Amy Nixon

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

Amy Nixon
Curler
Born (1977-09-29) September 29, 1977
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada[1]
Team
Curling clubCalgary CC,[2]
Calgary, AB
Career
Hearts appearances6 (2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017)
World Championship
appearances		2 (2012, 2016)
Grand Slam victories2 (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

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, which she followed up with a 10th place finish at the 1995 Canada Games.[4] 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 General Counsel, Mount Royal University.[5] She is married to Mike Westlund and has one child.[6]

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 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
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 [7] Skip Third Second Lead Events
2004–05 Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonGlenys BakkerChristine Keshen
2005–06 Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonGlenys BakkerChristine Keshen2005 COCT, 2006 OG
2008–09 Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonBronwen WebsterChelsey Bell2009 ASTOH
2009–10 Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonBronwen WebsterChelsey Matson2010 ASTOH
2010–11 Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonBronwen WebsterChelsey Matson2011 ASTOH, STOH
2011–12[lower-alpha 1] Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonBronwen WebsterChelsey Matson2012 ASTOH, STOH
2012–13 Amy NixonNadine ChyzWhitney EckstrandTracy Bush
2013–14 Amy NixonNadine ChyzWhitney EckstrandHeather Rogers
2014–15 Heather NedohinAmy NixonJocelyn PetermanLaine Peters2015 ASTOH
2015–16 Chelsea CareyAmy NixonJocelyn PetermanLaine Peters2016 ASTOH, STOH, WCC

Notes
  1. Nixon played with Kleibrink as third at the 2012 Alberta Scotties, but played as the alternate for Nedohin at the National Scotties.

References
  1. "Amy Nixon". 2011-09-19.
  2. "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca".
  3. "Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca".
  4. "Curling | Canada Games". Archived from the original on 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  5. 2017 Scotties Media Guide: Team Canada
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Amy Nixon-Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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