| Dean Hewitt | |
| Birth Date: | 1994 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[1] |
| Curling Club: | Victorian Curling Association[2] |
| Skip: | Hugh Millikin |
| Fourth: | Dean Hewitt |
| Third: | Steve Johns |
| Second: | Stephen Hewitt |
| Mixed Doubles Partner: | Tahli Gill |
| World Mixed Doubles Championship Appearances: | 7 |
| Pacific Championship Appearances: | 6 |
| Pan Continental Championship Appearances: | 2 |
| Olympic Appearances: | 1 (2022) |
Dean Hewitt (born 9 November 1994) is an Australian curler from Melbourne. At the 2021 Olympic Curling Qualification Event in December 2021, Hewitt and his teammate Tahli Gill made history when they won qualification to the mixed doubles tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They are the first ever Australian curling team (in any curling discipline) to qualify for the Winter Olympics.[3]
Hewitt is from a curling family. His mother, Canadian-born Lynn Hewitt,[4] played curling in Canada from her childhood. When she met Australian farmer Stephen (Steve) Hewitt,[5] she married him and they moved to Australia, and her husband began curling too. He was member of the Australian national men's team and played in several Pacific Curling Championships. Dean Hewitt began curling when he was 6 years old.[6] [7] Lynn and Dean together played as the Australian national mixed doubles curling team at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship[8] [9]
Hewitt studied a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science and a Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology at Deakin University.[10] [11] Outside of curling, Hewitt is a trained exercise physiologist, and works at an ice rink and a supermarket.[12]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Dean Hewitt | Maxwell Thomas | Sam Williams | Tim McMahon | AMCC 2011 PAJCC 2012 (5th) | |||
| 2012–13 | Maxwell Thomas | Dean Hewitt | Sam Williams | Grant Hamsey | PAJCC 2013 (5th) | |||
| 2013–14 | Maxwell Thomas | Dean Hewitt | Mitchell Thomas | Grant Hamsey | Matt Panoussi | AMCC 2013 (4th) PAJCC 2014 (5th) | ||
| 2014–15 | Dean Hewitt | Maxwell Thomas | Mitchell Thomas | Grant Hamsey | Tyler Hogan | Matt Panoussi | PAJCC 2015 (5th) | |
| Dean Hewitt | AMCC 2014 (4th) | |||||||
| 2015–16 | Ian Palangio | Jay Merchant | Dean Hewitt | Archie Merchant | (5th) | |||
| 2016–17 | Ian Palangio | Jay Merchant | Dean Hewitt | Derek Smith | Archie Merchant | AMCC 2016 (7th) | ||
| 2017–18 | Dean Hewitt (Fourth) | Ian Palangio | Hugh Millikin (Skip) | Jay Merchant | Archie Merchant | AMCC 2017 (4th) | ||
| 2018–19 | Dean Hewitt | Jay Merchant | Rupert Jones | Ian Palangio | Steve Johns | |||
| Dean Hewitt (Fourth) | Jay Merchant (Skip) | Steve Johns | Bob Armstrong | (7th) | ||||
| 2019–20 | Dean Hewitt (Fourth) | Sean Hall (Skip) | Jay Merchant | Archie Merchant | AMCC 2019 (6th) | |||
| 2022–23 | Dean Hewitt (Fourth) | Jay Merchant (Skip) | Chad Merchant, Archie Merchant | AMCC 2022 PCCC 2022 (7th) | ||||
| 2023–24 | Dean Hewitt (Fourth) | Jay Merchant (Skip) | Tanner Davis | Justin Grundy | Chad Merchant, Archie Merchant | AMCC 2023 PCCC 2023 (6th) | ||
| 2024–25 | Dean Hewitt (Fourth) | Steve Johns | Hugh Millikin (Skip) | AMCC 2024 |
| Season | Female | Male | Coach | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | Kristen Tsourlenes | Dean Hewitt | |||
| 2015–16 | Kristen Tsourlenes | Dean Hewitt | AMDCC 2015 [13] | ||
| 2016–17 | Dean Hewitt | AMDCC 2016 (18th) | |||
| 2017–18 | Lynn Hewitt | Dean Hewitt | AMDCC 2017 (18th) | ||
| 2018–19 | Dean Hewitt | Pete Manasantivongs | AMDCC 2018 (4th) | ||
| 2019–20 | Tahli Gill | Dean Hewitt | |||
| 2020–21 | Tahli Gill | Dean Hewitt | Pete Manasantivongs | (13th) | |
| 2021–22 | Tahli Gill | Dean Hewitt | John Morris (OQE), Pete Manasantivongs | OQE 2021 WOG 2022 (10th) (11th) | |
| 2022–23 | Tahli Gill | Dean Hewitt | AMDCC 2022 (8th) | ||
| 2023–24 | Tahli Gill | Dean Hewitt | Perry Marshall | AMDCC 2023 (15th) | |
| 2024–25 | Tahli Gill | Dean Hewitt |