Mark Nichols (curler)
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| Born |
January 1, 1980 Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club |
Charleswood CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Jeff Stoughton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Jon Mead | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Reid Carruthers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Mark Nichols | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 9 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top CCA ranking | 1st (2012-13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam victories | 2: The National (2010, 2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mark Nichols, ONL (born on January 1, 1980 in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently throws lead rocks for the Jeff Stoughton rink.[1] Nichols is a former Olympic champion curler, having played third for Team Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics where the team won a gold medal.
Between 1999 and 2011, Nichols lived in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador where he played third for the Brad Gushue rink. It was with Gushue where he represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics. With Gushue, Nichols has been to three Canadian Junior Curling Championships (winning in 2001) and eight Briers (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011). He has qualified for the 2013 Brier, which will be his 9th. He won the World Junior Curling Championships in 2001 with Gushue as well. He also won Gold in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, at which he threw a spectacular shot - running back a guard onto another stone which picked another rock that was sitting in a dead zone - in the 6th end of the final against Finland, helping Canada to score 6. Certainly one thing to aid their victory was the fact that Nichols shot a blistering 97 percent in the gold medal final. “When he’s playing that way, we don’t lose very much,” said Gushue.[2]
He won the Ford Hot Shots shot-making competition at the 2005 Brier, winning a two year lease on a new Ford vehicle.
Nichols also skipped team Newfoundland and Labrador with Shelley Nichols, Brent Hamilton and Jennifer Guzzwell to a Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in 2005.
Nicholls is a fitness trainer[1] with True North - Focus Fitness.[3] In the summer of 2011, Nichols married his longtime girlfriend and fellow curler Colette Lemon.
Awards
- WJCC All-Star Third - 2001
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wiecek, Paul (June 4, 2012). "Mark Nichols to join Stoughton curling team". Winnipeg Free Press.
- ↑ Canadian Curling Association
- ↑ http://cloudfront7.curling.ca/2013roaroftherings-en/files/2013/12/2013ROTR_MorningRoar_Day5.pdf