Taylor Anderson-Heide
{{short description|American curler}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Taylor Anderson-Heide
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|2|25}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| Curling club = Philadelphia CC,
Philadelphia, PA{{Cite web|url=https://www.usacurling.org/national-team|title=USA Curling National Team Athletes|website=USA Curling|access-date=May 17, 2024}}
| Skip = Tabitha Peterson
| Third = Cory Thiesse
| Second = Tara Peterson
| Lead = Taylor Anderson-Heide
| Alternate = Vicky Persinger
| Mixed doubles partner = Ben Richardson
| Member Association = {{USA}}
| World Championship appearances = 3 ({{WWCC|2019}}, {{WWCC|2022}}, {{WWCC|2025}})
| Pan Continental Championship appearances = 1 ({{PCCC|2024}})
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Curling }}
{{MedalCountry| {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 2016 Copenhagen | }}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota }}
{{MedalCompetition | U.S. Women's Championship }}
{{MedalGold| 2019 Kalamazoo | }}
{{MedalGold | 2021 Wausau | }}
{{MedalGold | 2025 Duluth | }}
{{MedalSilver| 2018 Fargo | }}
{{MedalSilver| 2020 Cheney | }}
{{MedalSilver | {{USWCC|2024|2024 East Rutherford}} | }}
{{MedalBronze| 2016 Jacksonville | }}
{{MedalBronze | {{USWCC|2023|2023 Denver}} |}}
{{MedalCompetition | U.S. Olympic Trials }}
{{MedalBronze| 2017 Omaha | }}
}}
Taylor Anderson-Heide (born February 25, 1995 as Taylor Anderson) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She currently plays lead on Team Tabitha Peterson. Along with her twin sister Sarah, she was United States National Champion in 2019 and World Junior silver medalist in 2016.
Curling career
=Juniors=
Anderson-Heide was a member of Team USA at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, playing lead on the team, which was skipped by Korey Dropkin. They finished in fifth place. In the mixed doubles event, Anderson-Heide was paired with Great Britain's Duncan Menzies. The pair were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Anderson-Heide was the alternate for Team USA (skipped by Cory Christensen) at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships. The team finished in 5th place, and Anderson-Heide played in two games. The next season, Anderson-Heide was promoted to second on the team. The team represented the United States at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, where they made it all the way to the gold medal final, where they lost to Canada.
=Women's=
Anderson-Heide made her debut at the United States Women's Curling Championship in 2013 playing lead for her twin sister{{Cite web |url=http://www.kob.com/sports/twin-curlers-sarah-and-taylor-anderson-find-strength-in-sisterhood-at-us-olympic-trials/4671256/ |title=Twin curlers Sarah and Taylor Anderson find strength in sisterhood at U.S. Olympic Trials |date=November 15, 2017 |website=KOB 4 |language=en |access-date=April 29, 2020}} Sarah's team. The team finished the event with a 2–7 record. Anderson-Heide played in the 2014 United States Women's Curling Championship playing second for her sister. The team finished with a 4–5 record.
In 2014, the Anderson twins joined the Christensen rink to play in both juniors and women's events. The team won a World Curling Tour (WCT) event in their first season, the 2014 Molson Cash Spiel. The team played in the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship, finishing fourth. The next season the team won another WCT event, the 2015 St. Paul Cash Spiel. Later that season, they finished third at the 2016 United States Women's Curling Championship. The team won the St. Paul Cash Spiel again in 2016 and finished fifth at the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship. In their last season together, the team finished 2nd at the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship and was also one of three invited to the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, where they finished last with just one win. After the 2017–18 season, both Taylor and Sarah Anderson joined the Jamie Sinclair rink. In their first year together, the team won the 2019 United States Women's Curling Championship and represented the U.S. at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing with a 6–6 record.
Anderson-Heide would join the Tabitha Peterson rink as lead in the 2024–25 curling season, where in their first season together, the team won the 2025 United States Women's Curling Championship over Elizabeth Cousins 7–6 in an extra end. This would qualify the team to represent the United States at the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship.
=Mixed doubles=
Anderson-Heide made her debut in mixed doubles during the 2014–15 curling season, curling with Scott Dunnam, where they lost in the semifinals of the 2015 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Anderson-Heide would then join forces with Ben Richardson during the 2022–23 season where they would continue to have strong showings at the 2023 and 2024 national championships, losing in the semifinals in both events. Anderson-Heide and Richardson would also finish 4th at the 2024 United States Mixed Doubles Olympic Pre-Trials, qualifying them for the 2025 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, where they went 5–4 in the round robin, and finished 4th after losing in the 3v4 game to Madison Bear and Aidan Oldenburg 10–9 in an extra end.
Personal life
Anderson-Heide attended the University of Minnesota. She currently lives in Minneapolis.2019 Continental Cup Media Guide: Team Sinclair She works as a "Lululemon educator".{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/2022-OK-Tire-BKT-Tires-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-WEB.pdf |title=2022 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide |work=Curling Canada |accessdate=March 16, 2022}}
Teams
=Women's=
=Mixed doubles=
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col"| Season
! scope="col"| Female ! scope="col"| Male ! scope="col"| Events |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2014–15
| Taylor Anderson || Scott Dunnam ||{{USMDCC|2015|2015 USMDCC}} (SF) |
| scope="row"| 2015–16
| Taylor Anderson || Alex Fenson ||{{USMDCC|2016|2016 USMDCC}} (DNQ) |
| scope="row"| 2017–18
| Taylor Anderson || Hunter Clawson || {{USMDCC|2018|2018 USMDCC}} (QF) |
| scope="row"| 2018–19
| Taylor Anderson || Derrick McLean || {{USMDCC|2019|2019 USMDCC}} (DNQ) |
| scope="row"| 2020–21
| Taylor Anderson || Hunter Clawson || {{USMDCC|2021|2021 USMDCC}} (DNQ) |
| scope="row"| 2021–22
| Taylor Anderson || Hunter Clawson || {{USMDCC|2022|2022 USMDCC}} (7th) |
| scope="row"| 2022–23
| Taylor Anderson || Ben Richardson || {{USMDCC|2023|2023 USMDCC}} (SF) |
| scope="row"| 2023–24
| Taylor Anderson || Ben Richardson || {{USMDCC|2024|2024 USMDCC}} (4th) |
| scope="row"| 2024–25
| Taylor Anderson-Heide || Ben Richardson || 2025 USMDOT (4th) |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{sports links|properties=-P4063}}
- {{USOPC|new_id=taylor-anderson|old_id=AN/Taylor-Anderson|archive=20220712003757}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson-Heide, Taylor}}
Category:American female curlers
Category:Curlers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Philadelphia
Category:Sportspeople from Minneapolis
Category:University of Minnesota alumni
Category:Continental Cup of Curling participants