# Sterling Middleton

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Canadian curler

Sterling Middleton Curler Born (1998-12-08) December 8, 1998 (age 27) Fort St. John, British Columbia[1] Team Curling club Victoria CC, Victoria, BC Skip Matthew Hall Third Sterling Middleton Second Alex Horvath Lead Thomas Thierbach Mixed doubles partner Julianna Mackenzie Curling career Member Association Alberta (2011–2015; 2024–2025) British Columbia (2013–2024; 2025–present) Brier appearances 2 (2023, 2024) Top CTRS ranking 15th (2022–23; 2023–24) Medal record Men's curling Representing Canada Winter Youth Olympics 2016 Lillehammer World Junior Curling Championships 2018 Aberdeen 2019 Liverpool Representing British Columbia Canada Winter Games 2015 Prince George

**Sterling Middleton** (born December 8, 1998) is a Canadian curler, originally from [Fort St. John, British Columbia](/source/Fort_St._John%2C_British_Columbia).[2] He currently plays [third](/source/Third_(curling)) on Team [Matthew Hall](/source/Matthew_Hall_(curler)). He is a two-time World Junior champion, three-time Canadian Junior Champion, and Youth Olympic gold medallist.

## Career

### Juniors

Growing up in the [Peace Region](/source/Peace_Region) of [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) meant that Middleton was eligible to curl competitively out of B.C. and [Alberta](/source/Alberta). Middleton curled for the [Falher, Alberta](/source/Falher%2C_Alberta) based Dustin Turcotte rink for two seasons from 2013 to 2015. After seeing him at the 2013 B.C. High School Championship, Middleton was picked up to also play for the [Tyler Tardi](/source/Tyler_Tardi) rink in 2014.[3] The team went on to win the BC qualifier for the [2015 Canada Winter Games](/source/2015_Canada_Winter_Games).[4] At the 2015 Canada Games, the team picked up a bronze medal.[1]

Middleton was chosen to be play lead on the Canadian team at the [2016 Winter Youth Olympics](/source/2016_Winter_Youth_Olympics), along with skip [Mary Fay](/source/Mary_Fay), Tardi and [Karlee Burgess](/source/Karlee_Burgess). The team steam-rolled through the opposition, winning all 10 of their games before claiming a gold medal for their country.[1] In the [mixed doubles event](/source/Curling_at_the_2016_Winter_Youth_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Mixed_doubles), Middleton was teamed up with New Zealand's [Holly Thompson](/source/Holly_Thompson). The pair made it to the quarter-finals before losing to the eventual gold medallists of [Yako Matsuzawa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yako_Matsuzawa&action=edit&redlink=1) of Japan and [Philipp Hösli](/source/Philipp_H%C3%B6sli) of Switzerland.

Middleton fully joined the Tardi junior men's rink in 2016, playing [third](/source/Third_(curling)) on the rink. The team won the provincial junior title in 2017. Representing British Columbia at the [2017 Canadian Junior Curling Championships](/source/2017_Canadian_Junior_Curling_Championships), the team lost one round robin game en route to winning the national championship, defeating Ontario's [Matthew Hall](/source/Matthew_Hall_(curler)) rink in the final. The team represented Canada at the [2017 World Junior Curling Championships](/source/2017_World_Junior_Curling_Championships), where they finished the round robin with a 6–3 record, but lost to Norway in a tiebreaker game. That year, Tardi and Middleton also represented British Columbia at the [2017 Canadian U18 Curling Championships](/source/2017_Canadian_U18_Curling_Championships),[1] losing just one round robin game. However, they were not successful in the playoffs, losing in the semifinal, but rebounded in the bronze medal game, defeating Saskatchewan's [Rylan Kleiter](/source/Rylan_Kleiter).

