{{Short description|American curler (born 1995)}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox curler | name = Taylor Anderson-Heide | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|2|25}} | birth_place = Broomall, Pennsylvania, U.S.<ref name="MG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-BKT-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-WEB1.pdf|title=2026 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=March 10, 2026}}</ref> | Curling club = Philadelphia CC, <br> Philadelphia, PA<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usacurling.org/national-team |title=USA Curling National Team Athletes |website=USA Curling |access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> | Skip = Tabitha Peterson | Third = Cory Thiesse | Second = Tara Peterson | Lead = '''Taylor Anderson-Heide''' | Alternate = | Mixed doubles partner = Ben Richardson | Member Association = {{USA}} | World Championship appearances = 4 ({{WWCC|2019}}, {{WWCC|2022}}, {{WWCC|2025}}, {{WWCC|2026}}) | Pan Continental Championship appearances = 2 ({{PCCC|2024}}, {{PCCC|2025}}) | Olympic appearances = 1 (2026) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Curling }} {{MedalCountry| {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships }} {{MedalSilver | 2016 Copenhagen | }} {{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota }} {{MedalCompetition | U.S. Women's Championship }} {{MedalGold| 2019 Kalamazoo | }} {{MedalGold | 2021 Wausau | }} {{MedalGold | 2025 Duluth | }} {{MedalSilver| 2018 Fargo | }} {{MedalSilver| 2020 Cheney | }} {{MedalSilver | {{USWCC|2024|2024 East Rutherford}} | }} {{MedalBronze| 2016 Jacksonville | }} {{MedalBronze | {{USWCC|2023|2023 Denver}} |}} {{MedalCompetition | U.S. Olympic Trials }} {{MedalGold | 2025 Sioux Falls | }} {{MedalBronze| 2017 Omaha | }} }}
'''Taylor Anderson-Heide''' ({{IPAc-en|'|h|aɪ|d|iː}} {{respell|HY|dee}};<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/23845 |title=Taylor ANDERSON-HEIDE |work=Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics |access-date=10 February 2026}}</ref> born February 25, 1995 as '''Taylor Anderson''') is an American curler from Chaska, Minnesota.<ref name="MG"/> She currently plays lead on Team Tabitha Peterson. Along with her twin sister Sarah, she was United States National Champion in 2019 and World Junior silver medalist in 2016.
==Curling career==
===Juniors=== Anderson-Heide was a member of Team USA at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, playing lead on the team, which was skipped by Korey Dropkin. They finished in fifth place. In the mixed doubles event, Anderson-Heide was paired with Great Britain's Duncan Menzies. The pair were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Anderson-Heide was the alternate for Team USA (skipped by Cory Christensen) at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships. The team finished in 5th place, and Anderson-Heide played in two games. The next season, Anderson-Heide was promoted to second on the team. The team represented the United States at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, where they made it all the way to the gold medal final, where they lost to Canada.
===Women's=== Anderson-Heide made her debut at the United States Women's Curling Championship in 2013 playing lead for her twin sister<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kob.com/sports/twin-curlers-sarah-and-taylor-anderson-find-strength-in-sisterhood-at-us-olympic-trials/4671256/ |title=Twin curlers Sarah and Taylor Anderson find strength in sisterhood at U.S. Olympic Trials |date=November 15, 2017 |website=KOB 4 |language=en |access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref> Sarah's team. The team finished the event with a 2–7 record. Anderson-Heide played in the 2014 United States Women's Curling Championship playing second for her sister. The team finished with a 4–5 record.
In 2014, the Anderson twins joined the Christensen rink to play in both juniors and women's events. The team won a World Curling Tour (WCT) event in their first season, the 2014 Molson Cash Spiel. The team played in the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship, finishing fourth. The next season the team won another WCT event, the 2015 St. Paul Cash Spiel. Later that season, they finished third at the 2016 United States Women's Curling Championship. The team won the St. Paul Cash Spiel again in 2016 and finished fifth at the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship. In their last season together, the team finished 2nd at the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship and was also one of three invited to the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, where they finished last with just one win. After the 2017–18 season, both Taylor and Sarah Anderson joined the Jamie Sinclair rink. In their first year together, the team won the 2019 United States Women's Curling Championship and represented the U.S. at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing with a 6–6 record. [[File:Anderson-Heide Thiese 2026 Players.jpg|thumb|Anderson-Heide (left) with Cory Thiesse.]] Anderson-Heide would join the Tabitha Peterson rink as lead in the 2024–25 curling season, where in their first season together, the team won the 2025 United States Women's Curling Championship over Elizabeth Cousins 7–6 in an extra end. This would qualify the team to represent the United States at the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship. At World's they would struggle, finishing round robin play with a 3–9 record, placing 12th. Team Peterson would rebound and win the 2025 United States Olympic curling trials, qualifying them to represent the United States at the 2025 Olympic Qualification Event. There, they would finish round robin play with a 5–2 record, then beat Norway's Marianne Rørvik 8–4 to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
===Mixed doubles=== Anderson-Heide made her debut in mixed doubles during the 2014–15 curling season, curling with Scott Dunnam, where they lost in the semifinals of the 2015 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Anderson-Heide would then join forces with Ben Richardson during the 2022–23 season where they would continue to have strong showings at the 2023 and 2024 national championships, losing in the semifinals in both events. Anderson-Heide and Richardson would also finish 4th at the 2024 United States Mixed Doubles Olympic Pre-Trials, qualifying them for the 2025 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, where they went 5–4 in the round robin, and finished 4th after losing in the 3v4 game to Madison Bear and Aidan Oldenburg 10–9 in an extra end.
