Tahli Gill (born 8 September 1999) is an Australian curler who resides in

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. She currently skips her own team and plays

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with partner

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Career

Gill started curling at age 11. Her mother Lynette is also a curler, as well as Tahli's sisters Kirby and Jayna. The four Gills sometimes play together, such as when they, along with

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, won the 2018 Australian Women's Championship. They then represented Australia at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Championship, where they finished in sixth place out of the seven teams. At the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Championship, Gill and her teammate

made it to the semifinals before being eliminated by Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and

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. In the bronze medal match, they again lost to

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and

Cory Christensen Cory Thiesse ( Christensen; born December 1, 1994) is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. She is currently the defending U.S. champion skip, and represented her country at the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship. Christensen was one ...

from the United States. Their fourth-place finish is the best finish ever for an Australian team at any world curling championship. Gill focused on

for the 2019–20 season, placing second at the

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and winning the WCT Pacific Ocean Cup, a

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(WCT) event. Gill and Hewitt were qualified for the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Championship, but the event was cancelled due to the

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. At the 2021 Olympic Curling Qualification Event in December 2021, Gill and her teammate

made history when they won qualification to the mixed doubles tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They are the first ever Australian curling team (in any curling discipline) to qualify for the Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Outside of curling, Gill worked in a

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and is currently a student. She attended the

Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

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Teams

Women's

Mixed doubles

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Tahli Living people Australian female curlers Australian curling champions 1999 births Sportspeople from Brisbane Sportspeople from Sydney Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Australia Competitors at the 2023 Winter World University Games Queensland University of Technology alumni