In 2018, the Tardi rink won another provincial junior title. At the [2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships](/source/2018_Canadian_Junior_Curling_Championships), the team would defend their title. After losing three round robin games, the team had to fight through a tiebreaker before winning two playoff games, including defeating Northern Ontario's [Tanner Horgan](/source/Tanner_Horgan) rink in the final. The team represented Canada at the [2018 World Junior Curling Championships](/source/2018_World_Junior_Curling_Championships), where they were much more successful. The team lost two round robin games, and won both playoff games, including defeating Scotland in the final to claim the gold medal.

In 2019, Team Tardi won yet another provincial junior title. At the [2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships](/source/2019_Canadian_Junior_Curling_Championships), the team won their third-straight national championship.[5] The team lost just one game en route to the title, and defeated Manitoba's J.T. Ryan in the final. The team once again represented Canada at the [2019 World Junior Curling Championships](/source/2019_World_Junior_Curling_Championships). After posting a 7–2 round robin record, they won both playoff games, including defeating Switzerland's [Marco Hösli](/source/Marco_H%C3%B6sli) rink in the final.

The [2019-20 curling season](/source/2019-20_curling_season) would have been the team's last year of junior eligibility, but they decided to make the jump to men's curling full-time, eschewing the junior ranks.[6]

Outside of the Tardi rink, Middleton won the [CCAA/Curling Canada College Curling Championships](/source/CCAA%2FCurling_Canada_College_Curling_Championships) in 2018, playing third on the [Douglas College](/source/Douglas_College) curling team.[1]

### Men's

While in juniors, the Tardi rink also played in men's events on the [World Curling Tour](/source/World_Curling_Tour). The team won their first tour event at the 2016 [Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic](/source/Prestige_Hotels_%26_Resorts_Curling_Classic). They played in his first [Grand Slam](/source/Grand_Slam_(curling)) event at the [2018 Humpty's Champions Cup](/source/2018_Humpty's_Champions_Cup) by virtue of winning the World Junior championship. They went 1–3 at the event, missing the playoffs. They won another tour event to begin the next season at the 2018 [King Cash Spiel](/source/King_Cash_Spiel). The team qualified for the [2019 Champions Cup](/source/2019_Champions_Cup_(curling)) by winning the World Juniors again. There, the team went win-less in their four matches.[7] In their first post-junior season, Team Tardi won the 2019 [Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic](/source/Prestige_Hotels_%26_Resorts_Curling_Classic), and the next season, they won the 2020 [Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash](/source/Raymond_James_Kelowna_Double_Cash) event.

Middleton played in his first [BC Men's Curling Championship](/source/BC_Men's_Curling_Championship) [in 2017](/source/2017_belairdirect_BC_Men's_Curling_Championship) as a member of Team Tardi, going 3-3 at the event. The rink didn't enter playdowns in 2018, but were back at it at the [2019 BC Men's Curling Championship](/source/2019_BC_Men's_Curling_Championship). There, the team were eliminated after posting a 2–3 record. They finally made the playoffs at the [2020 BC Men's Curling Championship](/source/2020_BC_Men's_Curling_Championship), where they lost in the final to [Jim Cotter](/source/Jim_Cotter_(curler)).

Team Tardi did not play in any major events in the [2020–21 curling season](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_curling_season) due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic). The next season, they played at the [2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials](/source/2021_Canadian_Olympic_Curling_Pre-Trials).[1] After finishing group play with a 4–2 record, they lost in the B quarter-finals to [Glenn Howard](/source/Glenn_Howard). The team played at the [2022 BC Men's Curling Championship](/source/2022_BC_Men's_Curling_Championship), where they were eliminated in the C1 vs. C2 page playoff game against [Jim Cotter](/source/Jim_Cotter_(curler)).