==Personal life== Anderson-Heide attended the University of Minnesota. She is employed as a marketing assistant and as an assistant ice technician.<ref name="MG"/> Her parents are Canadian.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/sports/married-into-bemidji-curling-royalty-sarah-fenson-represents-new-family-well-at-mixed-doubles-nationals |title=Married into Bemidji curling royalty, Sarah Fenson represents new family well at Mixed Doubles Nationals |date=January 24, 2026 |website=Bemidji Pioneer |language=en |access-date=January 26, 2026}}</ref> In 2024, she married Ryan Heide in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.{{cn|date=February 2026}}
==Teams== ===Women's=== {| class="wikitable" style=font-size:95% |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate ! scope="col"| Coach ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row"| 2007–08 | Sarah Anderson || Kristin Pohlman || Julia Pohlman || Taylor Anderson || Meagan Hudson || Wayne Anderson || 2008 USJCC (9th)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pennsylvania Junior Women |url=http://www.portagejuniornationals.com/gnccgirls2.html |website=2008 USCA Junior Curling Nationals |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204140255/http://www.portagejuniornationals.com/gnccgirls2.html |archive-date=February 4, 2008 |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2012–13 | Sarah Anderson || Kathleen Dubberstein || Taylor Anderson || Leilani Dubberstein || Abigail Suslavich ||Tyler George|| 2013 USJCC (4th)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Junior Nationals – Teams |url=http://2013jrnationals.broomstones.com/index.php/teams.html |website=Broomstones Curling Club |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810105238/http://2013jrnationals.broomstones.com/index.php/teams.html |archive-date=August 10, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=USA Junior Womens Championship – Playoffs |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3016&eventtypeid=82&view=Playoffs#1 |website=CurlingZone |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref> |- | Sarah Anderson || Courtney Slata || Kathleen Dubberstein || Taylor Anderson || || || {{USWCC|2013|2013 USWCC}} (9th)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teams & Draw |url=http://www.2013usacurlingnationals.com/teams--draw/women's-teams |website=2013 USA Curling National Championships |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216235237/http://www.2013usacurlingnationals.com/teams--draw/women's-teams |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2013–14 | Sarah Anderson || Kathleen Dubberstein || Taylor Anderson || Leilani Dubberstein || || Wayne Anderson || 2014 USJCC {{Silver2}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=2014 USA Junior Women's Championship – Women's teams |url=https://events.curlingzone.com/index.php?task=Event&eventid=3341&skin=2&view=Teams |website=CurlingZone |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref> |- | Sarah Anderson || Taylor Anderson || Courtney Anderson-Slata || Emily Anderson || || || {{USWCC|2014|2014 USWCC}} (6th)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's teams |url=http://events.curlingzone.com/index.php?task=Event&eventid=3378&view=Teams |website=CurlingZone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718110758/http://events.curlingzone.com/index.php?task=Event&eventid=3378&view=Teams |archive-date=July 18, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2014–15 |Cory Christensen|| Sarah Anderson ||Mackenzie Lank||Jenna Haag || Taylor Anderson ||John Benton|| 2015 USJCC {{Gold1}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kolesar |first=Terry |date=Spring 2015 |title=Minnesota boys, High Performance girls capture 2015 Junior Nationals titles |url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/Spring-2015/CNewsSpring2015_web.pdf |magazine=U.S. Curling News |pages=12–13 |access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{USWCC|2015|2015 USWCC}} (4th)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kolesar |first=Terry |date=May 2015 |title=Olympians Brown, Shuster lead teams to national titles |url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/May-2015/May2015CNews.pdf |magazine=U.S. Curling News |pages=16–17 |access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{WJCC|2015|2015 WJCC}} (5th)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/527 |title=World Junior Curling Championships 2015 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kolesar |first=Terry |date=May 2015 |title=U.S. teams sweep