{{Short description|Canadian curler}} {{Infobox curler | name = Kyle Doering | image = | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|12|14}}<ref name="Media Guide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/03/2023-Tim-Hortons-Brier-media-guide-5.pdf|title=2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], Canada<ref name="Media Guide"/> | Curling club = [[Granite Curling Club (Winnipeg)|Granite CC]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/8118/teams/36673/team_athletes/36673-second-12152|title=Kyle Doering|website=Curling Canada|access-date=March 5, 2023|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626185256/https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/8118/teams/36673/team_athletes/36673-second-12152|url-status=dead}}</ref> <br> [[Winnipeg|Winnipeg, MB]] | Skip = | Third = | Second = | Lead = | Alternate = | Mixed doubles partner = [[Briane Harris]] | Member Association = {{MB}} (2010–2022; 2024–present) <br> {{AB}} (2022–2024) | World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMCC|2024}}) | Brier appearances = 3 ({{Brier|2022}}, {{Brier|2023}}, {{Brier|2025}})<ref name="Media Guide"/> | Top CCA ranking = 6th ([[2022–23 curling season|2022–23]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[curling]] }} {{MedalCountry| {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Curling Championships|World Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2024 World Men's Curling Championship|2024 Schaffhausen]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Curling Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze| [[2016 World Junior Curling Championships|2016 Copenhagen]] | }} {{MedalCountry| {{MB}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Canada Winter Games]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[Curling at the 2011 Canada Winter Games|2011 Halifax]] | }} }}
'''Kyle Doering''' (born December 14, 1995) is a Canadian [[curling|curler]] from [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba. He is a former Canadian junior champion and World junior bronze medallist.
==Career== ===Youth=== Doering's first major curling accomplishment was at the [[2011 Canada Winter Games]], where he led his Manitoba rink of [[Colton Lott]], Derek Oryniak, and Lucas Van Den Bosch to a bronze medal. The same rink won the Manitoba Junior Championship in 2012 and represented the province at the [[2012 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]]. At age 16, Doering was the youngest [[skip (curling)|skip]] there.<ref>{{cite news|title=Manitoba surges to the top of the standings|date=February 10, 2012|page=15|newspaper=Kingston Whig-Standard|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120231935/the-kingston-whig-standard/|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> He led his rink to a 9–3 round-robin record, putting them in a tiebreaker match against Nova Scotia's [[Stuart Thompson (curler)|Stuart Thompson]]. They beat Nova Scotia,<ref>{{cite news|title=Alberta's Peterman rink captures national junior women's title|date=February 12, 2012|page=32|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120232167/edmonton-journal/|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> sending them to the semifinal against Northern Ontario, skipped by Brennan Wark, which they lost 7–3.<ref>{{cite news|title=Northern Ontario goes down fighting|date=February 13, 2012|page=14|newspaper=Kingston Whig-Standard|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120232057/the-kingston-whig-standard/|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> Doering skipped at the 2013 Manitoba Juniors as well, losing in the semifinal, and made it to the quarterfinals in 2014.
Doering skipped the [[University of Winnipeg]] rink at the [[2015 CIS/CCA Curling Championships]]. He led his team of Ty Dilello, Oryniak, and [[Rob Gordon (curler)|Rob Gordon]] to a 4–3 round-robin record. They then lost the semifinal against the [[University of Alberta]], skipped by [[Thomas Scoffin]].
Doering won a second Manitoba junior title in 2016 playing [[second (curling)|second]] for [[Matt Dunstone]]. Representing Manitoba, the team, which also consisted of [[Colton Lott]] and Gordon lost just one game at the [[2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]] en route to a national title. The team then went on to represent Canada at the [[2016 World Junior Curling Championships]]. There, the team lost two round-robin games, then lost the 3 vs. 4-page playoff game against Switzerland's [[Yannick Schwaller]]. The team had a re-match against Switzerland in the bronze medal game, which they won. Off the curling rink, Doering and the team's alternate [[Wade Ford]] ended up saving the life of a local Danish construction worker, after he was pinned under a backhoe-type machine. The two were walking from their hotel to the curling rink at the time, along with Doering's grandfather. Doering's grandfather, Ford, and a passer-by lifted the machine, while Doering pulled the worker out, thereby saving his life.<ref name="life">{{Cite news|url=https://winnipegsun.com/2016/03/10/curlers-save-life-at-worlds|title=Manitoba curlers save a life at junior worlds |website=Winnipeg Sun|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref>
In 2016, Doering joined the [[Braden Calvert]] junior rink. The team played in the 2017 Manitoba junior finals, where they lost to J. T. Ryan in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=4603&teamid=105450&profileid=|title=Calvert Runner-Up at 2017 Manitoba Canola Junior Men|website=CurlingZone|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref>
Doering played in the 2018 [[U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships]] for the University of Winnipeg, this time on a team skipped by J. T. Ryan. This team went on to pick up a silver medal.<ref name="Media Guide"/>
===Men's curling=== While still a junior, Doering played one season for the [[Jason Gunnlaugson]] rink in 2014–15, playing [[second (curling)|second]] on the team. The rink played in the [[2015 Safeway Championship]], Doering's first trip to the Manitoba Men's Championship. There, Team Gunnlaugson won five games and almost made it to the playoffs. The following season, as a member of the Dunstone junior rink, Doering played in the [[2016 Viterra Championship]], that year's provincial men's championship. There, the team made it all the way to the final before losing to [[Mike McEwen (curler)|Mike McEwen]] in the Manitoba final. On the [[World Curling Tour]], the team won the [[Bernick's Miller Lite Open]] event that season.
In 2016, Gunnlaugson took over the team, with Doering continuing to play second on the team. The team played in the [[2017 Viterra Championship]]. There, the team made it to the playoffs but lost to [[Trevor Loreth]] in the 3 vs. 4 game. On the tour, the team won the [[Performance Spider Midweek Special]] earlier in the season.
In 2017, [[Pat Simmons (curler)|Pat Simmons]] replaced Gunnalugson as the team's skip. The team played at the [[2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|2017 Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials]], where the team finished 2–4, failing to make the playoffs. The team played in several [[Grand Slam (curling)|Grand Slam]] events that season. They began the season playing in the [[2017 GSOC Tour Challenge]], losing in the quarterfinals. They then played in the [[2017 Masters of Curling]], where they finished the event win-less. Then they played in the [[2017 Boost National]], losing in a tiebreaker. The team played in the [[2018 Viterra Championship]] but did not make the playoffs.
Doering joined the [[William Lyburn]] rink at second for the [[2018–19 curling season]]. The team made it all the way to the final of the [[2019 Viterra Championship]] before losing to Team [[Reid Carruthers]].
After one season with Lyburn, Doering joined the [[Tanner Horgan]] rink at second for the [[2019–20 curling season]]. On the tour, the team won the 2019 [[DeKalb Superspiel]] and the [[Manitoba Curling Tour Classic]]. At the [[2020 Viterra Championship]], the team did not make the playoffs.
After the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] abbreviated 2020–21 season, Doering joined up again with Simmons for the again for the [[2021–22 curling season]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/two-time-brier-champion-simmons-returning-skip-manitoba-based-team/|title=Two-time Brier champion Simmons returning to skip Manitoba-based team|website=Sportsnet|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> They played in the [[2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials]], where they finished with a 4–2 round-robin record. The team made the playoffs, where they lost in the B Semifinal to [[Glenn Howard]]. The team's third [[Colton Lott]] later took over the team that season and led them at the [[2022 Viterra Championship]]. Lott led the team all the way to the final, where they lost to Mike McEwen. Doering was asked to be the alternate for Team McEwen at the [[2022 Tim Hortons Brier]], where they represented Manitoba.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/curling/news/hodgson-out-of-lethbridge-brier|title=Hodgson Out of Lethbridge Brier|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> It was Doering's first trip to the Brier. Doering played in one game, and the team was eliminated after losing a tiebreaker. Doering joined the Alberta-based Team [[Karsten Sturmay]] to wrap up the season. They played in the [[2022 Champions Cup (curling)|2022 Champions Cup]] Grand Slam event and finished 1–4.
Doering remained on Team Sturmay for the [[2022–23 curling season]]. The team began the season at the [[2022 PointsBet Invitational]], where they were eliminated after losing their first game against [[Colton Flasch]]. The team played in the [[2023 Boston Pizza Cup]], the Alberta men's provincial championship. There, they made it to the playoffs, losing to [[Aaron Sluchinski]] in the C1 vs. C2 page playoff game. The team is still qualified for the [[2023 Tim Hortons Brier]] as the third Wild Card entry,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/curling/2023/03/02/a-capsule-look-at-the-18-teams-that-will-compete-at-the-tim-hortons-brier.html|title=A capsule look at the 18 teams that will compete at the Tim Hortons Brier|website=Toronto Star|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> after earning enough points on tour, by winning events like the [[Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/karsten-sturmay-defeats-reid-carruthers-at-ed-werenich-golden-wrench-classic-1.1912889|title=Sturmay defeats Carruthers at Golden Wrench Classic as AB, MB playdowns near|website=TSN|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> and the [[McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic]]. Doering is the current coach of the Polish Mixed Doubles national team.
===Mixed doubles=== Doering and partner Ashley Groff played at the [[2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship|2018]] and [[2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship]]s, going 2–5 at both events.<ref name="Media Guide"/>
==Personal life== Doering attended [[Garden City Collegiate]] in Winnipeg,<ref name="life"/> and then the [[University of Winnipeg]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=24023|title=Kyle Doering|website=CurlingZone|access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref> He is in a relationship with Ashley Groff.<ref name="Media Guide"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{sports links}} *{{curlingzone}}
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