Tahli Gill

Tahli Gill (born 8 September 1999) is an Australian curler who resides in Brisbane.[2] She currently skips her own team and plays mixed doubles with partner Dean Hewitt.

Tahli Gill
Born (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 24)
Team
SkipTahli Gill
ThirdKirby Gill
SecondOh Sun-yun
LeadLucy Militano
AlternateIvy Militano
Mixed doubles
partner
Dean Hewitt
Curling career
Member Association Australia
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
5 (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances
1 (2018)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2022)

Career

Gill started curling at age 11.[2] Her mother Lynette is also a curler,[3] as well as Tahli's sisters Kirby and Jayna. The four Gills sometimes play together, such as when they, along with Laurie Weeden, won the 2018 Australian Women's Championship.[4] They then represented Australia at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Championship, where they finished in sixth place out of the seven teams.[5]

At the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Championship, Gill and her teammate Dean Hewitt made it to the semifinals before being eliminated by Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and Oskar Eriksson. In the bronze medal match, they again lost to John Shuster and Cory Christensen from the United States.[6] Their fourth-place finish is the best finish ever for an Australian team at any world curling championship.[3]

Gill focused on mixed doubles for the 2019–20 season, placing second at the New Zealand Winter Games and winning the WCT Pacific Ocean Cup, a World Curling Tour (WCT) event.[7] Gill and Hewitt were qualified for the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Championship, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

At the 2021 Olympic Curling Qualification Event in December 2021, Gill and her teammate Dean Hewitt 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.[8]

Personal life

Outside of curling, Gill worked in a gelateria and is currently[when?] a student.[9] She attended the Queensland University of Technology.[10]

Teams

Women's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2011–12Victoria WilsonMarlene Corgat-TaylorShontelle WalkerTahli GillLynette Gill2012 PAJCC (5th)
2012–13Victoria WilsonMarlene Corgat-TaylorKelsey HamseyTahli GillSamantha JeffsLynette Gill2013 PAJCC (5th)
2013–14Victoria WilsonSamantha JeffsTahli GillKirby GillIvy MilitanoLynette Gill2014 PAJCC (5th)
2014–15Victoria WilsonSamantha JeffsTahli GillKirby GillIvy MilitanoLynette Gill2015 PAJCC (5th)
2015–16Samantha JeffsTahli GillIvy MilitanoKirby GillJayna GillLynette Gill2016 WJBCC (18th)
2016–17Samantha JeffsTahli GillIvy MilitanoKirby GillJayna GillLynette Gill2017 WJBCC (21st)
2017–18Tahli Gill (fourth)Samantha Jeffs (skip)Ivy MilitanoKirby GillJayna GillLynette Gill2018 WJBCC (20th)
2018–19Tahli GillLaurie WeedenLynette GillKirby GillJayna GillKen Macdonald
(PACC)
AWCC 2018
PACC 2018 (6th)
Tahli GillIvy MilitanoJayna GillKirby GillLynette Gill2019 (Jan) WJBCC (16th)
2019–20Tahli GillKirby GillOh Sun-yunVeronica JohnsLucy MilitanoLynette Gill2019 (Dec) WJBCC (16th)
2022–23Tahli GillKirby GillOh Sun-yunLucy MilitanoIvy Militano

Mixed doubles

SeasonFemaleMaleCoachEvents
2018–19Tahli GillDean HewittPete Manasantivongs2019 WMDCC (4th)
2019–20Tahli GillDean Hewitt
2020–21Tahli GillDean HewittPete Manasantivongs2021 WMDCC (13th)
2021–22Tahli GillDean HewittJohn Morris (OQE),
Pete Manasantivongs
OQE 2021
WOG 2022 (10th)
2022 WMDCC (11th)
2022–23Tahli GillDean HewittLaura Walker2023 WMDCC (8th)
2023–24Tahli GillDean HewittAMDCC 2023

References