The Tardi rink disbanded in 2022.[8] It was later announced that Middleton had joined the [Jacques Gauthier](/source/Jacques_Gauthier_(curler)) rink for the [2022-23 curling season](/source/2022-23_curling_season).[2] In their first season together, the team won the [2023 BC Men's Curling Championship](/source/2023_BC_Men's_Curling_Championship) and represented British Columbia at the [2023 Tim Hortons Brier](/source/2023_Tim_Hortons_Brier).[9] At the Brier, the team finished with a 3–5 record. After Gauthier announced that he would be joining the [Kevin Koe](/source/Kevin_Koe) rink in Alberta, Middleton, Ginter, and Horvath announced they would be bringing in [Catlin Schneider](/source/Catlin_Schneider) to skip their team for the [2023-24 curling season](/source/2023-24_curling_season). In their first season together, they defended their title at the [2024 BC Men's Curling Championship](/source/2024_BC_Men's_Curling_Championship), representing BC at the [2024 Brier](/source/2024_Montana's_Brier). There, they would slightly improve their record from last year, finishing with a 4–4 record, but still missing the playoffs. When Schneider announced he would be returning to Saskatchewan at the end of the season, Middleton and Ginter announced they would be joining the [Evan van Amsterdam](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Evan_van_Amsterdam&action=edit&redlink=1) rink out of Alberta. In Alberta, the van Amsterdam team had a good season, qualifying for the [2025 Boston Pizza Cup](/source/2025_Boston_Pizza_Cup), the Alberta men's curling championship. At the provincial championship, the team would finish in second, losing to [Kevin Koe](/source/Kevin_Koe) in the final 9–5.

Middleton would move back to British Columbia for the [2025-26 curling season](/source/2025-26_curling_season), reuniting with former teammate Horvath, and joining the new [Cameron de Jong](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cameron_de_Jong&action=edit&redlink=1) team. The new de Jong team would start the season off strong, winning the [2025 Saville Shootout](/source/2025_Saville_Shootout) 7–1 over [Matthew Blandford](/source/Matthew_Blandford) in the final.

## Personal life

Middleton lived in [New Westminster, British Columbia](/source/New_Westminster%2C_British_Columbia),[2] moving to the [Lower Mainland](/source/Lower_Mainland) in 2016. In 2022, he worked as a pro shop assistant at a golf course in North Vancouver.[8] He currently works as a club professional at the [Victoria Curling Club](/source/Victoria_Curling_Club),[1] and lives in [Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia).[10]

## Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead 2013–14[11] Dustin Turcotte Sterling Middleton Bradley Limoges Steven Brulotte 2014–15 Dustin Turcotte Sterling Middleton Bradley Limoges Steven Brulotte 2015–16 Mark Zahacy Sterling Middleton Doug Scott – 2016–17 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jordan Tardi Nick Meister 2017–18 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jordan Tardi Zac Curtis 2018–19 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Matthew Hall Alex Horvath 2019–20 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jordan Tardi Alex Horvath 2020–21 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jason Ginter Jordan Tardi 2021–22 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jason Ginter Jordan Tardi 2022–23 Jacques Gauthier Sterling Middleton Jason Ginter Alex Horvath 2023–24 Catlin Schneider Jason Ginter Sterling Middleton Alex Horvath 2024–25 Evan van Amsterdam Jason Ginter Sterling Middleton Parker Konschuh 2025–26 Cameron de Jong Sterling Middleton Alex Horvath Corey Chester 2026–27 Matthew Hall Sterling Middleton Alex Horvath Thomas Thierbach