to fifth-place in Estonia |url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/May-2015/May2015CNews.pdf |magazine=U.S. Curling News |page=12 |access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2015–16 |Cory Christensen || Sarah Anderson || Taylor Anderson ||Madison Bear|| Christine McMakin || Dave Jensen || 2016 USJCC {{Gold1}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Davis |first=Terry |date=Spring 2016 |title=High Performance teams sweep to gold |url=http://content.yudu.com/web/y5b2/0A1yadv/Spring2016 |magazine=U.S. Curling News |pages=8–9 |access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{USWCC|2016|2016 USWCC}} {{Bronze3}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=4186 |title=Brown wins 2016 USA Women's National Curling Championship |website=CurlingZone |access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{WJCC|2016|2016 WJCC}} {{Silver2}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Davis |first=Terry |date=Summer 2016 |title=Double silver for Team USA |url=http://content.yudu.com/web/y5b2/0A1yadv/Summer2016 |magazine=U.S. Curling News |page=9 |access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2016–17 |Cory Christensen || Sarah Anderson || Taylor Anderson || Jenna Haag || || Ann Swisshelm || {{USWCC|2017|2017 USWCC}} (5th) |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18 |Cory Christensen || Sarah Anderson || Taylor Anderson || Jenna Martin || || Phill Drobnick || 2017 USOCT (3rd)<br/>2018 USWCC {{Silver2}} |- ! scope="row"| 2018–19 |Jamie Sinclair|| Sarah Anderson || Taylor Anderson ||Monica Walker||Vicky Persinger (WWCC) ||Bryan Cochrane || {{USWCC|2019|2019 USWCC}} {{Gold1}}<br/>{{WWCC|2019|2019 WWCC}} (7th) |- ! scope="row"| 2019–20 | Jamie Sinclair || Cory Christensen || Vicky Persinger || Taylor Anderson || Sarah Anderson || Cathy Overton-Clapham|| {{USWCC|2020|2020 USWCC}} {{Silver2}} |- ! scope="row"| 2020–21 | Cory Christensen || Sarah Anderson || Vicky Persinger || Taylor Anderson || || Cathy Overton-Clapham || {{USWCC|2021|2021 USWCC}} {{Gold1}} |- ! scope="row"| 2021–22 | Cory Christensen || Sarah Anderson || Vicky Persinger || Taylor Anderson || || || 2021 USOCT {{Silver2}} <br> {{WWCC|2022|2022 WWCC}} (5th) |- ! scope="row"| 2022–23 | Sarah Anderson || Taylor Anderson || Lexi Lanigan || Leah Yavarow || || || {{USWCC|2023|2023 USWCC}} {{Bronze3}} |- ! scope="row"| 2023–24 | Sarah Anderson || Taylor Anderson || Lexi Lanigan || Leah Yavarow || || || {{USWCC|2024|2024 USWCC}} {{Silver2}} |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2024–25 | Tabitha Peterson || Cory Thiesse || Tara Peterson || Taylor Anderson-Heide || Vicky Persinger || Cathy Overton-Clapham || {{USWCC|2025|2025 USWCC}} {{Gold1}} <br> {{WWCC|2025|2025 WWCC}} (12th) |- | Cory Thiesse || Vicky Persinger || Tara Peterson || Taylor Anderson-Heide || Aileen Geving || Cathy Overton-Clapham || {{PCCC|2024|2024 PCCC}} (5th) |- ! scope="row"| 2025–26 | Tabitha Peterson || Cory Thiesse || Tara Peterson || Taylor Anderson-Heide || || Cathy Overton-Clapham || |}
===Mixed doubles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Female ! scope="col"| Male ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row"| 2014–15 | Taylor Anderson || Scott Dunnam ||{{USMDCC|2015|2015 USMDCC}} (SF) |- ! scope="row"| 2015–16 | Taylor Anderson || Alex Fenson ||{{USMDCC|2016|2016 USMDCC}} (DNQ) |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18 | Taylor Anderson || Hunter Clawson || {{USMDCC|2018|2018 USMDCC}} (QF) |- ! scope="row"| 2018–19 | Taylor Anderson || Derrick McLean || {{USMDCC|2019|2019 USMDCC}} (DNQ) |- ! scope="row"| 2020–21 | Taylor Anderson || Hunter Clawson || {{USMDCC|2021|2021 USMDCC}} (DNQ) |- ! scope="row"| 2021–22 | Taylor Anderson || Hunter Clawson || {{USMDCC|2022|2022 USMDCC}} (7th) |- ! scope="row"| 2022–23 | Taylor Anderson || Ben Richardson || {{USMDCC|2023|2023 USMDCC}} (SF) |- ! scope="row"| 2023–24 | Taylor Anderson || Ben Richardson || {{USMDCC|2024|2024 USMDCC}} (4th) |- ! scope="row"| 2024–25 | Taylor Anderson-Heide || Ben Richardson || 2025 USMDOT (4th) |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.usacurling.org/national-team USA Curling National Team] * {{World Curling|name=Taylor Anderson}} * {{Team USA|new_id=taylor-anderson|name=Taylor Anderson-Heide|old_id=AN/Taylor-Anderson|archive=20220712003757}} * {{Olympics.com|taylor-anderson-heide|Taylor Anderson-Heide}} * {{Olympedia|name=Taylor Anderson-Heide}} * {{Instagram|name=Taylor Anderson-Heide}}<!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only -->
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