Taylor Anderson-Heide

Taylor Anderson-Heide
Curler
Born	(1995-02-25) February 25, 1995 (age 30) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Team
Curling club	Philadelphia CC, Philadelphia, PA [1]
Skip	Tabitha Peterson
Third	Cory Thiesse
Second	Tara Peterson
Lead	Taylor Anderson-Heide
Mixed doubles partner	Ben Richardson
Curling career
Member Association	United States
World Championship appearances	3 (2019, 2022, 2025)
Pan Continental Championship appearances	1 (2024)
Medal record Curling Representing   United States World Junior Championships 2016 Copenhagen Representing Minnesota U.S. Women's Championship 2019 Kalamazoo 2021 Wausau 2025 Duluth 2018 Fargo 2020 Cheney 2024 East Rutherford 2016 Jacksonville 2023 Denver U.S. Olympic Trials 2017 Omaha

Taylor Anderson-Heide (born February 25, 1995 as Taylor Anderson) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She currently plays lead on Team Tabitha Peterson. Along with her twin sister Sarah, she was United States National Champion in 2019 and World Junior silver medalist in 2016.

Curling career

Juniors

Anderson-Heide was a member of Team USA at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, playing lead on the team, which was skipped by Korey Dropkin. They finished in fifth place. In the mixed doubles event, Anderson-Heide was paired with Great Britain's Duncan Menzies. The pair were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Anderson-Heide was the alternate for Team USA (skipped by Cory Christensen) at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships. The team finished in 5th place, and Anderson-Heide played in two games. The next season, Anderson-Heide was promoted to second on the team. The team represented the United States at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, where they made it all the way to the gold medal final, where they lost to Canada.

Women's

Anderson-Heide made her debut at the United States Women's Curling Championship in 2013 playing lead for her twin sister ^[2] Sarah's team. The team finished the event with a 2–7 record. Anderson-Heide played in the 2014 United States Women's Curling Championship playing second for her sister. The team finished with a 4–5 record.

In 2014, the Anderson twins joined the Christensen rink to play in both juniors and women's events. The team won a World Curling Tour (WCT) event in their first season, the 2014 Molson Cash Spiel. The team played in the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship, finishing fourth. The next season the team won another WCT event, the 2015 St. Paul Cash Spiel. Later that season, they finished third at the 2016 United States Women's Curling Championship. The team won the St. Paul Cash Spiel again in 2016 and finished fifth at the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship. In their last season together, the team finished 2nd at the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship and was also one of three invited to the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, where they finished last with just one win. After the 2017–18 season, both Taylor and Sarah Anderson joined the Jamie Sinclair rink. In their first year together, the team won the 2019 United States Women's Curling Championship and represented the U.S. at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing with a 6–6 record.

Anderson-Heide would join the Tabitha Peterson rink as lead in the 2024–25 curling season, where in their first season together, the team won the 2025 United States Women's Curling Championship over Elizabeth Cousins 7–6 in an extra end. This would qualify the team to represent the United States at the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship.

Mixed doubles

Anderson-Heide made her debut in mixed doubles during the 2014–15 curling season, curling with Scott Dunnam, where they lost in the semifinals of the 2015 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Anderson-Heide would then join forces with Ben Richardson during the 2022–23 season where they would continue to have strong showings at the 2023 and 2024 national championships, losing in the semifinals in both events. Anderson-Heide and Richardson would also finish 4th at the 2024 United States Mixed Doubles Olympic Pre-Trials, qualifying them for the 2025 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, where they went 5–4 in the round robin, and finished 4th after losing in the 3v4 game to Madison Bear and Aidan Oldenburg 10–9 in an extra end.

Personal life

Anderson-Heide attended the University of Minnesota. She currently lives in Minneapolis. ^[3] She works as a "Lululemon educator". ^[4]

