Nick Rizzo (born July 24, 1961) is a Canadian
curler from
Brantford,
Ontario. He was active on the
World Curling Tour until 2015. He is a former provincial junior and mixed champion.
In 1979, his rink of Dan Aitchison, Brad Hager and Chris Hager won the
provincial junior championship, finishing the event in first place with a 6–1 round robin record. The team represented Ontario at the 1979
Canadian Junior Curling Championships, finishing with a 4–7 record, tied for eighth. In 1988, he won a provincial Colts championship and in April 2002, he won the 2003 Ontario Mixed Championship with his wife
Jo-Ann
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and teammates Gareth Parry and Vicki Advent, defeating the Peter Mellor rink in the final. This qualified the team to represent Ontario at the
2003 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. At the Canadian Mixed, they made the playoffs, where they lost in the 3 vs. 4 game to Alberta's
Shannon Kleibrink.
Rizzo played in his lone
Grand Slam of Curling event at the
2004 BDO Curling Classic
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. Rizzo, and his rink of
John Epping,
Scott Foster and
Rob Brockbank
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Places
* Rob, Velike Lašče, a settlement in Slovenia
* Roberts International Airport (IATA code ROB), in Monrovia, Liberia
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did not make the playoffs, being eliminated by Scotland's
Tom Brewster after defeating 2006 Olympic champion
Brad Gushue.
Rizzo has played in ten
Ontario men's championships in his career,
his last provincial championship being
in 2011.
References
External links
Rizzo rink relaxed ahead of Tankard - Brantford Expositor*
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Sportspeople from Brantford
Curlers from Ontario
Living people
1961 births
Canadian male curlers