Heather Rankin (curler)

Heather Rankin (born April 30, 1965)[3] is a Canadian curler from Calgary. While living in Nova Scotia, she won the provincial junior championships in 1984 and would skip the Nova Scotia team at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships. In 1990 she won the Nova Scotia provincial championships sending her to that year's Tournament of Hearts. She skipped the Nova Scotia team to a 9-2 record in her debut winning the all-star skip award, but lost the final to Ontario, skipped by Alison Goring.

For the musician of the same name see Heather Rankin
Heather Rankin
Born
Heather Rankin[1]

Career
Hearts appearances2 (1990, 1993)
Grand Slam victories0

Rankin returned to the Tournament of Hearts once again in 1993, playing third for Colleen Jones. The team finished with a 6-5 record 1 game out of the playoffs.

Since then, Rankin has moved to Alberta and has tried unsuccessfully to win that province's national championship with a runner up finish in 2001. She continues to be a top curler, and has played in the 2001 Olympic Curling Trials, three Players Championships and two Canada Cups.

Rankin has not curled competitively since 2011. She graduated from Bridgewater High School (Nova Scotia) and Acadia University, and served as vice-president of the management consulting firm Scotia Consulting Inc.[2] Her specialization is business analysis and project management consulting for oil and gas, specializing in data and software engineering. She has a son, born ca. 2007.[4]

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
Autumn Gold QF Q QF Q QF
Manitoba Lotteries Q QF DNP Q DNP
Players' Championships Q Q DNP DNP DNP

Former events

Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
Wayden Transportation Q Q Q N/A N/A
Sobeys Slam N/A Q QF N/A DNP

References

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