Nathan King (born April 16, 1999) is a

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curler from

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. He currently plays

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on Team

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Career

King competed in three

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in his junior career in 2018, 2019 and 2020. His best result came in 2020 playing lead for Daniel Bruce with

at third and

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at second. The team finished the round robin and championship pool with an 8–2 record, which qualified them for the playoffs. They defeated

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of Saskatchewan in the semifinal before coming up short to

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's Manitoba rink in the final. It was the first time since 2011 that Newfoundland and Labrador qualified for the playoffs. Also in his junior career, King won a silver medal at the 2019

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as lead for

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. King spared for Team Ryan McNeil Lamswood at the

2021 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard The 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 27 to 31 at the RE/MAX Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Greg Smith rink repres ...

as two of their players could not play due to the

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. The team made it to the semifinal, where they lost to

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. For the 2021-22 curling season, King stayed with the McNeil Lamswood rink. They beat Team

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to become the team to represent the Memorial University Seahawks at the

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. They ended up placing runner-up to the Dalhousie Tigers team. In the

2022 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard The 2022 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from February 8 to 13 at the RE/MAX Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Nathan Young team re ...

the team failed to qualify for the play-offs; finishing with a 3-5 record.

Personal life

After graduating from

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in 2022, King was hired as a full-time employee at

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Teams

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Nathan 1999 births Living people Canadian male curlers Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador People from Corner Brook Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni