Alex Horvath (curler)

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Alex Horvath
Brier appearances
2 (2023, 2024)
Top CTRS ranking15th (2022–23; 2023–24)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing  Canada
World Junior Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Liverpool

Alexander Justin Bruce Horvath[2] (born February 26, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Victoria, British Columbia. He is a former Canadian and World Junior champion.[1]

Career

Horvath first curled competitively on the national level at the 2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. That season, Horvath played lead on the Cameron de Jong rink that won the BC Junior men's title.[3][4] Representing British Columbia at the Canadian Juniors, the de Jong-led rink finished the event with a 5–5 record.[1]

Horvath joined the two-time Canadian Junior and defending World Junior champion

Grand Slam event, which they qualified for by winning the World Juniors that season. There, the team went win-less in their four matches.[10]

Horvath also won a BC Mixed Championship in 2019, throwing second on a team skipped by Cameron de Jong.[4] The team represented British Columbia at the 2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, going 5-5.[11]

The

2019-20 curling season would have been the team's last year of junior eligibility, but they decided to make the jump to men's curling full-time, eschewing the junior ranks.[12] In their first post-junior season, Team Tardi won the 2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic on the World Curling Tour.[13] The team also made the playoffs at the 2020 BC Men's Curling Championship, where they lost in the final to Jim Cotter.[14][15] The season abruptly ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Horvath was replaced by Jason Ginter on the team for the following abbreviated season.[16]

Horvath joined the

2022-23 curling season. In their first season together, the team won the 2023 BC Men's Curling Championship and represented British Columbia at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier.[17]
At the Brier, the team finished with a 3-5 record.

Personal life

Horvath works as an ice technician at the Victoria and Esquimalt Curling Clubs.[1] He began curling at age three, and has claimed he was conceived after his parents "drank too many paralyzers" at an Esquimalt curling tournament.[18]

Outside of men's curling, Horvath coached the University of Victoria women's curling team in 2023.[19]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2013–14[20] Cameron de Jong Brook Calibaba Ryan Cassidy Alex Horvath
2015–16 Cameron de Jong Joe Wallingham Alex Horvath Deryk Kuny
2016–17 Miles Craig Cameron de Jong Alex Horvath Wes Craig
2017–18 Miles Craig Cameron de Jong Alex Horvath Wes Craig
2018–19 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Matthew Hall Alex Horvath
2019–20 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jordan Tardi Alex Horvath
2020–21 Sébastien Robillard Cody Tanaka Nathan Small Alex Horvath
2021–22 Matthew McCrady Alex Horvath Breyden Carpenter Logan Miron
2022–23 Jacques Gauthier Sterling Middleton Jason Ginter Alex Horvath
2023–24 Catlin Schneider Jason Ginter Sterling Middleton Alex Horvath

References

  1. ^ a b c d "2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  2. ^ "HORVATH". Victoria Times-Colonist. March 28, 1998. p. 58. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Juniors ready to deliver gold". Victoria Times-Colonist. January 16, 2014. p. 15. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Past BC Champions". Curl BC. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "Champion: Tardi Wins 2018 King Cash Spiel". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  6. ^ "Tardi makes junior curling history with 3rd consecutive Canadian title". CBC.
  7. ^ "Champion: Tardi Wins 2019 World Junior Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  8. ^ "Victoria's Alex Horvath reflects on historic national junior curling victory". chek News.
  9. ^ "Tardi 2-3 at 2019 BC Mens Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  10. ^ "Tardi 0-4 At 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  11. ^ "2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  12. ^ "Tardi not tardy in jump from junior curling to elite men's ranks". TSN.
  13. ^ "Champion: Tardi Wins 2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  14. ^ "Loss at BC championships was painful, but Team Tardi still has reason to be pleased". Aldergrove Star.
  15. ^ "Tardi Runner-Up at 2020 BC Men's Provincial Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  16. ^ "New curling team formed, but no April Fools' joke (we think)". Dawson Creek Mirror.
  17. ^ "Victoria curling team headed to national Brier cup (sic)". CTV.
  18. ^ "London Brier Tankard Top 10 (Pt. 1)". Sports Illustrated.
  19. ^ "UVic women's curling captures nationals ticket after Canada West championships win". Vancouver Island Free Daily.
  20. ^ "Alex Horvath Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
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