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Wayne Middaugh

{{short description|Canadian curler}}

{{Infobox curler

| name = Wayne Middaugh

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|9|20}}

| birth_place = Brampton, Ontario

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| Member Association = {{ON}}

| Brier appearances = 10 ({{Brier|1991}}, {{Brier|1992}}, {{Brier|1993}}, {{Brier|1994}}, {{Brier|1998}}, {{Brier|2001}}, {{Brier|2005}}, {{Brier|2012}}, {{Brier|2013}}, {{Brier|2021}})

| Top CCA ranking = 2nd (2003–04)

| Grand Slam victories = 11: Masters/World Cup (Dec 2003, 2011, 2013);
Canadian Open (2001, 2012);
The National (2005, 2008, 2012, 2014);
Players (2002, 2013)

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{{MedalSport | Men's Curling }}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Curling Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1993 Geneva | }}

{{MedalGold | 1998 Kamloops | }}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Basel | }}

{{MedalCountry | {{ON}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Tim Hortons Brier}}

{{MedalGold | 1993 Ottawa | }}

{{MedalGold | 1998 Winnipeg | }}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Saskatoon | }}

{{MedalSilver | 1992 Regina | }}

{{MedalSilver | 1994 Red Deer | }}

{{MedalBronze | 2001 Ottawa | }}

{{MedalBronze | 2013 Edmonton | }}

}}

Robert Wayne Middaugh (born September 20, 1967) is a Canadian curler. Born in Brampton, Ontario, Middaugh resides in Victoria Harbour, Ontario. He is the only player to have won the Canadian Men's Curling Championship (known as the Brier) at three different positions: skip (1998), third (2012), and second (1993). He was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2020/02/10/into-the-hall/|title = Curling Canada | into the Hall!}} He currently coaches the Anna Hasselborg rink from Sweden.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsn.ca/newly-inducted-canadian-curling-hall-of-famer-wayne-middaugh-shares-the-credit-for-his-success-1.1453749|title=Thankful Middaugh heads into Hall of Fame|work=TSN|date=March 6, 2020|access-date=October 26, 2020}}

Career

Middaugh is a three-time world champion, once as second for Russ Howard in 1993, as a skip in 1998, and as third for Glenn Howard in 2012. He has competed in ten Briers — in 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994 as Russ Howard's second, in 1998, 2001, 2005 and 2021 as a skip, and in 2012 and 2013 as third on the Glenn Howard rink — winning the title in 1993, 1998 and 2012. On top of this, Middaugh has won seven TSN Skins Games, was the World Curling Tour Money leader for three seasons and has won five World Curling Tour Players' Championships (1995, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2013).

In March 2007, Jon Mead was announced as the Middaugh team's replacement for Wayne's cousin Peter Corner at the third position. He left the team in April 2010 to rejoin with his former skip Jeff Stoughton.

Following the retirement of Richard Hart from the Glenn Howard rink, Howard announced that Middaugh would replace Hart as his third.{{cite web |url=http://www.brandonsun.com/sports/breaking-news/middaugh-on-a-mission-former-skip-excelling-as-a-third-with-canada-skip-howard-146480435.html?thx=y |title=Middaugh on a mission: Former skip excelling as a third with Canada skip Howard |date=April 6, 2012 |publisher=Brandon Sun |author=Gregory Strong}}

Middaugh would have immediate success with his new team, qualifying for the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier where the rink lost only one game during the event, and defeated Alberta's Kevin Koe in the final. Middaugh became the first curler to win the Brier at three different positions. In addition to the 2012 title, Middaugh was the winner of the annual Ford Hot Shots skills and shot-making competition that precedes the start of round-robin play. The team represented Ontario again at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, where they won a bronze medal.

