Amy Nixon

Amy Nixon
Curler
Born	(1977-09-29) September 29, 1977 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Team
Curling club	The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Skip	Chelsea Carey
Third	Amy Nixon
Second	Jocelyn Peterman
Lead	Laine Peters
Curling career
Hearts appearances	5 (2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016)
World Championship appearances	2012
Grand Slam victories	2 (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 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials 2005 Halifax 2009 Edmonton

Amy Lee Nixon (born September 29, 1977) is a Canadian curler from Calgary. She is third and vice skip for the team skipped by Chelsea Carey, who are the reigning Alberta and Canadian Women Champions.

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. 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 alternate 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 Senior Legal Counsel, Legal Services and Mount Royal University. She is married to Mike Westlund and has one child.

Grand Slam record

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

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
Wayden Transportation	SF	QF	Q	N/A	N/A
Sobeys Slam	N/A	SF	Q	N/A	DNP

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Events
2004–05	Shannon Kleibrink	Amy Nixon	Glenys Bakker	Christine Keshen
2005–06	Shannon Kleibrink	Amy Nixon	Glenys Bakker	Christine Keshen	2005 COCT, 2006 OG
2008–09	Shannon Kleibrink	Amy Nixon	Bronwen Webster	Chelsey Bell	2009 ASTOH
2009–10	Shannon Kleibrink	Amy Nixon	Bronwen Webster	Chelsey Matson	2010 ASTOH
2010–11	Shannon Kleibrink	Amy Nixon	Bronwen Webster	Chelsey Matson	2011 ASTOH, STOH
2011–12 1	Shannon Kleibrink	Amy Nixon	Bronwen Webster	Chelsey Matson	2012 ASTOH, STOH
2012–13	Amy Nixon	Nadine Chyz	Whitney Eckstrand	Tracy Bush
2013–14	Amy Nixon	Nadine Chyz	Whitney Eckstrand	Heather Rogers
2014–15	Heather Nedohin	Amy Nixon	Jocelyn Peterman	Laine Peters	2015 ASTOH
2015–16	Chelsea Carey	Amy Nixon	Jocelyn Peterman	Laine Peters	2016 ASTOH, STOH

Notes

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

References

• http://thechronicleherald.ca/sports/1196435-truro-s-iskiw-taking-year-off-curling
• http://www.curling.ca/blog/2012/01/16/featured-curling-athlete-amy-nixon/

External links

Amy Nixon at the World Curling Tour (archived)