Nathan Young (born November 18, 2002) is a

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curler from

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. He currently skips his own team on the

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Career

Young and his team have been competing together from a very young age. It was in 2015 when the rink claimed their first provincial championship in the U16 NLCA Provincials. From that point on it would be a few more years until the quartet won another provincial championship as they went straight up into competing with the U18 age group afterwards. In 2020, Young won his first provincial championship in the U18 category. Alongside

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who they picked up for the tournament due to

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being aged out, they beat Team

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8-1 in the finals to qualify for the

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which was subsequently cancelled due to the outbreak of

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. As well as that, Young competed in the

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as a mixed doubles curler representing Canada with Laura Nagy who was representing Hungary. The duo ended up claiming the gold medal in a 9-5 victory in the finals. In 2021, he started off the year by competing in 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 ...

to try and compete in the

2021 Tim Hortons Brier The 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 14 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. In the final, Team Alberta, skipped by Brendan Bottcher defeated Team ...

. He would end up falling short of the playoffs and finish in the standings with a 3-4 record. Towards the end of the year though, he got to take his team to the

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, representing Newfoundland and Labrador for a chance to be Team Canada in the

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. They fell one point short losing to Nova Scotia's

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in the finals. In 2022, he once again started off the year by competing 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 ...

. This year though, they won all of their round robin games to send them straight to the finals. They ended up defeating defending tankard champion Greg Smith in the finals to qualify themselves for their first ever brier. In the

2022 Tim Hortons Brier The 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4 to 13 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. In the final, the defending Olympic bronze medallist Brad Gushue Wild Card #1 team, which also inclu ...

they were easily the youngest team at the competition. While they did finish the tournament with a 1-7 record, his team broke the record for the youngest curler in brier history when alternate player

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stepped in on their game against Kevin Koe to play at only 15-years-old. To add to this year, he also won every game in the 2022 U21 Newfoundland and Labrador Provincials to qualify themselves for the 2022 Canadian Junior Curling Championships when they beat Team

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in the finals. There, his team went 7–1 in the round robin before losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champions Ontario's Landan Rooney.

Personal life

As of 2023, Young is a bachelor of commerce and arts student at

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Teams

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Nathan 2002 births Living people Canadian male curlers Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador Sportspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Pan Continental curling champions Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni Curlers at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics