{{short description|Canadian curler}} {{Infobox curler | name = Sadie Pinksen | image = | image_size = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|1|11}} | birth_place = Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada | Curling club = Iqaluit CC, <br> Iqaluit, NU<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/6241/teams/26892/team_athletes/26892-third-8228|title=Sadie Pinksen Profile|website=Curling Canada|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> | Skip = Julia Weagle | Third = '''Sadie Pinksen''' | Second = Leigh Gustafson | Lead = Alison Taylor | Alternate = | Mixed doubles partner = David Aglukark | Member Association = {{NU}} | Hearts appearances = 9 ({{STOH|2016}}, {{STOH|2017}}, {{STOH|2019}} {{STOH|2020}}, {{STOH|2021}}, {{STOH|2022}}, {{STOH|2023}}, {{STOH|2025}}, {{STOH|2026}}) | Top CCA ranking = 100th (2019–20) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{NU}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Arctic Winter Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2018 South Slave | }} }}
'''Sadie Wren Pinksen'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awg2014.gems.pro/Result/ShowPerson.aspx?Person_GUID=9ffcacbd-f841-4cd4-8340-13cf55157187&SetLanguage=en-GB&Gems_ScreenWidth=1920&Gems_ScreenHeight=1080&Gems_ScreenAvailWidth=1920&Gems_ScreenAvailHeight=1040|title=Sadie Pinksen Athlete Profile|website=2014 Arctic Winter Games|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> (born January 11, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-WEB1.pdf|title=2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide}}</ref> She currently plays third on Team Julia Weagle.
==Career== Pinksen skipped Team Nunavut at eight Canadian Junior Curling Championships from 2013 to 2020. Her best finish was a 2–7 record in 2016, 2018 and 2020. She also represented Nunavut at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, finishing in eleventh with a 2–6 record. In 2018, she won a bronze medal at the 2018 Arctic Winter Games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awg2018.gems.pro/Result/Event_PO_T_T.aspx?Event_GUID=78912927-c781-4d67-a52d-0cd5c3a363dd&SetLanguage=en-GB&Gems_ScreenWidth=1920&Gems_ScreenHeight=1080&Gems_ScreenAvailWidth=1920&Gems_ScreenAvailHeight=1040|title=2018 Arctic Winter Games Junior Female Curling Results|website=2018 Arctic Winter Games|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awg2018.gems.pro/Result/ShowPerson.aspx?Person_GUID=a9bc7bf2-6676-4b37-a72b-1eb5eb3d9638&SetLanguage=en-GB|title=2018 Arctic Winter Games Athlete Profile|website=2018 Arctic Winter Games|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref>
While still in juniors, Pinksen was asked to be the alternate for the Nunavut team at the {{STOH|2016}} and {{STOH|2017}} Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship. In both years, the team failed to reach the main draw after losing out in the pre-qualifying tournament. Pinksen was also supposed to be the alternate for the team at the {{STOH|2018}} event but had to pull out due to a scheduling conflict.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://stmarysindy.com/2018/01/12/shackleton-off-to-scotties-tournament/|title=Shackleton off to Scotties tournament|publisher=St. Mary's Independent|date=January 12, 2018|access-date=September 12, 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014021341/http://stmarysindy.com/2018/01/12/shackleton-off-to-scotties-tournament/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She lost in the playdowns of the 2019 event skipping her own rink but was asked to be the alternate once again by the Jennifer Blaney rink. Pinksen was listed as the teams alternate at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, but through lead stones during the round robin, replacing Megan Ingram. They finished with a 1–6 record. The following season, Pinksen, Alison Griffin and Kaitlin MacDonald teamed up with Ontario curler Lori Eddy for the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Despite Eddy living in Ontario, she was added to the team as the territory's "import player", after being asked by Griffin. The team automatically qualified for the Scotties as no other team in the Territory decided to challenge them.<ref name="Nunavut">{{Cite web|url=https://windsorstar.com/curling/two-decades-later-ontarios-eddy-finds-second-scotties-chance-as-skip-of-nunavut-team/wcm/98d0da82-2cb5-4c8d-823f-d96132c17377|title=Two decades later, Ontario's Eddy finds second Scotties chance as skip of Nunavut team|author=Ted Wyman|date=February 17, 2020|publisher=Windsor Star|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> The team finished with a 2–5 record, including a surprise win against Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-scotties-tournament-hearts-1.5467293|title=Nunavut wins 1st game at 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts|date=February 18, 2020|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> Team Eddy represented Nunavut again the following year at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they finished with a winless 0–8 record.<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=Devin_Heroux|number=1347980248143564800|date=January 9, 2021|title=Just receiving word Nunavut's Scotties team has been selected. LORI EDDY IS BACK! How much fun was this team at last year's Scotties! @LoriCEddy third Sadie Pinksen, second Alison Griffin and lead Kaitlin MacDonald to represent Nunavut in Calgary bubble. #cbccurl @CBCOlympics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/scotties-tournament-hearts-scores-standings-schedule-results-2021-bubble/|title=Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Scores, standings, schedule|website=Sportsnet|access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref>
