Rob Meakin
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Born | December 17, 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg, MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brier appearances | 2: (1995, 2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 1 (1995) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert Meakin[1] (born December 17, 1964) is a Canadian curler and curling coach.
He is a 1995 World Men's champion[2] and a 1995 Labatt Brier champion.
Awards[]
- Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame:
- inducted in 2002 with the 1995 Kerry Burtnyk team, Canadian and World champions[3]
- inducted in 2000 with the 1988 Jeff Stoughton’s mixed team, Canadian mixed champions[4]
Teams[]
Men's[]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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1994–95 | Kerry Burtnyk | Jeff Ryan | Rob Meakin | Keith Fenton | Denis Fillion | Brier 1995 ![]() WCC 1995 ![]() |
1996–97 | Kerry Burtnyk | Jeff Ryan | Rob Meakin | Keith Fenton | ||
1997–98 | Kerry Burtnyk | Jeff Ryan | Rob Meakin | Keith Fenton | COCT 1997 (4th) | |
1999–00 | Kerry Burtnyk | Jeff Ryan | Rob Meakin | Keith Fenton | ||
2000–01 | Kerry Burtnyk | Jeff Ryan | Rob Meakin | Keith Fenton | Brier 2001 ![]() | |
2001–02 | Kerry Burtnyk | Jeff Ryan | Rob Meakin | Keith Fenton | Andy Hick | COCT 2001 ![]() |
2007–08 | Kerry Burtnyk | Richard Daneault | Rob Meakin | [5] |
Mixed[]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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1988 | Jeff Stoughton | Rob Meakin | CMxCC 1988 ![]() | ||
1989 | Jeff Stoughton | Karen Fallis | Rob Meakin | Lynn Morrow | CMxCC 1989 ![]() |
Record as a coach of national teams[]
Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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2009 | 2009 World Junior Curling Championships | ![]() |
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Personal life[]
His daughter is Breanne Knapp (née Meakin), Canadian female curler, 2014 Scotties bronze medallist and 2009 World Junior silver medallist. He is married and also has a son. He currently works as vice president, sales and marketing at Pride Electronics Inc.[6]
References[]
- ^ 2017 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters
- ^ Rob Meakin on the World Curling Federation database
- ^ "1995 Kerry Burtnyk Team - Honoured Members Database | Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame".
- ^ CurlManitoba Hall-of-Fame-alpabetical.docx
- ^ 2007 BDO Classic Canadian Open (December)
- ^ "2020 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
External links[]
Categories:
- Living people
- 1964 births
- Curlers from Winnipeg
- Canadian male curlers
- World curling champions
- Brier champions
- Canadian mixed curling champions
- Canadian curling coaches
- Canadian curling biography stubs