Rob Meakin
{{Short description|Canadian curler (born 1964)}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Rob Meakin
| gender = M
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1964|12|16}}
| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| Curling club = Assiniboine Memorial CC,
Winnipeg, MB
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| Member Association = {{MB}}
| Brier appearances = 2: ({{Brier|1995}}, {{Brier|2001}})
| World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMCC|1995}})
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| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport | Curling}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | {{WMCC||World Championships}}}}
{{MedalGold | {{WMCC|1995|1995 Brandon}} | }}
{{MedalCountry | {{MB}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | {{Brier||The Brier}} }}
{{MedalGold | {{Brier|1995|1995 Halifax}} | }}
{{MedalSilver | {{Brier|2001|2001 Ottawa}} | }}
{{MedalCompetition | Canadian Olympic Curling Trials }}
{{MedalSilver | 2001 Regina | }}
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Robert Meakin2017 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters (born December 16, 1964) is a Canadian curler and curling coach.
He is a {{WMCC|1995|1995 World Men's champion}}{{worldcurling}} 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{{Cite web|url=http://honouredmembers.sportmanitoba.ca/inductee.php?id=243 |title=1995 Kerry Burtnyk Team - Honoured Members Database {{!}} Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame}}
- inducted in 2000 with the 1988 Jeff Stoughton’s mixed team, Canadian mixed champions[https://curlmanitoba.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Hall-of-Fame-alpabetical.docx CurlManitoba Hall-of-Fame-alpabetical.docx]
Teams
=Men's=
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col"| Season
! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate ! scope="col"| Events |
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| scope="row"| 1994–95
| Kerry Burtnyk || Jeff Ryan || Rob Meakin || Keith Fenton || Denis Fillion || {{Brier|1995|Brier 1995}} {{Gold1}} |
| scope="row"| 1996–97
| Kerry Burtnyk || Jeff Ryan || Rob Meakin || Keith Fenton || || |
| scope="row"| 1997–98
| Kerry Burtnyk || Jeff Ryan || Rob Meakin || Keith Fenton || Scott Grant || COCT 1997 (4th) |
| scope="row"| 1999–00
| Kerry Burtnyk || Jeff Ryan || Rob Meakin || Keith Fenton || || |
| scope="row"| 2000–01
| Kerry Burtnyk || Jeff Ryan || Rob Meakin || Keith Fenton || Andy Hick || {{Brier|2001|Brier 2001}} {{Silver2}} |
| scope="row"| 2001–02
| Kerry Burtnyk || Jeff Ryan || Rob Meakin || Keith Fenton || Andy Hick || COCT 2001 {{Silver2}} |
| scope="row"| 2007–08
| Kerry Burtnyk || Dan Kammerlock || Richard Daneault || Rob Meakin || || 2007 BDO Classic Canadian Open (December) |
=Mixed=
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col"| Season
! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Events |
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| scope="row"| 1988
| Jeff Stoughton || Karen Fallis || Rob Meakin || Lynn Morrow || CMxCC 1988 {{Gold1}} |
| scope="row"| 1989
| Jeff Stoughton || Karen Fallis || Rob Meakin || Lynn Morrow || CMxCC 1989 {{Silver2}} |
Record as a coach of national teams
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| scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Tournament, event ! scope="col"| National team ! scope="col"| Place | |||
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| 2009 | 2009 World Junior Curling Championships | {{CAN}} (junior women) | {{center|{{Silver2}}}} |
Personal life
His daughter is Breanne Knapp (née Meakin), Canadian female curler, {{STOH|2014|2014 Scotties bronze medallist}} and {{WJCC|2009|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.{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/02/2020-Tim-Hortons-Brier-media-guide.pdf |title=2020 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Curling Canada |access-date=2020-02-24 |quote=}}
References
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External links
- {{Sports links}}
- [https://stats.curling.io/players/meakin-rob Rob Meakin – Curling Canada Stats Archive]
- [https://curlmanitoba.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Meakin-Rob-MCB-2019.docx Rob Meakin - CurlManitoba]
- Video: {{youTube|j0VRHpx-b2U|1995 Kerry Burtnyk Curling Team's Induction Video - Sport Manitoba}}
{{Footer World Men's Curling Champions}}
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Category:Curlers from Winnipeg
Category:Canadian male curlers
Category:World curling champions
Category:Canadian mixed curling champions
Category:Canadian curling coaches
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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