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Dean Hewitt

Dean Hewitt

Australian curler

Dean Hewitt (born 9 November 1994) is an Australian curler from Melbourne.

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At the 2021 Olympic Curling Qualification Event in December 2021 Hewitt and his teammate Tahli Gill 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.[3]

Personal life

Hewitt is from a curling family. His mother, Canadian-born Lynn Hewitt,[4] played curling in Canada from her childhood. When she met Australian farmer Stephen (Steve) Hewitt,[5] she married him and they moved to Australia, and her husband began curling too. He was member of the Australian national men's team and played in several Pacific Curling Championships. Dean Hewitt began curling when he was 6 years old.[6][7] Lynn and Dean together played as the Australian national mixed doubles curling team at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship[8][9]

Hewitt studied a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science and a Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology at Deakin University.[10][11] Outside of curling, Hewitt is a trained exercise physiologist, and works at an ice rink and a supermarket.[12]

Teams and events

Men's

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Mixed doubles

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References

  1. [1]
    "Dean HEWITT". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Curling Victoria". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Australia make history and qualify for Beijing 2022 Mixed Doubles Event". World Curling Federation. 9 December 2021.
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    Lynn Hewitt | WCF
  5. [5]
    Steve Hewitt | WCF
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    2018 Winter Olympics | Pyeongchang: Australian Dean Hewitt on curling - PlayersVoice
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    "Dean Hewitt – Deakin Life". Archived from the original on 30 October 2018.
  8. [8]
    Australian Olympic Committee: Mother and son put Australia on the curling map
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    "World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2018 - Family ties on the ice at the World Mixed Doubles". Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
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    "The Beijing Winter Olympics begin this week: meet the Deakin students representing Australia!". Deakin Life. Deakin University. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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    Webb, Emily (3 September 2014). "Glen Waverley home to national curling champion". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  12. [12]
    Bakalla, Ilias (20 December 2021). "Beach to Beijing: The young duo representing Australia for the first time in curling at the Winter Olympics". The Feed. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  13. [13]
    "Australian Curling Federation - 2015 National Mixed Doubles Championships Results". Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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