Middaugh left the Howard rink in 2014, and announced his retirement from competitive curling.{{cite web |url=http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/middaugh-steps-away-from-competitive-curling/ |title=Middaugh steps away from competitive curling |date=22 April 2014 |publisher=Grand Slam of Curling |access-date=22 April 2014 |archive-date=4 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504123646/http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/middaugh-steps-away-from-competitive-curling/ |url-status=dead }} However he returned in time to play in the Challenge Round to qualify for the 2015 Ontario Tankard, being added as skip to Peter Corner's rink. He returned to the Howard rink for the 2015–16 curling season before breaking his leg in a skiing accident partway though the season. The team qualified for the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, but due to the injury Middaugh was relegated to coaching the team.{{cite web |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/local-sports/injured-wayne-middaugh-assumes-coaching-role-for-ontarios-brier-team |title=Injured Wayne Middaugh assumes coaching role for Ontario's Brier team |date=5 March 2016 |publisher=Ottawa Citizen |access-date=1 May 2021}}

Middaugh's accident resulted in his leg being broken in 11 places, two years of recovery, and multiple surgeries. It also resulted in him getting a "titanium leg". This forced him to cut his curling career short, and he moved to the world of coaching, joining the 2018 Olympic gold medallist Anna Hasselborg rink as their coach.{{cite web |url=https://winnipegsun.com/curling/new-hall-of-famer-middaugh-still-heavily-involved-in-curling-despite-devastating-career-ending-injury|title=New Hall of Famer Middaugh still heavily involved in curling despite devastating career-ending injury |date=6 March 2020 |publisher=Winnipeg Sun |access-date=1 May 2021}} During the 2020–21 curling season, Middaugh's former skip Glenn Howard got into an accident of his own, while snowmobiling. Due to the accident, Middaugh joined the team to play in the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, replacing Howard as skip.{{cite web |url=https://torontosun.com/sports/curling/curling-hall-of-famer-middaugh-makes-triumphant-return-to-brier-after-devastating-leg-injury-derailed-career|title=Curling Hall of Famer Middaugh makes triumphant return to Brier after devastating leg injury derailed career |date=7 March 2021 |publisher=Toronto Sun |access-date=1 May 2021}} Despite his prior injury and time away from the game, Middaugh led the team to an 8–4 record, finishing in 5th place overall. After the event, Middaugh called it a "one off", stating that he could not "play a long event again".{{cite web |url=https://worldcurling.org/2021/04/wayne-middaugh-wwcc2021/|title=The challenge of being off the ice: Wayne Middaugh's transition into coaching |date=29 April 2021 |publisher=World Curling Federation |access-date=1 May 2021}}

Personal life

Middaugh works as the general manager at the Port Carling Golf & Country Club{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/03/2021-Tim-Hortons-Brier-media-guide-web1.pdf |title=2021 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide|publisher=Curling Canada|access-date=March 3, 2021}} and is also the PGA of Canada golf pro.{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/03/2020-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide.pdf |title=2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide |author= |date= |publisher=Curling Canada |access-date=2020-03-09 }} He is married to former Ontario women's champion Sherry Middaugh, and has two children.{{Cite web |url=http://cloudfront7.curling.ca/2013roaroftherings-en/files/2013/12/2013ROTR_MorningRoar_Day6.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-06 |archive-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306044740/http://cloudfront7.curling.ca/2013roaroftherings-en/files/2013/12/2013ROTR_MorningRoar_Day6.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Career statistics

=Grand Slam record=

{{Curling GS key}}

{{clear}}

class="wikitable"
Event

! 2001–02

! 2002–03

! 2003–04

! 2004–05

! 2005–06

! 2006–07

! 2007–08

! 2008–09

! 2009-10

! 2010-11

! 2011–12

! 2012–13

! 2013–14

! 2014–15

! 2015–16

! 2016-17

! 2017–18

! 2018–19

! 2019–20

! 2020–21

! 2021–22

Masters

|style="background:yellow;"| SF

|style="background:yellow;"| SF

| style="background:#0f0;"| C

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#ffebcd;"| QF

|style="background:#ffebcd;"| QF

|style="background:yellow;"| SF

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

| style="background:#0f0;"| C

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

| style="background:#0f0;"| C

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

The National

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:yellow;"| SF

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

| style="background:#0f0;"| C

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:yellow;"| SF

| style="background:#0f0;"| C

|style="background:#ffebcd;"| QF

|style="background:yellow;"| SF

| style="background:#0f0;"| C

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

| style="background:#0f0;"| C

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:yellow;"| SF

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

Canadian Open

| style="background:#0f0;"| C

|style="background:#ffebcd;"| QF

|style="background:#ffebcd;"| QF

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#ffebcd;"| QF

|style="background:yellow;"| SF

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:yellow;"| SF

| style="background:#0f0;"| C

|style="background:yellow;"| SF

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

Players'