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Media_Guide_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Media_Guide_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Media_Guide_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Media_Guide_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Media_Guide_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Media_Guide_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Media_Guide_1-6) ["2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide"](https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/03/2023-Tim-Hortons-Brier-media-guide-5.pdf) (PDF). *Curling Canada*. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AHN_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AHN_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-AHN_2-2) ["Sterling Middleton and Jason Ginter part of same team for upcoming 2022-23 season"](https://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/local-sports/sterling-middleton-and-jason-ginter-part-of-same-team-for-2022-23-5233968). *Alaska Highway News*. April 5, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ringers rounded up for a shot at curling glory"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119749833/the-vancouver-sun/). *Vancouver Sun*. February 17, 2015. p. 38. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Victoria's Henderson will throw stones at Canada Winter Games"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119749057/times-colonist/). *Victoria Times-Colonist*. March 28, 2014. p. 43. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Tardi makes junior curling history with 3rd consecutive Canadian title"](https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/tyler-tardi-canadian-junior-curling-championship-1.4995369). CBC.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Tardi not tardy in jump from junior curling to elite men's ranks"](https://www.tsn.ca/tyler-tardi-not-tardy-in-jump-from-junior-curling-to-elite-men-s-ranks-1.1408193). TSN.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Tardi 0-4 At 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup"](https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=5324&teamid=133666&profileid=). *CurlingZone*. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-disband_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-disband_8-1) ["Sterling Middleton in search of new team"](https://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/local-sports/sterling-middleton-in-search-of-new-team-5122252). Alaska Highway News.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Victoria curling team headed to national Brier cup (sic)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230124181619/https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/victoria-curling-team-headed-to-national-brier-cup-1.6243967). CTV. Archived from [the original](https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/victoria-curling-team-headed-to-national-brier-cup-1.6243967) on January 24, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-MG_10-0)** ["2024 Montana's Brier Media Guide"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240226212618/https://www.curling.ca/files/2024/02/2024-Montanas-Brier-media-guide-Ver2.pdf) (PDF). *Curling Canada*. Archived from [the original](https://www.curling.ca/files/2024/02/2024-Montanas-Brier-media-guide-Ver2.pdf) (PDF) on February 26, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Sterling Middleton Past Teams"](https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=24656&view=Teams#1). *CurlingZone*. Retrieved April 23, 2024.

v t e Youth Olympic champions in curling – mixed team 2012: Michael Brunner / Elena Stern / Romano Meier / Lisa Gisler (SUI) 2016: Mary Fay / Tyler Tardi / Karlee Burgess / Sterling Middleton (CAN) 2020: Lukas Høstmælingen / Grunde Buraas / Nora Østgård / Ingeborg Forbregd (NOR) 2024: Logan Carson / Tia Laurie / Archie Hyslop / Holly Burke (GBR) Bold: Olympic medalists in Curling

v t e World Junior Men's Curling Champions Year: (country's flag) champion skip 1975: Jan Ullsten 1976: Paul Gowsell 1977: Bill Jenkins 1978: Paul Gowsell 1979: Donald Barcome Jr. 1980: Andrew McQuistin 1981: Peter Wilson 1982: Sören Grahn 1983: John Base 1984: Al Edwards 1985: Bob Ursel 1986: David Aitken 1987: Douglas Dryburgh 1988: Jim Sullivan 1989: Peja Lindholm 1990: Stefan Traub 1991: Alan MacDougall 1992: Stefan Heilman 1993: Craig Wilson 1994: Colin Davison 1995: Tom Brewster 1996: James Dryburgh 1997: Ralph Stöckli 1998: John Morris 1999: John Morris 2000: Brad Kuhn 2001: Brad Gushue 2002: David Hamblin 2003: Steve Laycock 2004: Niklas Edin 2005: Kyle George 2006: Charley Thomas 2007: Charley Thomas 2008: Chris Plys 2009: Rasmus Stjerne 2010: Peter de Cruz 2011: Oskar Eriksson 2012: Brendan Bottcher 2013: Kyle Smith 2014: Yannick Schwaller 2015: Braden Calvert 2016: Bruce Mouat 2017: Lee Ki-jeong 2018: Tyler Tardi 2019: Tyler Tardi 2020: Jacques Gauthier 2022: James Craik 2023: Fei Xueqing 2024: Lukas Høstmælingen 2025: Stefano Spiller 2026: Caden Hebert 2018: Canada (CAN) Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Zach Curtis, Jacques Gauthier 2019: Canada (CAN) Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Matthew Hall, Alex Horvath, Rylan Kleiter

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