Alex Horvath (curler)
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| Born | February 26, 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Victoria CC, Victoria, BC | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles partner | Sasha Wilson | ||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  British Columbia | ||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 2 (2023, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Top CTRS ranking | 15th (2022–23; 2023–24) | ||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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 Tyler Tardi rink in 2018, playing lead on the team. The rink began the season by winning the 2018 King Cash Spiel World Curling Tour event.[5] Later on in the season, the team won another provincial junior title.[4] At the 2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, the team won championship, Horvath's lone national junior title, but the third-straight for Tardi.[6] The team lost just one game en route to the title, and defeated Manitoba's J.T. Ryan in the final. The team represented Canada at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships. After posting a 7–2 round robin record, they won both playoff games, including defeating Switzerland's Marco Hösli rink in the final.[7] The team played in the 2019 BC Men's Curling Championship as well that season,[8] where they were eliminated after posting a 2–3 record.[9] The team wrapped up the season by playing in the 2019 Champions Cup 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 Jacques Gauthier rink for 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
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ a b c d "2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "HORVATH". Victoria Times-Colonist. March 28, 1998. p. 58. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Juniors ready to deliver gold". Victoria Times-Colonist. January 16, 2014. p. 15. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Past BC Champions". Curl BC. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Champion: Tardi Wins 2018 King Cash Spiel". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Tardi makes junior curling history with 3rd consecutive Canadian title". CBC.
- ^ "Champion: Tardi Wins 2019 World Junior Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Victoria's Alex Horvath reflects on historic national junior curling victory". chek News.
- ^ "Tardi 2-3 at 2019 BC Mens Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Tardi 0-4 At 2019 Humpty's Champions Cup". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Tardi not tardy in jump from junior curling to elite men's ranks". TSN.
- ^ "Champion: Tardi Wins 2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Loss at BC championships was painful, but Team Tardi still has reason to be pleased". Aldergrove Star.
- ^ "Tardi Runner-Up at 2020 BC Men's Provincial Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "New curling team formed, but no April Fools' joke (we think)". Dawson Creek Mirror.
- ^ "Victoria curling team headed to national Brier cup (sic)". CTV.
- ^ "London Brier Tankard Top 10 (Pt. 1)". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "UVic women's curling captures nationals ticket after Canada West championships win". Vancouver Island Free Daily.
- ^ "Alex Horvath Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 23, 2024.