Dean Hewitt

Dean Hewitt (born 9 November 1994) is an Australian curler from Melbourne.

Dean Hewitt
Curler
Born (1994-11-09) 9 November 1994
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[1]
Team
Curling clubVictorian Curling Association[2]
SkipJay Merchant
FourthDean Hewitt
SecondTanner Davis
LeadJustin Grundy
Mixed doubles
partner		Tahli Gill
Curling career
Member Association Australia
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		6 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		6 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Pan Continental Championship
appearances		2 (2022, 2023)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2022)

At the 2021 Olympic Curling Qualification Event in December 2021 Hewitt and his teammate Tahli Gill made history, when they won qualification to the mixed doubles tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They are the first ever Australian curling team (in any curling discipline) to qualify for the Winter Olympics.[3]

Personal life

Hewitt is from a curling family. His mother, Canadian-born Lynn Hewitt,[4] played curling in Canada from her childhood. When she met Australian farmer Stephen (Steve) Hewitt,[5] she married him and they moved to Australia, and her husband began curling too. He was member of the Australian national men's team and played in several Pacific Curling Championships. Dean Hewitt began curling when he was 6 years old.[6][7] Lynn and Dean together played as the Australian national mixed doubles curling team at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship[8][9]

Hewitt studied a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science and a Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology at Deakin University.[10][11] Outside of curling, Hewitt is a trained exercise physiologist, and works at an ice rink and a supermarket.[12]

Teams and events

Men's
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2011–12 Angus YoungDean HewittMaxwell ThomasSam WilliamsGrant HamseyTim McMahonPAJCC 2012 (5th)
2012–13 Maxwell ThomasDean HewittSam WilliamsGrant HamseyMitchell ThomasMatt PanoussiPAJCC 2013 (5th)
2013–14 Maxwell ThomasDean HewittMitchell ThomasGrant HamseyMatt PanoussiPAJCC 2014 (5th)
2014–15 Dean HewittMaxwell ThomasMitchell ThomasGrant HamseyTyler HoganMatt PanoussiPAJCC 2015 (5th)
Ian PalangioJay MerchantDean HewittSteve JohnsArchie MerchantPACC 2014 (4th)
2015–16 Ian PalangioJay MerchantDean HewittDerek SmithArchie MerchantPACC 2015 (5th)
2016–17 Ian PalangioJay MerchantDean HewittDerek SmithArchie MerchantPACC 2016 (7th)
2017–18 Dean Hewitt (fourth)Ian PalangioChristopher OrdogHugh Millikin (skip)Jay MerchantArchie MerchantPACC 2017 (4th)
2018–19 Dean HewittJay MerchantRupert JonesIan PalangioSteve JohnsAMCC 2018 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Dean Hewitt (fourth)Jay Merchant (skip)Dustin ArmstrongSteve JohnsBob ArmstrongPACC 2018 (7th)
2019–20 Dean Hewitt (fourth)Sean Hall (skip)Tanner DavisJay MerchantMatthew MillikinArchie MerchantPACC 2019 (6th)
2022–23 Dean Hewitt (fourth)Jay Merchant (skip)Tanner DavisJustin GrundyIain GrundyChad Merchant,
Archie Merchant		PCCC 2022 (7th)

Mixed doubles
Season Male Female Coach Events
2014–15 Dean HewittKristen TsourlenesAMDCC 2014 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2015–16 Dean HewittKristen TsourlenesAMDCC 2015 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[13]
2016–17 Dean HewittLynn HewittJay MerchantWMDCC 2017 (18th)
2017–18 Dean HewittLynn HewittPete ManasantivongsWMDCC 2018 (18th)
2018–19 Dean HewittTahli GillPete ManasantivongsWMDCC 2019 (4th)
2019–20 Dean HewittTahli Gill
2020–21 Dean HewittTahli GillPete ManasantivongsWMDCC 2021 (13th)
2021–22 Dean HewittTahli GillJohn Morris (OQE),
Pete Manasantivongs		OQE 2021 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WOG 2022 (10th)
WMDCC 2022 (11th)
2022–23 Dean HewittTahli GillLaura WalkerWMDCC 2023 (8th)
2023–24 Dean HewittTahli GillAMDCC 2023 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. "Dean HEWITT". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. "Curling Victoria". Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  3. "Australia make history and qualify for Beijing 2022 Mixed Doubles Event". World Curling Federation. 9 December 2021.
  4. Lynn Hewitt | WCF
  5. Steve Hewitt | WCF
  6. 2018 Winter Olympics | Pyeongchang: Australian Dean Hewitt on curling - PlayersVoice
  7. "Dean Hewitt – Deakin Life". Archived from the original on 30 October 2018.
  8. Australian Olympic Committee: Mother and son put Australia on the curling map
  9. World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2018 - Family ties on the ice at the World Mixed Doubles
  10. "The Beijing Winter Olympics begin this week: meet the Deakin students representing Australia!". Deakin Life. Deakin University. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  11. Webb, Emily (3 September 2014). "Glen Waverley home to national curling champion". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  12. Bakalla, Ilias (20 December 2021). "Beach to Beijing: The young duo representing Australia for the first time in curling at the Winter Olympics". The Feed. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  13. "Australian Curling Federation - 2015 National Mixed Doubles Championships Results". Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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