Keira McLaughlin

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Keira McLaughlin
Curler
Born
Keira McLaughlin

(2000-04-05) April 5, 2000 (age 24)
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Team
Curling club Dixie CC,
Mississauga [1]
Skip Chelsea Brandwood
Third Megan Smith
Second Brenda Chapman
Lead Keira McLaughlin
Mixed doubles
partner		 Tanner Horgan
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick (2013–2020)
Northern Ontario curling flag.png  Northern Ontario (2021–2022)
Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario (2022–present)
Other appearances CJCC: 4 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Top CTRS ranking 25th (2023–24)

Keira McLaughlin (born April 5, 2000) [2] is a Canadian curler originally from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She currently plays lead on Team Chelsea Brandwood.

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Career

McLaughlin has represented New Brunswick at four Canadian Junior Curling Championships with two bronze medals to her name in 2016 and 2018. [3] [4] She also has a very accomplished Under 18 championship record. She won silver medals in both 2016 and 2017 at the 2016 U18 International Curling Championships and the 2017 Canadian U18 Curling Championships. [5] Still of junior age, she has participated in the past few New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In 2017, they lost the semifinal to the Melissa Adams rink and in 2018 they lost the tiebreaker to Sarah Mallais. [6] [7] She did not participate in the 2019 playdowns as she was at the 2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The Comeau rink would lose another semifinal at the 2020 provincials, this time to the Sylvie Quillian rink. [8] Later that season, Team Comeau represented the UNB Reds at the 2020 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships. There, they made it all the way to the final where they lost to the Alberta Pandas skipped by Selena Sturmay. [9]

Personal life

She currently lives in Mississauga. [1]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLead
2013–14 [10] Justine Comeau Emma Le Blanc Brigitte Comeau Keira McLaughlin
2014–15Justine ComeauEmma Le BlancBrigitte ComeauKeira McLaughlin
2015–16Justine ComeauEmma Le BlancBrigitte ComeauKeira McLaughlin
2016–17Justine ComeauEmma Le BlancBrigitte ComeauKeira McLaughlin
2017–18Justine ComeauEmma Le BlancBrigitte ComeauKeira McLaughlin
2018–19Justine ComeauEmma Le BlancBrigitte ComeauKeira McLaughlin
2019–20Justine Comeau Erica Cluff Brigitte Comeau
Leah Thompson [lower-alpha 1] 		Keira McLaughlin
2021–22 Marie-Elaine Little Abby Deschene Keira McLaughlin Zoe Valliere
2022–23Abby DescheneKeira McLaughlin Melanie Ebach Shannon Clifford
2023–24 Chelsea Brandwood Megan Smith Brenda Chapman Keira McLaughlin

Notes

  1. ↑ Leah Thompson replaced Brigitte Comeau halfway through the season as Comeau stepped back from competitive curling. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Keira McLaughlin Profile". CurlON. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ 2019 Canadian Juniors Media Guide
  3. ↑ "2016 Canadian Junior Women's Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ "2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Women's Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ "2016 Optimist U18 Women's International". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ "2017 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ "2018 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ "2020 New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ "2020 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Keira McLaughlin Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Brigitte Comeau steps away from team Comeau". Facebook. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
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