Kyler Kleibrink

Kleibrink joined the Jeremy Harty rink at third with second Joel Berger and lead Gregg Hamilton for the 2015–16 season. Before joining the team, he skipped his own team, however, was unable to win an Alberta Junior Championship. The team competed in the 2016 Alberta Junior Curling Championships where they went undefeated until the final where they lost to the Karsten Sturmay rink 7–4.{{Cite news|url=https://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/local-sports/dawson-creeks-tristan-steinke-an-alberta-provincial-junior-curling-champ-for-second-straight-year-3491612|title=Dawson Creek's Tristan Steinke an Alberta provincial junior curling champ for second straight year|publisher=Alaska Highway News|author=Byron Hackett|date=January 13, 2016|access-date=December 4, 2021}} The next season, Kleibrink left the team as they aged out of juniors and formed his own team to try to capture the 2017 Alberta Junior Championship. He skipped his team of Mark Taylor, Tyler van Amsterdam and Connor Lenton to a semifinal finish where they would lose to eventual champions Colton Goller.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=4568&teamid=104995&profileid=|title=2017 Alberta Junior Curling Championships|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 4, 2021}} Kleibrink rejoined Team Harty the following season and the team competed in their first provincial championship. At the 2018 Boston Pizza Cup, the team went 2–3 in the triple knockout format, being knocked out by Team Thomas Usselman.{{Cite web|url=https://curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=5198&teamid=119575&profileid=|title=2018 Boston Pizza Cup|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 4, 2021}}

During the 2018–19 season, Team Harty won their first World Curling Tour event at the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/post.php?postid=2149|title=Jeremy Harty wins McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 4, 2021}} At the 2019 Boston Pizza Cup, the team just missed qualifying for the playoffs, losing the C Qualifier game to Karsten Sturmay.{{Cite news|url=https://edmontonsun.com/sports/curling/top-four-seeds-make-it-to-semifinals-of-boston-pizza-cup|title=Top four seeds make it to semifinals of Boston Pizza Cup|publisher=Edmonton Sun|author=Terry Jones|date=February 9, 2019|access-date=December 4, 2021}} Team Harty did manage to beat eventual champions Team Kevin Koe in the second game of the tournament, however.{{Cite news|url=https://edmontonsun.com/sports/curling/kevin-koe-upset-on-opening-day-of-boston-pizza-cup|title=Kevin Koe upset on opening day of Boston Pizza Cup|publisher=Edmonton Sun|author=Terry Jones|date=February 7, 2019|access-date=December 4, 2021}}

The 2019–20 season was Team Harty's most successful season to date.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/post.php?postid=2896|title=Harty quietly rising through Alberta curling ranks|website=CurlingZone|access-date=December 4, 2021}} The team began their season with two straight wins at both the Avonair Cash Spiel and the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic, defending their title from 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/wct-recap-kerri-einarson-wins-second-event-of-season-in-calgary-1.1382043|title=WCT Recap: Team Einarson win second event of season in Calgary|publisher=TSN|date=October 16, 2019|access-date=December 4, 2021}} They then won the Original 16 WCT Bonspiel in November 2019 and the College Clean Restoration Curling Classic in December 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/curling/korte-drops-wct-final-to-harty-while-continuing-to-prepare-for-world-seniors/|title=Korte drops WCT final to Harty, while continuing to prepare for world seniors|publisher=Saskatoon Star Phoenix|author=Kevin Mitchell|date=December 2, 2019|access-date=December 4, 2021}} The team, however, could not carry this momentum into the provincial championship, as they finished with a 3–2 record at the 2020 Boston Pizza Cup, just outside of the playoffs once again.{{Cite news|url=https://edmontonsun.com/sports/curling/jones-fresh-faces-abound-at-alberta-boston-pizza-cup|title=JONES: Fresh faces abound at Alberta Boston Pizza Cup|publisher=Edmonton Sun|author=Terry Jones|date=February 7, 2020|access-date=December 4, 2021}}

