Heidi Hanlon

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Heidi Hanlon
Born (1958-10-09) October 9, 1958 (age 65)
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick
Hearts appearances11 (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Senior Curling Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Tårnby
Representing Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Saskatoon
Canadian Senior Curling Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Digby
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Ottawa

Heidi Hanlon (born October 9, 1958, in Harvey, New Brunswick) is a Canadian curler from Saint John, New Brunswick. [1]

Hanlon is an 11-time provincial women's champion skip, provincial mixed champion and two-time provincial women's seniors championship. She became a Canadian champion for the first time by winning the 2011 Canadian Senior Curling Championships. It was the first women's title for the province.

She has played in 11 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Her first Hearts was in 1987, where she finished with a 4–7 record. In 1989, she improved with a 7–4 record, and lost in tie-breaker to Julie Sutton. In 1990, she finished 5–6. In 1991, she finished the round robin with an 8–3 record. She won her semi final match against Ontario's Heather Houston, but lost to Julie Sutton once again, in the final of the 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts. In 1992, Hanlon's rink finished with a dismal 3–8 record. In 1994 her record was 4–7, as it was in 1995 and again in 1997 and in 2000. In 2003, she finished with a slightly better 5–6 record before finished with a paltry 2–9 record in her final Hearts in 2004.

She has only represented New Brunswick once at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, in 2002 playing third for Wade Blanchard. The team finished with a 3–8 record.

Hanlon had more success when she became a senior. In her first Canadian Senior Curling Championships in 2010, she lost in the final to British Columbia's Christine Jurgenson. In 2011, she improved on this by winning the event, defeating Ontario's Joyce Potter in the final. Heidi Hanlon won the 2012 World Senior Curling Championships in Tårnby, Denmark.

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References

  1. "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca".