{{short description|Canadian curler}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Kurt Balderston | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}} --> | birth_place = [[Grande Prairie]], [[Alberta]] | Brier appearances = | World Championship appearances = | medaltemplates = }}
'''Kurt Balderston''' (born c. 1963)<ref name="Ferbey">{{cite news|title=Ferbey's going back to the Brier|date=February 16, 2004|page=D1|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91813599/edmonton-journal/|accessdate=January 4, 2022}}</ref> is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[curling|curler]] from [[Sexsmith, Alberta|Sexsmith]], [[Alberta]].
==Career== Balderston is a former [[Canadian Mixed Curling Championship|Canadian Mixed]] champion, having won the 1992 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. Since then he has played in four national mixed championships, in [[1998 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship|1998]], [[2001 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship|2001]], [[2012 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship|2012]] and [[2013 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship|2013]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fscs.rampinteractive.com/albertacurlingfederation/files/association/2016%20MIXEDPROVINCIALCHAMPIONS2.pdf |title=Past Provincial Champions - Mixed |access-date=2018-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006043605/http://fscs.rampinteractive.com/albertacurlingfederation/files/association/2016%20MIXEDPROVINCIALCHAMPIONS2.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He finished as the runner-up in 2012 and in sixth place in 2013, when [[Cheryl Bernard]] replaced his regular third [[Desirée Owen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/curling/Bernard+Canadian+mixed+action+with+Balderston+rink/7537340/story.html|title=Bernard set for Canadian mixed action with Balderston rink|last=Cruickshank|first=Scott|date=12 November 2012|publisher=[[Calgary Herald]]|accessdate=23 June 2013}}</ref> Balderston won a sixth provincial mixed title in 2018 and will represent Alberta at the [[2019 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://everythinggp.com/article/521510/provincial-title-local-rink|title=Provincial title for local rink}}</ref>
Balderston has also competed in the [[Boston Pizza Cup|Alberta curling provincials]] multiple times. His best finishes were as the runner-up in 1991, 1992, 2002, and 2004. He was third for [[Mike Vavrek]] in 1991 and 1992, when he lost both finals to [[Kevin Martin (curler)|Kevin Martin]], and skipped his own team in 2004 when he lost to [[Randy Ferbey]].<ref name="Ferbey"/> He made his final appearance at the Alberta provincials as a skip in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/2013/02/07/kurt-balderston-makes-his-farewell-appearance-at-the-alberta-boston-pizza-cup--with-a-revised-crew|title=Kurt Balderston makes his farewell appearance at the Alberta Boston Pizza Cup — with a revised crew|last=Griwkowsky|first=Con|date=6 February 2013|publisher=[[Edmonton Sun]]|accessdate=22 June 2013}}</ref> He returned [[2014 Boston Pizza Cup|in 2014]], playing third for [[Mark Johnson (curler)|Mark Johnson]]. That same year, the Johnson rink (with Balderston throwing third) won the Alberta Senior Curling Championship.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://cloud.rampinteractive.com/albertacurlingfederation/files/2017SENIORMEN.pdf | title=Past Provincial Champions - Senior Men Past Provincial Champions - Senior Men | access-date=2024-05-16}}</ref> The team represented Alberta at the [[2014 Canadian Senior Curling Championships]], where they finished fourth.
Balderston played in his first career [[Grand Slam (curling)|Grand Slam]] event at the [[2018 Humpty's Champions Cup]], which he qualified for by winning the [[Original 16 WCT Bonspiel]].
==Personal life== As of 2004, he was employed as a farmer.<ref name="Ferbey"/>
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==External links== * {{Sports links}}
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