During the abbreviated 2020–21 season, Team Harty was able to play in four tour events. Their best finish came at the ATB Banff Classic where they won three straight games against Brendan Bottcher, Karsten Sturmay and Kevin Koe to claim the event title.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rmotoday.com/local-sports/harty-completes-comeback-to-upset-kevin-koe-at-atb-banff-classic-2802384|title=Jeremy Harty completes comeback to upset Kevin Koe at ATB Banff Classic|publisher=RMO Today|author=Jordan Small|date=October 18, 2020|access-date=December 4, 2021}} They also competed in the ATB Okotoks Classic where they lost in the semifinal to Team Bottcher, the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic where they lost in the quarterfinals and the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic where they failed to reach the playoffs. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. Because of this, Curling Alberta got to decide the team that would represent Alberta at the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier. There was some question on who Curling Alberta would choose as their provincial representatives as Team Bottcher were the reigning provincial champions but Team Harty were leading in the Alberta points tour.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/alberta-curlers-provincials-covid-19-1.5866588|title=Curling Alberta cancels provincial championships|publisher=CBC Sports|author=Devin Heroux|date=January 8, 2021|access-date=December 4, 2021}} If the association chose Team Harty to represent Alberta, there would be three Alberta teams qualified for the national championship as both Bottcher and Kevin Koe would qualify as two of the three Wild Card teams. Curling Alberta, however, chose Team Bottcher to represent Alberta at the Brier, ending Team Harty's chances of potentially competing in their first national championship.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/team-harty-disappointed-with-curling-alberta-decision-wild-card-chances-slim-1.1579761|title=Team Harty disappointed with Curling Alberta decision, WC chances slim|publisher=TSN|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=December 4, 2021}} The following season, Harty and his team did have enough points to qualify for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials for a chance to qualify for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/curling/2021/10/24/a-capsule-look-at-the-14-team-mens-field-for-the-home-hardware-curling-pre-trials.html?rf|title=A capsule look at the 14-team men's field for the Home Hardware Curling Pre-Trials|publisher=Toronto Star|author=Gregory Strong|date=October 24, 2021|access-date=December 4, 2021}} At the Pre-Trials, the team finished with a disappointing 0–6 record.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/10/29/picture-perfect-paul/|title=Picture Perfect Paul!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=October 29, 2021|access-date=December 4, 2021}} At the beginning of the 2023-24 curling season, Kleibrink moved to British Columbia to skip a new team, however, the new team parted ways halfway through the season, with Kleibrink joining the Brent Pierce rink in New Westminster. The rink qualified for the 2024 BC Men's Curling Championship.

Aside from men's curling, Kleibrink has also competed in two Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. In 2019, he finished 4–3 with partner Chantele Broderson and in 2021, he went 2–4 with Chaelynn Kitz.{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2019/03/22/playoffs-set-at-2019-canadian-mixed-doubles-curling-championship/|title=Playoffs set at 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship|publisher=Curling Canada|date=March 22, 2019|access-date=December 4, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/other-sports/news/canadian-mixed-doubles-curling-championship-2021-results-standings-schedule-tv-channel/148uf4sgh7v5h1k3c4vzpm00b8|title=Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel|publisher=Sporting News|author=Jackie Spiegel|date=March 26, 2021|access-date=December 4, 2021}}

Kleibrink is employed as an applications specialist at Canadian Natural Resources. He is in a relationship with Kassidy Kowalchuk. His mother is 2006 Olympic bronze medallist Shannon Kleibrink.{{Cite news|url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-curler-follows-in-family-s-footsteps-1.1197674|title=Calgary curler follows in family's footsteps|publisher=CTV News|author=Colleen Schmidt|date=March 15, 2013|access-date=December 4, 2021}} She is the coach of his team. He studied at the University of Calgary.

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