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'''Heath McCormick''' (born August 7, 1976) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]]-[[Americans|American]] [[curling|curler]] from [[Sarnia]], [[Ontario]].
==Career==
McCormick began curling in 1992 as a junior in [[Ontario]]. He competed in the [[Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships|Ontario Junior Curling Championships]] five times, and won in 1996 playing third for [[Patrick Ferris]]. That rink represented Ontario at the [[1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]] where they lost in a tie-breaker game to Nova Scotia's [[Rob Sifton]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Juniors_Men_1996.pdf?e81271 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911014437/http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Juniors_Men_1996.pdf?e81271 |archive-date=2012-09-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also competed in the [[The Dominion Tankard|Ontario's men's provincial championships]] six times and finished as runner-up in 2003. He was part of the winning team in the 2004 Ontario mixed championship.<ref name="usacurl">{{cite web|url=http://www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1245&Itemid=39|title=Player Profile: Heath McCormick|publisher=[[United States Curling Association]]|access-date=2012-02-18|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231415/http://www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1245&Itemid=39|url-status=dead}}</ref> He lost in the final of the [[2004 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship]] to [[Shannon Kleibrink]] of Alberta.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Mixed_2004.pdf?e81271 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911013517/http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Mixed_2004.pdf?e81271 |archive-date=2012-09-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2010, McCormick returned to the United States after he was recruited by [[Bill Stopera]], [[Martin Sather]], and [[Dean Gemmell]] to replace [[Matt Hames]], who was retiring, as skip. With his new team, McCormick competed in the [[2011 United States Men's Curling Championship]], finishing fourth after a playoff loss to [[Todd Birr]]. He returned the next year to play in [[2012 United States Men's Curling Championship|the nationals]] and went through the round robin undefeated, eventually securing his first nationals title with a win over defending champion [[Pete Fenson]].
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McCormick and his team played at the [[2013 United States Men's Curling Championship]], and qualified for the playoffs, defeating Fenson and [[Mike Farbelow]] in the tiebreaker round. They lost to eventual champion [[Brady Clark (curler)|Brady Clark]] in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game.
Upon their semifinal win at the [[2012 United States Men's Curling Championship]], McCormick and his team were qualified to participate at the [[2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2013/May/09/Field-set-for-2014-US-Olympic-Team-Trials|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112105556/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2013/May/09/Field-set-for-2014-US-Olympic-Team-Trials|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2013|title=Field set for 2014 US Olympic Team Trials|date=9 May 2013|publisher=[[USA Curling]]|
===Grand Slam record===
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