Kirsten Wall

Kirsten Wall (born November 27, 1975 as Kirsten Harmark) is a Canadian curler from Milton, Ontario. She was the alternate player on the Jennifer Jones rink which represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics and captured a gold medal.

Kirsten Wall
Born
Kirsten Harmark

(1975-11-27) November 27, 1975
Team
Curling clubMilton CC,[1]
Milton, ON
Career
Member Association Ontario
Hearts appearances4 (2001, 2002, 2004, 2008)
Top CTRS ranking4th (2003–04)
Grand Slam victories1 (Sobeys Slam: 2007)

Curling career

In 1995 she won the Ontario provincial junior curling championship as a skip earning her team the right to represent Ontario at the 1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. She lost in the final that year to Kelly MacKenzie (Scott).

A number of years later, Wall joined the Sherry Middaugh team, first as her alternate, and then in 2002 as her third. In 2003, Wall won the Canada Cup of Curling as third for Middaugh. Wall played in her first Tournament of Hearts in 2004 after not having played in two previous trip as Middaugh's alternate. The team lost in the semi-final to Quebec's Marie-France Larouche. In 2008, the team went to the Hearts again, losing in the semi-final to Manitoba's Jennifer Jones.

Wall left the Middaugh team in 2010 to form her own rink with Hollie Nicol, Danielle Inglis and Jill Mouzar. The team lasted for two seasons.

Wall joined the Jennifer Jones team for the first half of the 2012/13 season playing third, as Jones was expecting her first child and sat out until January.[2]

Personal life

Wall studied Biology and Genetics at McMaster University and the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences. She is married to Trevor Wall, who competed at the 2004 Nokia Brier.

Grand Slam record

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 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Autumn Gold Q SF Q DNP DNP Q
Manitoba Lotteries DNP Q DNP DNP DNP QF
Colonial Square Ladies Classic N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A R16
The Masters Grand Slam of Curling N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Q
Players' Championships QF QF DNP DNP DNP DNP

Former events

Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
Wayden Transportation Q Q N/A N/A
Sobeys Slam C SF N/A Q
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References

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