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Canadian curler
Wade White (born c. 1962)
[1] is a Canadian
curler .
[2] He currently
skips (captains) his own team based in
Alberta, Canada . White is a two-time winner of the world senior men's curling championship, in 2018 and 2022.
[3]
Early life
White was raised in
Preeceville, Saskatchewan with his brother George. He has lived in
Hinton
[4] and currently resides in
Stony Plain, Alberta .
[5]
Curling career
White has won the now-discontinued
[1] Trans-Canada Telephone Employees curling championship for Alberta four times,
[6] including 2004
[7]
White and his team won the gold medal in the 2013 Alberta Senior Curling Championships;
[8] the gold in
2017 Canadian Senior Curling Championships ;
[9] the gold in the 2017 Alberta Senior Provincial Curling Championships;
[10] and the gold in the
2018 World Senior Curling Championships , where his team beat the defending champion
Sweden by six points and earned Canada's first gold in that competition since 2014.
[11]
[12]
[13] He competed in the
2019 Canadian Senior Curling Championships , where his team won a bronze.
[9]
[14] He won a second Canadian Seniors title at the
2021 Canadian Senior Curling Championships .
[15] In 2022 he repeated his world senior men's curling championship win, with a team curling out of the Lac la Biche Curling Club, in Alberta.
[3]
White trains out of the
Saville Community Sports Centre in
Edmonton, Canada .
[11]
References
^
a
b
"Appeleman versus Appelman" . Edmonton Journal . January 20, 2014. p. B6. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
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"CurlingZone" . www.curlingzone.com . Retrieved 2020-01-17 .
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a
b
"Wade White's Canadian rink wins its 2nd world senior men's curling title" . CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022 .
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"He wouldn't let this bonspiel get away" . Edmonton Journal . December 6, 1993. p. D3. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
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"World Senior Men's Champions curling team has roots in Preeceville" . Preeceville Progress . 14 May 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-17 .
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"Santos snags provincial senior title" . Edmonton Journal . February 18, 2013. p. B6. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
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"George adds another title to his growing collection" . Regina Leader-Post . March 23, 2004. p. C3. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
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"White, Santos grab Alberta senior curling crown" . Edmonton Sun . 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2020-01-17 .
^
a
b
"Curling Canada" . Curling Scores on Curling.ca . Retrieved 2020-01-17 .
^ Newton, Chris (2017-02-21).
"King, White crowned Alberta Senior Provincial Curling Champs in Dawson Creek" . Energeticcity.ca . Retrieved 2020-01-17 .
^
a
b
"Edmontonians medal at world curling championships in Sweden" . Edmonton Sun . 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2020-01-17 .
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"Edmontonians medal at world curling championships in Sweden" . National Post . 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2020-01-17 .
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"Canada wins men's, women's gold at senior curling worlds - Sportsnet.ca" . www.sportsnet.ca . Retrieved 2020-01-17 .
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"Saskatchewan sweep at 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships" . Chilliwack Progress . 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2020-01-17 .
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"Saskatchewan women and Alberta men claim gold in grandiose fashion at 2021 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships" . Curling Canada . Retrieved 2021-12-11 .
External links
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