Lauren Horton (born July 21, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Pakenham, Ontario.

Youth career

Horton's Huntley Curling Club rink won the 2011 provincial bantam championship. This qualified her team to represent Ontario at the 2011 Canada Winter Games, where she would take home the bronze medal. She won the provincial junior mixed championship in 2014, throwing

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stones for Ryan McCrady. While attending

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World ...

, Horton won the 2014 CIS/CCA Curling Championships playing third for the

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team, skipped by

Jamie Sinclair Jamie Ann Sinclair (born February 21, 1992) is an American-Canadian curler from Osgoode, Ontario and is a three-time U.S. National Champion. Her United States Curling Association membership is through the Charlotte Curling Association in Charlot ...

. The team represented Canada at the 2015 Winter Universiade, with Sinclair replaced by

Breanne Meakin Breanne Knapp (born April 16, 1990 in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Breanne Meakin) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She is a four-time Manitoba Junior Champion and a one-time Canadian junior champion (2009). She has won a silver medal at ...

from the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.Susan Froud rink in 2017, throwing third rocks for the team. She won her first

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event as a member of the team at the 2017 Stroud Sleeman Cash Spiel. The team qualified for the

2019 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2019 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held January 28 to February 2 at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. The winning team of skip Rachel Homan, third Em ...

, Horton's first provincial women's championship. There, Horton took over as the team's

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. Horton left Ontario at the beginning of the 2023-24 curling season to form a new team out of Quebec, where they qualified for the 2024 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where her team lost in the tie-breaker.

Personal life

Horton attended

Almonte District High School Almonte and District High School (ADHS) is a public high school in the Upper Canada District School Board. It is located in Almonte, Ontario, which since 1998 has been a ward of the town of Mississippi Mills. Its catchment area includes Almonte it ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horton, Lauren Living people 1995 births Canadian women curlers Curlers from Ontario Universiade medalists in curling Carleton University alumni People from Almonte, Ontario Sportspeople from Lanark County Universiade silver medalists for Canada Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade