Hugh Ronald Alexander Millikin (born 4 July 1957 in North Vancouver,

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) is an Australian curler originally from

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Career

In 1986, while still residing in the Canadian province of

, Millikin played second position for Dave Van Dine's

Canadian Mixed Curling Championship The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada. The winners of the tournament will represent Canada at the World Mixed Curling Championship. In mixed curling, the positions on a team must a ...

team. Millikin would later move to Australia and has skipped the Australian team to nine

Pacific Curling Championships The Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (formerly the Pacific Curling Championships) are an annual curling tournament, held every year in November or December. The top team receives a berth to the World Curling Championships, while the second-place ...

titles. Millikin has also participated in 11

World Curling Championships The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...

. The team's top placements have been sixth place in 1992, 1993 and 2008. Millikin also went to the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

, skipping the Australian team to a seventh-place finish in the demonstration event. Millikin and his team used travel back to his hometown Ottawa to practice and to participate in local curling tournaments. Their team coach was Earle Morris, father of John Morris. At the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship, he skipped Australia to a 5–6 record, the most wins ever for Australia. The team came an end short from forcing a tie-breaker. The Australian team missed qualification for the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

by 0.5 points, finishing ranked 11th in the world, with only the top ten qualifying for the games.

Current team mates

Millikin has skipped the Senior Australian team in the past, last participating in the 2018 World Senior Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden, finishing 5th. His teammates were: * Lead: Tim McMahon * Second: Steve Johns * Third: Geoff Davis * Alternate: John Anderson

Awards

Colin Campbell Award The Collie Campbell Memorial Award was created in honour of Canadian Collie Campbell, who served as president of the International Curling Federation, now known as the World Curling Federation, from 1969 until his death in 1978. It is presented t ...

- 1993 *

Australian Sports Medal The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievements in Australian sport to commemorate Australian participation in major sporting events. Original recipients of the award included competitors, coaches, sports scientists, offi ...

- 2000

References

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* 1957 births Living people Australian male curlers Curlers from British Columbia Canadian male curlers Canadian mixed curling champions People from North Vancouver Curlers from Ottawa Curlers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Pacific-Asian curling champions Canadian emigrants to Australia Olympic curlers of Australia {{Canada-curling-bio-stub