Brigitte MacPhail joined the team for the 2021–22 season as their out-of-province player, replacing Eddy at the skip position. The team represented Nunavut at the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, finishing with a winless 0–8 record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2022-scotties-tournament-hearts-standings-schedule-results/|title=2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Standings, schedule and results|website=Sportsnet|date=January 28, 2022|access-date=February 19, 2022}}</ref> The following season, Team MacPhail played in four tour events, failing to qualify for the playoffs at all four. At the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team again went 0–8, placing last.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2023-scotties-tournament-of-hearts-scores-standings-schedule-results/|title=2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Scores, standings and schedule|publisher=Sportsnet|date=February 17, 2023|access-date=April 9, 2023}}</ref>
Pinksen has also competed at two Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, finishing winless at both the 2018 and 2019 events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.independentsportsnews.com/2020/01/21/nunavuts-young-veteran-sadie-pinksen-holds-key-bright-future-north/|title=Nunavut's young veteran Sadie Pinksen holds key to bright future for the North|publisher=Independent Sports News|date=January 21, 2020|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== Pinksen attended the University of Ottawa as a Communications and sociology student,<ref name="Media Guide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/02/2020-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-Media-Guide-3.pdf|title=2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|publisher=Curling Canada|access-date=September 12, 2020|archive-date=February 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212185213/https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/02/2020-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-Media-Guide-3.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and attended Dalhousie University as a management and philosophy student<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/01/2022-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-2.pdf|title=2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref> She started curling when she was seven years old.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2013/10/07/junior-curler-qa-with-sadie-pinksen/|title=Junior curler Q&A with Sadie Pinksen|publisher=Curling Canada|date=October 7, 2013|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> She is currently employed as a researcher.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2025/02/2025-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-WEB1.pdf|title=2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|publisher=Curling Curling|date=February 11, 2025|access-date=February 11, 2025}}</ref>
==Teams== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead |- ! scope="row"| 2012–13<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=26806&view=Teams#1|title=Sadie Pinksen Past Teams|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> | Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Katie Chislett-Manning || Emily Matthews |- ! scope="row"| 2013–14 | Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Katie Chislett-Manning || Emily Matthews |- ! scope="row"| 2014–15 | Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Katie Chislett-Manning || Kaitlin MacDonald |- ! scope="row"| 2015–16 | Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Kaitlin MacDonald || Melicia Elizaga |- ! scope="row"| 2016–17 | Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Kaitlin MacDonald || Melicia Elizaga |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18 | Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Kaitlin MacDonald || Melicia Elizaga |- ! scope="row"| 2018–19 | Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Kaitlin MacDonald || Abigail Atienza |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2019–20 | Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Kaitlin MacDonald || Lena Chown |- | Lori Eddy || Sadie Pinksen || Alison Griffin || Kaitlin MacDonald |- ! scope="row"| 2020–21 | Lori Eddy || Sadie Pinksen || Alison Griffin || Kaitlin MacDonald |- ! scope="row"| 2021–22 | Brigitte MacPhail || Sadie Pinksen || Kaitlin MacDonald || Alison Taylor |- ! scope="row"| 2022–23 | Brigitte MacPhail || Sadie Pinksen || Kaitlin MacDonald || Alison Taylor |- ! scope="row"| 2024–25 | Julia Weagle || Sadie Pinksen || Leigh Gustafson || Alison Taylor |- ! scope="row"| 2025–26 | Julia Weagle || Sadie Pinksen || Leigh Gustafson || Alison Taylor |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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