Heather Nedohin (born Heather Godberson; July 15, 1975) is a

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curler from Sherwood Park,

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. She is a Canadian former and World Junior champion, two-time Tournament of Hearts Champion and a two-time World bronze medalist. She is married to three time World Champion

David Nedohin David Nedohin (born December 20, 1973) is a Canadian curler. Nedohin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and now plays out of Sherwood Park, Alberta. He is best known as the longtime fourth for Randy Ferbey. Curling career Nedohin joined the Randy ...

. She currently coaches the

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rink.

Career

Born in

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, Nedohin's family moved to Alberta.

Juniors

Nedohin won her first and only Alberta provincial junior curling title in 1996. This earned her, and her

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rink of third

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, second

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and lead Terelyn Bloor the right to represent Alberta at the

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. The team finished the round robin with a 9-3 record, tied for first with Nova Scotia's

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. By virtue of beating Doyle in the round robin, Nedohin earned a bye to the final where she met Saskatchewan's Cindy Street who beat Doyle in the semi-final. Nedohin beat Street 7-5, earning her rink a berth in the 1996

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. At the 1996 World Juniors, the team placed third after the round robin, with a 7-2 record, behind Sweden's Margaretha Lindahl and Switzerland's

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. However, they beat Switzerland in the semi-final, 6-4, and then beat 4th place Scotland's

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7-6 in the final, earning the team the gold medal.

Early career

After Juniors, Nedohin joined the Cathy Borst (King) rink as the team's third. As a member of the Borst rink, Nedohin won her first provincial title in 1997. This qualified the team for the

1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played February 22 to March 2 at the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver, British Columbia.Laura Phillips. The rink won their second provincial title in 1998, qualifying them for the

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This time, the team finished the round robin in first place, with a 10-1 record. The rink defeated Ontario's Anne Merklinger twice to win the championship. In both games they beat Merklinger 7-6, both going into extra ends. The win earned the team a trip to the 1998 Ford World Curling Championships in

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. At the 1998 Worlds, the rink finished the round robin in a three-way tie for second with a record of 6-3. In their semi-final match up, the team lost to the first place Sweden team, skipped by

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by a score of 8-7. The team then went on to beat Norway's

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10-2 for the bronze medal. By virtue of winning the 1998 Hearts, the team got to represent Team Canada at the

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, as defending champions. The rink had another winning record at the event, finishing the round robin in third place, tied with Saskatchewan's Cindy Street at a record of 7-4. The rink beat Street 10-4 in the 3 vs. 4 game, then beat Manitoba's

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10-4 in the semi-final. This put the team in the final against Nova Scotia's

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, which they lost, 6-4.

1999–2010

In 1999, Nedohin left the King rink, to form her own rink of Carmen Barrack,

and

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. In their first season together, the team won the Alberta provincial championship, Nedohin's third. The team represented Alberta at the

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, but did not make the playoffs. The team finished the event with a 6-5 record. After failing to win another provincial title, the team broke apart in 2002, and Nedohin joined up with Atina Johnston whom she played three seasons for. In 2005, she joined the

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rink as her third, and then in 2007 she joined up with former teammate Kristie Moore as her third. The following year, the team juggled its lineup, and Nedohin was once again a skip, with Moore becoming the team's second.

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would throw third stones and

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remained as the team's lead. The team's new line up earned the team a spot at the 2009 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they lost in the final to

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. After the season, Moore left the rink and was replaced with

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. The rink failed to make the playoffs at the 2010 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

2010–present

In 2010, Nedohin added Nova Scotian

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as the team's lead. At the

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, Nedohin lost to

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in the final. The team would have a stellar 2011-12 season. Nedohin went to her first

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final at the

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, where she lost to fellow Albertan

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(a team that included 3 of Nedohin's former teammates). Her rink then went on to win the

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, giving her another trip to the national championships. At the

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, in Red Deer, the team finished the round robin with a 7-4 record, tied for third with Quebec's

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. They then beat Larouche 7-4 in the 3 vs. 4 game, and then beat Manitoba's

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6-5 in the semi-final. In the final, Nedohin won the national title, defeating British Columbia's

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7-6. Nedohin's 2012 Scotties win qualified her team to represent Canada at the

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in Lethbridge, Alberta. The rink finished the round robin with a 7-4 record, tied for fourth with the United States'

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. Nedohin beat Pottinger in the tie breaker match, qualifying them for the playoffs against Korea's Kim Ji-sun. Nedohin lost to Kim in the 3 vs. 4 match, by a score of 4-3. This put them in the bronze medal game, where Nedohin would face Kim once again. With the bronze on the line this time, Nedohin beat Kim, 9-6, earning Canada a bronze medal. As winners of the 2012 Scotties, Nedohin would get to skip Team Canada at the

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. Nedohin's rink would not be able to repeat her 2012 performance, as her team would finish 4th, after losing in the bronze medal game to British Columbia's

. Nedohin would play in the

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where she would finish with a 3–4 record, missing the playoffs. In 2015 Heather Nedohin announced she would be stepping back from the game and that

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, formerly of Manitoba, would be taking over her current team. Despite stepping back from playing competitive curling, Nedohin was called to be

's alternate as she and her represented Alberta at the

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. During the Hearts, Nedohin played in nine of the eleven games for the team, skipping them in eight of them as Kleibrink had sustained a back injury prior to the tournament. They ultimately finished the round robin in sixth place with a 5–6 record, not enough to advance to the playoffs. She also played

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curling during the 2019–20 season and won the 2019 STP Mixed Doubles on the

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with partner Roland Robinson. She began coaching the

rink for the 2020–21 season.

Personal life

Nedohin is a

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and a graduate of

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and North Peace High School. Since the spring of 2014 she has been business manager of the Sherwood Park Curling Club, in Sherwood Park, AB. She has two daughters, Halle and Alyssa.

Teams

Grand Slam record

Former events

References

External links

* * http://www.sherwoodparknews.com/2015/03/19/nedohin-skips-off-into-sunset * http://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/nedohin-steps-back-from-competitive-curling/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Nedohin, Heather 1975 births Living people Canadian women curlers Canadian women's curling champions Curlers from Alberta Curlers from British Columbia People from Fort St. John, British Columbia People from Sherwood Park Canada Cup (curling) participants Canadian curling coaches