Cory Thiesse is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota.
24 Facts About Cory Thiesse
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Cory Thiesse is a three-time defending US women's champion, winning titles in 2021,2023 and 2024.
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Cory Thiesse was the alternate on Nina Roth's 2018 United States Olympic team.
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Cory Thiesse is a former world mixed doubles champion, winning the title in 2023 alongside partner Korey Dropkin.
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Cory Thiesse won a bronze medal at the event in 2019 with partner John Shuster.
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At the 2012 Junior Championships Cory Thiesse returned with the same team of third Elizabeth Busche, second Anna Bauman and lead Sonja Bauman.
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Cory Thiesse skipped her team to victory, earning her first national title and her first opportunity to represent the United States at the World Junior Championships.
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The next season Cory Thiesse returned to competition with the Bauman sisters remaining on the front end of the team and Rebecca Funk replacing Busche at third.
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Cory Thiesse was selected as the skip of the junior women's team, to play with Sarah Anderson at third, MacKenzie Lank at second, Jenna Haag at lead, and Sarah's twin sister Taylor Anderson as alternate.
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The new Team Cory Thiesse won the 2014 Molson Cash Spiel, a WCT event, defeating Canadian Kendra Lilly in the final.
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Cory Thiesse returned to the St Paul Cash Spiel and successfully defended her previous year's title, only losing one game throughout the tournament.
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At the Trials Team Christensen only won one game and Nina Roth's team ultimately became the Olympic team, but Cory Thiesse was again asked to be the alternate for Team Roth.
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Only a week after the women's curling wrapped up at the Olympics Cory Thiesse was at the 2018 United States Women's Championship with her usual team of Sarah Anderson, Taylor Anderson, and Jenna Martin.
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The new Team Christensen consisted of Cory Thiesse as skip, Sarah Anderson third, Vicky Persinger second, and Taylor Anderson lead, with Cathy Overton-Clapham as coach.
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The Cory Thiesse rink lost two straight, missing a chance to make it to the 2021 Olympics.
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Cory Thiesse wrapped up the season by playing in the 2022 Champions Cup Grand Slam event, where she missed the playoffs.
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Cory Thiesse did not play with the team at the Champions Cup, however.
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Cory Thiesse teamed up with Derek Benson for the 2015 United States Mixed Doubles Championship.
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Cory Thiesse did not return to the Mixed Doubles National Championship in 2016 but did join John Shuster to compete at the USCA's World Mixed Doubles Trials, a separate competition held to determine the United States representative at the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Championship.
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Shuster and Cory Thiesse made it through a playdown of the USCA High Performance athletes to earn a spot in the World Trials.
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Cory Thiesse continued to compete in mixed doubles with John Shuster.
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Cory Thiesse partnered with Korey Dropkin after six seasons with John Shuster.
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Cory Thiesse started curling at an early age, facilitated by both of her parents curling and the local Duluth Curling Club having a strong youth program.
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Cory Thiesse studied exercise science at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.