The 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship took place from February 11 to 18 at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania, (with the host city being listed as Philadelphia). It was held in conjunction with the 2012 United State ...

, McCormick and his team were qualified to participate at the

2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials The 2013 United States Olympic Curling Trials was held from November 10 to 17, 2013 at the Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota. The trials were held to determine the women's team that will represent the United States at the curling tournament ...

Grand Slam record

Personal life

McCormick grew up in

. He studied at the

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. He works as an insurance broker with McCormick Insurance Brokers Ltd. Despite sharing a last name, Heath is not related to United States female curler

Debbie McCormick Deborah McCormick ( Henry, born January 8, 1974) is an American curler from Rio, Wisconsin. Although born in Canada, McCormick moved to Madison, Wisconsin when she was very young. McCormick is a World Champion and four-time Olympian. Career M ...

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mccormick, Heath 1976 births Living people American male curlers Canadian male curlers Curlers from Ontario Sportspeople from Lansing, Michigan Sportspeople from Sarnia Continental Cup of Curling participants American curling champions American emigrants to Canada