Dean Hewitt

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Dean Hewitt
Born (1994-11-09) 9 November 1994 (age 29)
Team
Curling clubVictorian Curling Association [2]
Skip Jay Merchant
FourthDean Hewitt
Second Tanner Davis
Lead Justin Grundy
Mixed doubles
partner
Tahli Gill
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
7 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances
6 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Pan Continental Championship
appearances
2 (2022, 2023)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2022)

Dean Hewitt (born 9 November 1994) is an Australian curler from Melbourne.

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At the 2021 Olympic Curling Qualification Event in December 2021 Hewitt and his teammate Tahli Gill 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. [3]

Personal life

Hewitt is from a curling family. His mother, Canadian-born Lynn Hewitt, [4] played curling in Canada from her childhood. When she met Australian farmer Stephen (Steve) Hewitt, [5] she married him and they moved to Australia, and her husband began curling too. He was member of the Australian national men's team and played in several Pacific Curling Championships. Dean Hewitt began curling when he was 6 years old. [6] [7] Lynn and Dean together played as the Australian national mixed doubles curling team at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship [8] [9]

Hewitt studied a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science and a Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology at Deakin University. [10] [11] Outside of curling, Hewitt is a trained exercise physiologist, and works at an ice rink and a supermarket. [12]

Teams and events

Men's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2011–12 Angus Young Dean HewittMaxwell ThomasSam Williams Grant Hamsey Tim McMahon PAJCC 2012 (5th)
2012–13Maxwell ThomasDean HewittSam WilliamsGrant Hamsey Mitchell Thomas Matt Panoussi PAJCC 2013 (5th)
2013–14Maxwell ThomasDean HewittMitchell ThomasGrant HamseyMatt Panoussi PAJCC 2014 (5th)
2014–15Dean HewittMaxwell ThomasMitchell ThomasGrant HamseyTyler HoganMatt Panoussi PAJCC 2015 (5th)
Ian Palangio Jay Merchant Dean Hewitt Steve Johns Archie Merchant PACC 2014 (4th)
2015–16Ian PalangioJay MerchantDean Hewitt Derek Smith Archie Merchant PACC 2015 (5th)
2016–17Ian PalangioJay MerchantDean HewittDerek SmithArchie Merchant PACC 2016 (7th)
2017–18Dean Hewitt (fourth)Ian Palangio Christopher Ordog Hugh Millikin (skip)Jay MerchantArchie Merchant PACC 2017 (4th)
2018–19Dean HewittJay MerchantRupert JonesIan PalangioSteve Johns AMCC 2018 Gold medal icon.svg
Dean Hewitt (fourth)Jay Merchant (skip) Dustin Armstrong Steve JohnsBob Armstrong PACC 2018 (7th)
2019–20Dean Hewitt (fourth) Sean Hall (skip) Tanner Davis Jay Merchant Matthew Millikin Archie Merchant PACC 2019 (6th)
2022–23Dean Hewitt (fourth)Jay Merchant (skip) Tanner Davis Justin Grundy Iain Grundy Chad Merchant,
Archie Merchant
PCCC 2022 (7th)

Mixed doubles

SeasonMaleFemaleCoachEvents
2014–15Dean HewittKristen Tsourlenes AMDCC 2014 Bronze medal icon.svg
2015–16Dean HewittKristen Tsourlenes AMDCC 2015 Bronze medal icon.svg [13]
2016–17Dean Hewitt Lynn Hewitt Jay Merchant WMDCC 2017 (18th)
2017–18Dean HewittLynn Hewitt Pete Manasantivongs WMDCC 2018 (18th)
2018–19Dean Hewitt Tahli Gill Pete Manasantivongs WMDCC 2019 (4th)
2019–20Dean HewittTahli Gill
2020–21Dean HewittTahli GillPete Manasantivongs WMDCC 2021 (13th)
2021–22Dean HewittTahli Gill John Morris (OQE),
Pete Manasantivongs
OQE 2021 Gold medal icon.svg
WOG 2022 (10th)
WMDCC 2022 (11th)
2022–23Dean HewittTahli Gill Laura Walker WMDCC 2023 (8th)
2023–24Dean HewittTahli GillAMDCC 2023 Gold medal icon.svg

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  5. Steve Hewitt | WCF
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