| Nick Rizzo | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 24, 1961 |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Ontario |
Nick Rizzo (born July 24, 1961) is a Canadian curler from Brantford, Ontario. He was active on the World Curling Tour until 2015. [1] He is a former provincial junior and mixed champion.
In 1979, his rink of Dan Aitchison, Brad Hager and Chris Hager won the provincial junior championship, finishing the event in first place with a 6–1 round robin record. [2] The team represented Ontario at the 1979 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, finishing with a 4–7 record, tied for eighth. [3] In 1988, he won a provincial Colts championship and in April 2002, he won the 2003 Ontario Mixed Championship with his wife Jo-Ann and teammates Gareth Parry and Vicki Advent, defeating the Peter Mellor rink in the final. [4] This qualified the team to represent Ontario at the 2003 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. [5] At the Canadian Mixed, they made the playoffs, where they lost in the 3 vs. 4 game to Alberta's Shannon Kleibrink. [6]
Rizzo played in his lone Grand Slam of Curling event at the 2004 BDO Curling Classic. [7] Rizzo, and his rink of John Epping, Scott Foster and Rob Brockbank did not make the playoffs, being eliminated by Scotland's Tom Brewster after defeating 2006 Olympic champion Brad Gushue. [8]
Rizzo has played in ten Ontario men's championships in his career, [9] his last provincial championship being in 2011.