Tyler Tardi

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Tyler Tardi
Curler
Born (1998-08-10) August 10, 1998 (age 23)
Richmond, British Columbia
Team
Curling club,[1]
Langley, BC
SkipTyler Tardi
Third
Second
Lead
Mixed doubles
partner		Dezaray Hawes
Career
Member Association British Columbia
Brier appearances1 (2021)
Top CTRS ranking14th (2019–20)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Canada
Winter Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lillehammer
World Junior Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aberdeen
Gold medal – first place 2019 Liverpool
Representing  British Columbia
Canada Winter Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Prince George

Tyler N. Tardi (born August 10, 1998[2] in Richmond, British Columbia)[3] is a Canadian curler originally from Cloverdale, British Columbia.[4]

Career[]

Juniors[]

Tardi first came onto the national curling scene skipping the host British Columbia team at the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George, British Columbia where he would pick up a bronze medal. After losing in the British Columbia junior finals in both 2013 and 2014, Tardi and his rink of , brother[5] , , and won the 2016 British Columbia men's junior championship. The team represented the province at the 2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and went 7-3 after the round robin portion, making the playoffs in third place. The team would have to settle for a bronze medal after they lost to Manitoba's Matt Dunstone in the semi-final.

A month later, Tardi would throw third stones (Joined by teammate , and Mary Fay and Karlee Burgess of Nova Scotia) for Team Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. The team steamrolled through the opposition, winning all 10 of their games before claiming a gold medal for their country. In the mixed doubles event, Tardi was teamed up with Japan's . The pair made it to the semi-finals before losing to China's and Great Britain's Ross Whyte. They then lost in the bronze medal final to China's and Norway's Andreas Hårstad.

Tardi and his team of Middleton, Jordan Tardi, and Meister won a second provincial junior title in 2017. Representing British Columbia at the 2017 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, the team lost one round robin game en route to winning the national championship, defeating Ontario's Matthew Hall rink in the final. The team represented Canada at the 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 also skipped British Columbia at the 2017 Canadian U18 Curling Championships, losing just one round robin game. However, he was not successful in the playoffs, losing in the semifinal.

In 2018, Tardi, Middleton, Jordan and new lead won a third provincial junior title. At the 2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Tardi would defend his title. After losing three round robin games, he had to fight through a tiebreaker before winning two playoff games, including defeating Northern Ontario's Tanner Horgan rink in the final. The team represented Canada at the 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, Tardi and Middleton added a new front end of Matthew Hall, his opponent in the 2017 Junior finals and and won a fourth provincial junior title. At the 2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, he led his province to his third-straight national championship, becoming the first skip to win three-straight junior championships.[6] Tardi lost just one game en route to the title, and defeated Manitoba's J.T. Ryan in the final. Tardi once again represented Canada at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships. After posting a 7–2 round robin record, he won both playoff games, including defeating Switzerland's Marco Hösli rink in the final.

The 2019-20 curling season would have been Tardi's last year of junior eligibility, but he decided to make the jump to men's curling full-time, eschewing the junior ranks.[7]

Mixed doubles[]

In addition to playing in the mixed doubles event at the 2016 Youth Olympics, Tardi has also won two BC mixed doubles championships (2013 and 2015) with Dezaray Hawes. The pair would go 4–3 at both the 2013 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials and 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials. In 2015, their record was good enough to make it to the playoffs, where they lost in the round of 12 to Glenn Howard and daughter . They also competed in the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they were first in their round-robin pool, but lost in the quarterfinal to Kadriana Sahaidak and Colton Lott.

Men's[]

Tardi has been playing on the World Curling Tour since 2013. He won his first tour event at the 2016 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic. He played in his first Grand Slam event at the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup by virtue of winning the World Junior championship. He went 1–3 at the event, missing the playoffs. He won another tour event to begin the next season at the 2018 King Cash Spiel. In hist first post-junior season, he won the 2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic. The next season, he won the 2020 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash event.

Tardi qualified for his first men's provincial championship in 2016, but had to bow out due to his participation at that year's Youth Olympics. The rest of his team played short-handed, and went 2–3. Tardi played in the 2017 BC Men's Curling Championship, going 3-3. He didn't enter playdowns in 2018, but was back at it at the 2019 BC Men's Curling Championship. There, his team were eliminated after posting a 2–3 record. He finally made the playoffs at the 2020 BC Men's Curling Championship, where he lost in the final to Jim Cotter.

Grand Slam record[]

Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
The National DNP DNP DNP N/A QF[a]
Champions Cup Q Q N/A Q[b]
Players' DNP DNP N/A SF[b]

Personal life[]

Tardi was a student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and was an online motion graphic design student at the . He is in a relationship with fellow curler Dezaray Hawes.[8] He currently works as a motion graphic design freelancer and lives in Peachland, British Columbia.[9]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Tardi spared for Braeden Moskowy on Team Matt Dunstone.
  2. ^ a b Tardi spared for Mike McEwen.

References[]

  1. ^ "2021 Home Hardware Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. ^ http://wyog2016.sportresult.com/NH/e/-60/Participant/ParticipantInfo/19b89127-8dbd-45b2-9158-b2f142492d61
  3. ^ 2019 Canadian Juniors Media Guide: Team Tardi
  4. ^ http://www.thenownewspaper.com/sports/368496061.html
  5. ^ http://www.thenownewspaper.com/sports/394328381.html
  6. ^ "Tardi makes junior curling history with 3rd consecutive Canadian title". CBC.
  7. ^ "Tardi not tardy in jump from junior curling to elite men's ranks". TSN.
  8. ^ "2021 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 Home Hardware Curling Pre-Trials Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved October 22, 2021.

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