Hugh Millikin

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Medal record
Curling
Pacific Championships
Gold	1991 Sagamihara
Gold	1992 Karuizawa
Gold	1993 Adelaide
Gold	1994 Christchurch
Gold	1995 Tokoro
Gold	1996 Sydney
Gold	1997 Karuizawa
Gold	2005 Taipei
Gold	2006 Tokyo
Silver	1999 Tokoro
Silver	2000 Esquimalt
Silver	2002 Queenstown
Silver	2003 Aomori
Silver	2004 Chuncheon
Silver	2007 Beijing
Bronze	1998 Qualicum Beach
Bronze	2001 Jeonju

Hugh Millikin (born July 4, 1957 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an Australian curler originally from Ottawa, Canada.

In 1986, while still residing in the Canadian province of Ontario, Millikin played second position for Dave Van Dine's Canadian Mixed Curling Championship team.

Millikin would later move to Australia and has skipped the Australian team to nine Pacific Curling Championships titles (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006). Millikin has also participated in nine World Curling Championships. The teams top placements have been sixth place in 1992, 1993 and 2008. Millikin also went to the 1992 Winter Olympics skipping the Australian team to a seventh place finish in the demonstration event.

Millikin and his team regularly travel back to his hometown Ottawa to practice and to participate in local curling tournaments. Their team coach is Earle Morris, father of John Morris.

Hugh has a wife, Sara and two children, Carlee and Matthew back home in Australia.

At the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship, he skipped Australia to a 5-6 record, the most wins ever for Australia. The team came an end short from forcing a tie-breaker.

[edit] Current team mates

The entire Australian curling team consists of ex-patriate Canadians except Steve Hewitt who is a native Australian from Melbourne. Millikin skips the Australian team, but throws third stones.