Kirsten Wall

For the rower, see Kristen Wall.

Kirsten Wall
Curler
Born	Kirsten Harmark (1975-11-27) November 27, 1975 (age 49) Milton, Ontario, Canada
Team
Curling club	Milton CC, [1] Milton, ON
Curling career
Member Association	Ontario
Hearts appearances	4 (2001, 2002, 2004, 2008)
Top CTRS ranking	4th (2003–04)
Grand Slam victories	1 (Sobeys Slam: 2007)
Medal record Curling Representing   Canada Winter Olympics 2014 Sochi Representing Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts 2004 Red Deer 2008 Regina Representing Manitoba Canadian Olympic Curling Trials 2013 Winnipeg

Kirsten Wall (born November 27, 1975, as Kirsten Harmark) is a Canadian curler from Milton, Ontario. She was the alternate player on the Jennifer Jones rink which represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receiving a gold medal. ^[2]

Curling career

In 1995 she, alongside teammates Nicole Pelligrin, Catherine Kemp and younger sister Audra Harmark, won the Ontario provincial junior curling championship as a skip, ^[3] earning her team the right to represent Ontario at the 1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. She lost in the final that year to Kelly MacKenzie (Scott).

A number of years later, Wall joined the Sherry Middaugh team, first as her alternate, and then in 2002 as her third. In 2003, Wall won the Canada Cup of Curling as third for Middaugh. Wall played in her first Tournament of Hearts in 2004 after not having played in two previous trip as Middaugh's alternate. The team lost in the semi-final to Quebec's Marie-France Larouche. In 2008, the team went to the Hearts again, losing in the semi-final to Manitoba's Jennifer Jones.

Wall left the Middaugh team in 2010 to form her own rink with Hollie Nicol, Danielle Inglis and Jill Mouzar. The team lasted for two seasons.

Wall joined the Jennifer Jones team for the first half of the 2012/13 season playing third, as Jones was expecting her first child and sat out until January. ^[4]

Personal life

Wall studied Biology and Genetics at McMaster University and the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences. She is a senior genetic technologist at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga. ^[5] She is married to Trevor Wall, ^[6] who had competed at the 2004 Nokia Brier. ^[7]

Grand Slam record

Key
C	Champion
F	Lost in Final
SF	Lost in Semifinal
QF	Lost in Quarterfinals
R16	Lost in the round of 16
Q	Did not advance to playoffs
T2	Played in Tier 2 event
DNP	Did not participate in event
N/A	Not a Grand Slam event that season

Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13
Autumn Gold	Q	SF	Q	DNP	DNP	Q
Manitoba Lotteries	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	QF
Colonial Square Ladies Classic	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	R16
The Masters Grand Slam of Curling	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Q
Players' Championships	QF	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Former events

Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
Wayden Transportation	Q	Q	N/A	N/A
Sobeys Slam	C	SF	N/A	Q

References

1. "Curling Women - Gold Medal Game - Canada - Gold Medallist". 2016-06-24. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
2. LeBlanc, Steve (2014-11-06). "Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 6 Nov 2014, p. 52". news.milton.halinet.on.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
3. "Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 17 Jan 2006, p. 22". news.milton.halinet.on.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
4. Paul Wiecek (July 11, 2012). "Curling queen Jones expecting". Winnipeg Sun.
5. Garbutt, Herb (2014-01-23). "Olympics put Wall's curling retirement on hold". InsideHalton.com. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
6. "Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 30 Aug 2002, p. 29". news.milton.halinet.on.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-08.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. Hearty, Adam (2014-01-31). "Canada's athletes in Sochi: Meet curler Kirsten Wall - Toronto | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-03-08.

External links

• Kirsten Wall at World Curling
• Kirsten Wall at Team Canada
• Kirsten Wall at Olympedia