| style="background:#0f0;"| C

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#ffebcd;"| QF

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

| style="background:thistle;"| F

| style="background:#0f0;"| C

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q

|style="background:yellow;"| SF{{efn|Middaugh spared in the playoffs for the Brendan Bottcher rink, as Bottcher had to take an exam.}}

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A

|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP

|style="background:#afeeee;"| Q{{efn|Middaugh spared for Glenn Howard as Howard sustained a knee injury.}}

{{clear}}

=Teams=

class="wikitable"
scope="col"| Season

! scope="col"| Skip

! scope="col"| Third

! scope="col"| Second

! scope="col"| Lead

scope="row"| 1986–87

| Wayne Middaugh || Peter Corner || Dave Hannon || Todd Macklin

scope="row"| 1989–90Windsor Star, February 7, 1990, pg D3, Werenich overcomes bad omens"

| Russ Howard || Glenn Howard || Wayne Middaugh || Peter Corner

scope="row"| 1990–91

| Russ Howard || Glenn Howard || Wayne Middaugh || Peter Corner

scope="row"| 1991–92

| Russ Howard || Glenn Howard || Wayne Middaugh || Peter Corner

scope="row"| 1992–93

| Russ Howard || Glenn Howard || Wayne Middaugh || Peter Corner

scope="row"| 1993–94

| Russ Howard || Glenn Howard || Wayne Middaugh || Peter Corner

scope="row"| 1994–95

| Wayne Middaugh || Graeme McCarrel || Ian Tetley || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 1995–96

| Wayne Middaugh || Graeme McCarrel || Ian Tetley || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 1996–97

| Wayne Middaugh || Graeme McCarrel || Ian Tetley || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 1997–98

| Wayne Middaugh || Graeme McCarrel || Ian Tetley || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 1998–99

| Wayne Middaugh || Graeme McCarrel || Ian Tetley || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 1999–00

| Wayne Middaugh || Graeme McCarrel || Ian Tetley || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 2000–01

| Wayne Middaugh || Graeme McCarrel || Ian Tetley || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 2001–02

| Wayne Middaugh || Graeme McCarrel || Ian Tetley || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 2002–03

| Wayne Middaugh || Graeme McCarrel || Ian Tetley || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 2003–04

| Wayne Middaugh || Graeme McCarrel || Joe Frans || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 2004–05

| Wayne Middaugh || Graeme McCarrel || Joe Frans || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 2005–06

| Wayne Middaugh || Peter Corner || Phil Loevenmark || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 2006–07

| Wayne Middaugh || Peter Corner || Ian Tetley || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 2007–08

| Wayne Middaugh || Jon Mead || John Epping || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 2008–09

| Wayne Middaugh || Jon Mead || John Epping || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 2009–10

| Wayne Middaugh || Jon Mead || John Epping || Scott Bailey

scope="row"| 2010–11

| Wayne Middaugh || Joe Frans || Scott Howard || Scott Foster

scope="row"| 2011–12

| Glenn Howard || Wayne Middaugh || Brent Laing || Craig Savill

scope="row"| 2012–13

| Glenn Howard || Wayne Middaugh || Brent Laing || Craig Savill

scope="row"| 2013–14

| Glenn Howard || Wayne Middaugh || Brent Laing || Craig Savill

scope="row"| 2014-15

| Glenn Howard || Wayne Middaugh || Jon Mead || Craig Savill

scope="row"| 2015–16

| Glenn Howard || Wayne Middaugh || Richard Hart || Scott Howard

scope="row"| 2021

| Wayne Middaugh || Scott Howard || David Mathers || Tim March

Notes

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References

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