Tahli Gill

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Tahli Gill
Born (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 25)
Team
Skip Tahli Gill
Third Kirby Gill
Second Oh Sun-yun
Lead Lucy Militano
AlternateIvy Militano
Mixed doubles
partner
Dean Hewitt
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
5 (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances
1 (2018)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2022)

Tahli Gill (born 8 September 1999) is an Australian curler who resides in Brisbane. [2] She currently skips her own team and plays mixed doubles with partner Dean Hewitt.

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Career

Gill started curling at age 11. [2] Her mother Lynette is also a curler, [3] as well as Tahli's sisters Kirby and Jayna. The four Gills sometimes play together, such as when they, along with Laurie Weeden, won the 2018 Australian Women's Championship. [4] They then represented Australia at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Championship, where they finished in sixth place out of the seven teams. [5]

At the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Championship, Gill and her teammate Dean Hewitt made it to the semifinals before being eliminated by Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and Oskar Eriksson. In the bronze medal match, they again lost to John Shuster and Cory Christensen from the United States. [6] Their fourth-place finish is the best finish ever for an Australian team at any world curling championship. [3]

Gill focused on mixed doubles for the 2019–20 season, placing second at the New Zealand Winter Games and winning the WCT Pacific Ocean Cup, a World Curling Tour (WCT) event. [7] Gill and Hewitt were qualified for the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Championship, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

At the 2021 Olympic Curling Qualification Event in December 2021, Gill and her teammate Dean Hewitt made history when they won qualification to the mixed doubles tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They are the first ever Australian curling team (in any curling discipline) to qualify for the Winter Olympics. [8]

Personal life

Outside of curling, Gill worked in a gelateria and is currently[ when? ] a student. [9] She attended the Queensland University of Technology. [10]

Teams

Women's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2011–12Victoria WilsonMarlene Corgat-TaylorShontelle WalkerTahli Gill Lynette Gill 2012 PAJCC (5th)
2012–13Victoria WilsonMarlene Corgat-TaylorKelsey HamseyTahli GillSamantha JeffsLynette Gill 2013 PAJCC (5th)
2013–14Victoria WilsonSamantha JeffsTahli GillKirby GillIvy MilitanoLynette Gill 2014 PAJCC (5th)
2014–15Victoria WilsonSamantha JeffsTahli GillKirby GillIvy MilitanoLynette Gill 2015 PAJCC (5th)
2015–16Samantha JeffsTahli GillIvy MilitanoKirby GillJayna GillLynette Gill 2016 WJBCC (18th)
2016–17Samantha JeffsTahli GillIvy MilitanoKirby GillJayna GillLynette Gill 2017 WJBCC (21st)
2017–18Tahli Gill (fourth)Samantha Jeffs (skip)Ivy MilitanoKirby GillJayna GillLynette Gill 2018 WJBCC (20th)
2018–19Tahli Gill Laurie Weeden Lynette GillKirby GillJayna GillKen Macdonald
(PACC)
AWCC 2018 Gold medal icon.svg
PACC 2018 (6th)
Tahli GillIvy MilitanoJayna GillKirby GillLynette Gill 2019 (Jan) WJBCC (16th)
2019–20Tahli GillKirby GillOh Sun-yunVeronica JohnsLucy MilitanoLynette Gill 2019 (Dec) WJBCC (16th)
2022–23Tahli GillKirby GillOh Sun-yunLucy MilitanoIvy Militano

Mixed doubles

SeasonFemaleMaleCoachEvents
2018–19Tahli Gill Dean Hewitt Pete Manasantivongs 2019 WMDCC (4th)
2019–20Tahli GillDean Hewitt
2020–21Tahli GillDean HewittPete Manasantivongs 2021 WMDCC (13th)
2021–22Tahli GillDean Hewitt John Morris (OQE),
Pete Manasantivongs
OQE 2021 Gold medal icon.svg
WOG 2022 (10th)
2022 WMDCC (11th)
2022–23Tahli GillDean Hewitt Laura Walker 2023 WMDCC (8th)
2023–24Tahli GillDean HewittAMDCC 2023 Gold medal icon.svg

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