# Heather Houston

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{{short description|Canadian curler}}
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{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalSport | Women's [Curling](/source/Curling)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World championships](/source/World_Curling_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold| [1989 Milwaukee](/source/1989_World_Women's_Curling_Championship) | [Team](/source/List_of_World_Curling_Women's_Champions)}}
{{MedalSilver| [1988 Glasgow](/source/1988_World_Women's_Curling_Championship) | [Team](/source/List_of_World_Curling_Women's_Champions)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [Scotties Tournament of Hearts](/source/Scotties_Tournament_of_Hearts)}}
{{MedalGold| [1988 Fredericton](/source/1988_Scott_Tournament_of_Hearts) | }}
{{MedalGold| [1989 Kelowna](/source/1989_Scott_Tournament_of_Hearts) | }}
{{MedalBronze| [1990 Ottawa](/source/1990_Scott_Tournament_of_Hearts) | }}
{{MedalBronze| [1991 Saskatoon](/source/1991_Scott_Tournament_of_Hearts) | }}
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'''Heather E. Houston'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/hof/people/huston-heather-e/|title=Houston, Heather e. – CCA Hall of Fame &#124; ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle}}</ref> (born February 4,{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} 1959)<ref name="Ontario">''[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)'', 1 Feb 1988, pg B8, "Rookie skip wins" (Houston was 28)</ref><ref>''[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)'', 7 Apr 1988, pg C5, "Canadian rink nails down second place" (Houston was 29)</ref> is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [curler](/source/Curling) and world champion. She is from [Red Rock, Ontario](/source/Red_Rock%2C_Ontario) and curls out of the Fort William Curling Club in [Thunder Bay](/source/Thunder_Bay), [Ontario](/source/Ontario).

== Curling career ==
Houston won the 1988 and 1991 [Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts](/source/Ontario_Scotties_Tournament_of_Hearts), [skipping](/source/Skip_(curling)) her team.

She made her Scotties debut at the 1988 [Scott Tournament of Hearts](/source/Scott_Tournament_of_Hearts). The team had to win two tie-breakers before winning two playoff games to claim the championship. They defeated the defending champion [Pat Sanders](/source/Pat_Sanders).

At the [1988 World Championships](/source/1988_World_Women's_Curling_Championship), the team won the silver medal, losing to Germany's [Andrea Schöpp](/source/Andrea_Sch%C3%B6pp) in the final. The Hearts victory gave them a berth at the [1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts](/source/1989_Scott_Tournament_of_Hearts). The team would go on to win that as well. They had to win three playoff games before beating [Chris More](/source/Chris_More) of Manitoba in the final.

At the [1989 World Championships](/source/1989_World_Women's_Curling_Championship), they avenged their silver medal by defeating [Trine Trulsen](/source/Trine_Trulsen) of Norway in the final.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YNAgZIv1NsC&q=%22Lorraine+Lang%22+curling&pg=PA57|author= Bob Weeks|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|year=2008|isbn=978-0-470-15613-1|title=Curling, Etcetera: A Whole Bunch of Stuff About the Roaring Game}}</ref>  Their Hearts victory in 1989 qualified them for the [1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts](/source/1990_Scott_Tournament_of_Hearts).

She received bronze at the [Scotties Tournament of Hearts](/source/Scotties_Tournament_of_Hearts) in 1990 and 1991.
She was Champion skip at the 1996 [TSN Skins Game](/source/TSN_Skins_Game).

==Awards==
Heather Houston received the [Velma Springstead Trophy](/source/Velma_Springstead_Trophy) in 1989.

The Houston team was inducted into the Northwestern Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. This same year they were also inducted into the [Canadian Curling Hall of Fame](/source/Canadian_Curling_Hall_of_Fame).

==Personal life==
In 1988, Houston was a graphic artist with the [Lakehead Board of Education](/source/Lakehead_Board_of_Education).<ref name="Ontario" /> She is the daughter of Tom and Florence Houston.<ref>{{cite news|title=Second Hearts title even sweeter|date=March 5, 1989|page=37|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119155616/edmonton-journal/|access-date=February 19, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1959 births
Category:Canadian women curlers
Category:World curling champions
Category:Curlers from Northern Ontario
Category:Sportswomen from Ontario
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian women's curling champions
Category:People from Thunder Bay District
Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen

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