| Rob Gordon | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | Robbie Gordon (1995-11-28)November 28, 1995 (age 29) Winnipeg,Manitoba, Canada | ||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Granite CC, Winnipeg, MB[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles partner | Robyn Henry | ||||||||||||||
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| Brier appearances | 3 (2022,2023,2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Other appearances | CJCC: 1 (2016) WJCC: 1 (2016) | ||||||||||||||
| TopCTRS ranking | 10th (2017–18) | ||||||||||||||
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Robbie "Rob" Gordon (born November 28, 1995) is aCanadiancurler fromWinnipeg,Manitoba.
Gordon joined the2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships winning rink ofMatt Dunstone for the2013–14 season. The team lost in the finals of the Manitoba Canola Juniors toBraden Calvert in both 2014 and 2015. The team would win the Manitoba juniors the following year in 2016. This earned the Dunstone rink a spot in the2016 Canadian Juniors where Gordon would win his first championship after defeating Northern Ontario 11–4 in the final, and represented Canada at the2016 World Junior Curling Championships, winning a bronze medal.[2] At the2016 Manitoba championship, he played with Dunstone, losing in the final toMike McEwen. Had they won the event, they would've declined their berth into the Brier as it conflicted with the 2016 World Juniors.
Gordon would stay with teammatesColton Lott andKyle Doering but would bring onJason Gunnlaugson to skip the team. The team won thePerformance Spider Midweek Special and finished fourth at the2017 Viterra Championship, Manitoba's provincial championship. Gunnlaugson would stay for just one season with the team before forming a new team. Lott, Doering and Gordon added veteran skipPat Simmons to their team. The team competed at the2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials where they missed the playoffs with a 2–4 record.[3] The team played in threeGrand Slam events that season, making it to the quarterfinals of the2017 Tour Challenge. At the2018 Manitoba provincials, the team failed to make the playoffs. Gordon left longtime teammates Lott and Doering after the season and joined the Calvert rink withKyle Kurz at third andIan McMillan at second.
Team Calvert had a fairly successful first season together, beginning with the2018 Icebreaker at The Granite where they won the event title.[4] They also wonThe Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul and theThistle Integrity Stakes the following two months and had semifinal appearances at both theDeKalb Superspiel and theKKP Classic.[5] The team also played in three Grand Slam events, failing to qualify for the playoffs in any of them. At the2019 Viterra Championship, they were eliminated in the championship round.[6] The following season, the team would only win one tour event, theAtkins Curling Supplies Classic, where they went undefeated to claim the title.[7] Elsewhere on tour, the team had semifinal appearances at the2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker, the2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, theMother Club Fall Curling Classic and the2019 China Open where they represented Canada.[8] Team Calvert only qualified for one slam that season, the2019 Tour Challenge Tier 2, where they missed the playoffs with a 1–3 record. At the2020 Viterra Championship, the team failed to qualify for the championship round as they were knocked out in the B Qualifier by 2020 World Junior championJacques Gauthier.[9]
During the abbreviated2020–21 season, Team Calvert played in two events, reaching the semifinals in the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic and missing the playoffs in the MCT Cargill Curling Training Centre Fall Classic.[10] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincials champions, TeamJason Gunnlaugson was chosen to represent Manitoba at the2021 Tim Hortons Brier.[11] However, due to many provinces cancelling their provincial championships due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Canada,Curling Canada added three Wild Card teams to the national championship, which were based on theCTRS standings from the2019–20 season.[12] Team Calvert ranked three places to low in the rankings to qualify for the event, ranking just belowGlenn Howard,Tanner Horgan andScott McDonald.[13] The team began the following season with two finals appearances at the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic and the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic, winning the latter.[14] The team also had enough points to qualify for the2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials for a chance to qualify for the2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.[15] At the Pre-Trials, they finished with a 2–4 record, missing the playoffs.[16] Due to their early success, Team Calvert qualified for the2021 National Grand Slam event, where they finished with a 1–3 record. At the2022 Viterra Championship, the team qualified through the A event with two straight victories, and then won their first championship round game to reach the 1 vs. 2 page qualifier. They then lost two straight games toMike McEwen andRyan Wiebe, not qualifying for the playoffs.[17] They wrapped up their season at the2022 Best of the West where they lost in a tiebreaker toKarsten Sturmay.
Gordon currently lives inWinnipeg and currently works as an athlete support officer withWorld Curling.[18] He married fellow curlerKristin Gordon in July 2024.[19]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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| 2013–14[20] | Matt Dunstone (Fourth) | Colton Lott (Skip) | Kyle Doering | Rob Gordon | |
| 2014–15 | Matt Dunstone (Fourth) | Colton Lott (Skip) | Kyle Doering | Rob Gordon | |
| 2015–16 | Matt Dunstone | Colton Lott | Kyle Doering | Rob Gordon | Wade Ford (WJCC) |
| 2016–17 | Jason Gunnlaugson | Colton Lott | Kyle Doering | Rob Gordon | |
| 2017–18 | Pat Simmons | Colton Lott | Kyle Doering | Rob Gordon | |
| 2018–19 | Braden Calvert | Kyle Kurz | Ian McMillan | Rob Gordon | |
| 2019–20 | Braden Calvert | Kyle Kurz | Ian McMillan | Rob Gordon | Justin Richter |
| 2020–21 | Braden Calvert | Kyle Kurz | Ian McMillan | Rob Gordon | |
| 2021–22 | Braden Calvert | Kyle Kurz | Ian McMillan | Rob Gordon | |
| 2022–23 | Braden Calvert | Kyle Kurz | Ian McMillan | Rob Gordon |