Teams

Women's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
2007–08	Sarah Anderson	Kristin Pohlman	Julia Pohlman	Taylor Anderson	Meagan Hudson	Wayne Anderson	2008 USJCC (9th) [5]
2012–13	Sarah Anderson	Kathleen Dubberstein	Taylor Anderson	Leilani Dubberstein	Abigail Suslavich	Tyler George	2013 USJCC (4th) [6] [7]
	Sarah Anderson	Courtney Slata	Kathleen Dubberstein	Taylor Anderson			2013 USWCC (9th) [8]
2013–14	Sarah Anderson	Kathleen Dubberstein	Taylor Anderson	Leilani Dubberstein		Wayne Anderson	2014 USJCC [9]
	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Courtney Anderson-Slata	Emily Anderson			2014 USWCC (6th) [10]
2014–15	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Mackenzie Lank	Jenna Haag	Taylor Anderson	John Benton	2015 USJCC [11] 2015 USWCC (4th) [12] 2015 WJCC (5th) [13] [14]
2015–16	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Madison Bear	Christine McMakin	Dave Jensen	2016 USJCC [15] 2016 USWCC [16] 2016 WJCC [17]
2016–17	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Jenna Haag		Ann Swisshelm	2017 USWCC (5th)
2017–18	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Jenna Martin		Phill Drobnick	2017 USOCT (3rd) 2018 USWCC
2018–19	Jamie Sinclair	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Monica Walker	Vicky Persinger (WWCC)	Bryan Cochrane	2019 USWCC 2019 WWCC (7th)
2019–20	Jamie Sinclair	Cory Christensen	Vicky Persinger	Taylor Anderson	Sarah Anderson	Cathy Overton-Clapham	2020 USWCC
2020–21	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Vicky Persinger	Taylor Anderson		Cathy Overton-Clapham	2021 USWCC
2021–22	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Vicky Persinger	Taylor Anderson			2021 USOCT 2022 WWCC (5th)
2022–23	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Lexi Lanigan	Leah Yavarow			2023 USWCC
2023–24	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Lexi Lanigan	Leah Yavarow			2024 USWCC
2024–25	Tabitha Peterson	Cory Thiesse	Tara Peterson	Taylor Anderson-Heide	Vicky Persinger	Cathy Overton-Clapham	2025 USWCC 2025 WWCC (12th)
	Cory Thiesse	Vicky Persinger	Tara Peterson	Taylor Anderson-Heide	Aileen Geving	Cathy Overton-Clapham	2024 PCCC (5th)
2025–26	Tabitha Peterson	Cory Thiesse	Tara Peterson	Taylor Anderson-Heide		Cathy Overton-Clapham

Mixed doubles

Season	Female	Male	Events
2014–15	Taylor Anderson	Scott Dunnam	2015 USMDCC (SF)
2015–16	Taylor Anderson	Alex Fenson	2016 USMDCC (DNQ)
2017–18	Taylor Anderson	Hunter Clawson	2018 USMDCC (QF)
2018–19	Taylor Anderson	Derrick McLean	2019 USMDCC (DNQ)
2020–21	Taylor Anderson	Hunter Clawson	2021 USMDCC (DNQ)
2021–22	Taylor Anderson	Hunter Clawson	2022 USMDCC (7th)
2022–23	Taylor Anderson	Ben Richardson	2023 USMDCC (SF)
2023–24	Taylor Anderson	Ben Richardson	2024 USMDCC (4th)
2024–25	Taylor Anderson-Heide	Ben Richardson	2025 USMDOT (4th)

References

1. "USA Curling National Team Athletes". USA Curling. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
2. "Twin curlers Sarah and Taylor Anderson find strength in sisterhood at U.S. Olympic Trials". KOB 4. November 15, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
3. 2019 Continental Cup Media Guide: Team Sinclair
4. "2022 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada . Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
5. "Pennsylvania Junior Women". 2008 USCA Junior Curling Nationals. Archived from the original on February 4, 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
6. "Junior Nationals – Teams". Broomstones Curling Club. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
7. "USA Junior Womens Championship – Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
8. "Teams & Draw". 2013 USA Curling National Championships. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
9. "2014 USA Junior Women's Championship – Women's teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
10. "Women's teams". CurlingZone. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
11. Kolesar, Terry (Spring 2015). "Minnesota boys, High Performance girls capture 2015 Junior Nationals titles" (PDF). U.S. Curling News. pp. 12–13. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
12. Kolesar, Terry (May 2015). "Olympians Brown, Shuster lead teams to national titles" (PDF). U.S. Curling News. pp. 16–17. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
13. "World Junior Curling Championships 2015". World Curling Federation. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
14. Kolesar, Terry (May 2015). "U.S. teams sweep to fifth-place in Estonia" (PDF). U.S. Curling News. p. 12. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
15. Davis, Terry (Spring 2016). "High Performance teams sweep to gold". U.S. Curling News. pp. 8–9. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
16. "Brown wins 2016 USA Women's National Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
17. Davis, Terry (Summer 2016). "Double silver for Team USA". U.S. Curling News. p. 9. Retrieved January 3, 2020.

External links

• Taylor Anderson at World Curling
• Taylor Anderson at Olympics.com
• Taylor Anderson at TeamUSA.com
• Taylor Anderson at Olympedia
• Taylor Anderson-Heide at Team USA ( archiveJuly 12, 2022 )