Kirsten Wall

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Kirsten Wall
Curler
Born
Kirsten Harmark

(1975-11-27) November 27, 1975 (age 48)
Milton, Ontario, Canada
Team
Curling club Milton CC, [1]
Milton, ON
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Ontario.svg  Ontario
Hearts appearances4 (2001, 2002, 2004, 2008)
Top CTRS ranking 4th (2003–04)
Grand Slam victories1 (Sobeys Slam: 2007)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Winter Olympics
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Sochi
Representing Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Red Deer
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Regina
Representing Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 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]

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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
CChampion
FLost in Final
SFLost in Semifinal
QFLost in Quarterfinals
R16Lost in the round of 16
QDid not advance to playoffs
T2Played in Tier 2 event
DNPDid not participate in event
N/ANot a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Autumn Gold QSFQDNPDNPQ
Manitoba Lotteries DNPQDNPDNPDNPQF
Colonial Square Ladies Classic N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AR16
The Masters Grand Slam of Curling N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AQ
Players' Championships QFQFDNPDNPDNPDNP

Former events

Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
Wayden Transportation QQN/AN/A
Sobeys Slam CSFN/AQ

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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.
  7. ↑ Hearty, Adam (2014-01-31). "Canada's athletes in Sochi: Meet curler Kirsten Wall - Toronto | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-03-08.


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