Amy Nixon

Amy Nixon
Curler
Born (1977-09-29) September 29, 1977
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan[1]
Team
Curling club Calgary CC,[2]
Calgary, AB
Career
Hearts appearances 6 (2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017)
World Championship
appearances		 2 (2012, 2016)
Grand Slam victories 2 (Autumn Gold, 2008; Casinos of Winnipeg, 2007
Medal record
Curling
Winter Olympics
2006 Turin
World Championships
2012 Lethbridge
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2012 Red Deer
2016 Grande Prairie
2008 Regina
2017 St. Catharines
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
2005 Halifax
2009 Edmonton

Amy Lee Nixon[3] (born September 29, 1977) is a Canadian curler from Calgary.

Curling career

Nixon began curling competitively at fourteen. Her first notable success was being a Gold Medal winning skip at the Saskatchewan Winter Games in 1994. As a third for Shannon Kleibrink, Nixon shared in several successes, including winning the Canada Cup in 2005 and 2009 and representing Canada and won a bronze medal in Turin for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. Nixon captured her first Scotties Tournament of Hearts title in 2012 as an alternative for the Heather Nedohin team after previous appearances in 2004, 2008, and 2011 with Kleibrink.

At the end of the 2011/2012 curling season, Nixon announced she would leave her longtime teammate and skip Shannon Kleibrink, effective at the end of the 2012 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown, to form her own team. Nixon's father, Daryl, was the coach of the 2006 Olympic women's curling team.

Personal life

At the age of four she moved with her family to Regina, Saskatchewan, where she grew up. She moved to Calgary in 1995, where she now resides. Nixon is an alumnus of the University of Calgary with three degrees in kinesiology, women's studies and law. She was admitted to the Alberta bar in November 2006. Nixon is employed as Senior Advisor to the President, Mount Royal University.[4] She is married to Mike Westlund and has one child.[5]

Grand Slam record

Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Autumn Gold SF F C Q QF F Q
Manitoba Lotteries SF C Q DNP DNP DNP
Colonial Square Ladies Classic N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
The Masters Grand Slam of Curling N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DNP
Players' Championships Q Q F QF QF DNP

Former events

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 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
Wayden Transportation SF QF Q N/A N/A
Sobeys Slam N/A SF Q N/A DNP

Teams

Season [6]SkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
2004–05Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonGlenys BakkerChristine Keshen
2005–06Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonGlenys BakkerChristine Keshen2005 COCT, 2006 OG
2008–09Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonBronwen WebsterChelsey Bell2009 ASTOH
2009–10Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonBronwen WebsterChelsey Matson2010 ASTOH
2010–11Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonBronwen WebsterChelsey Matson2011 ASTOH, STOH
2011–12 1Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonBronwen WebsterChelsey Matson2012 ASTOH, STOH
2012–13Amy NixonNadine ChyzWhitney EckstrandTracy Bush
2013–14Amy NixonNadine ChyzWhitney EckstrandHeather Rogers
2014–15Heather NedohinAmy NixonJocelyn PetermanLaine Peters2015 ASTOH
2015–16Chelsea CareyAmy NixonJocelyn PetermanLaine Peters2016 ASTOH, STOH, WCC
Notes
  1. ^ Nixon played with Kleibrink as third at the 2012 Alberta Scotties, but played as alternative for Nedohin at the National Scotties.

References

  1. ↑ http://olympic.ca/team-canada/amy-nixon/
  2. ↑ http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/2107/teams/9333/team_athletes/9333-third-2034
  3. ↑ http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/1930/teams/8872/team_athletes/8504
  4. ↑ 2017 Scotties Media Guide: Team Canada
  5. ↑ http://www.curling.ca/2016scotties/files/2016/02/SCOTTIES-FRI-ALL.pdf
  6. ↑ "Amy Nixon-Teams". World Curling Tour. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  • Amy Nixon on the World Curling Tour database
  • Amy Nixon on the CurlingZone database
  • Amy Nixon on the World Curling Federation database
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Amy Nixon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.


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