Sterling Middleton

Sterling Middleton (born December 8, 1998) is a Canadian curler, originally from Fort St. John, British Columbia. He currently plays third on Team Matthew Hall. He is a two-time World Junior champion, three-time Canadian Junior Champion, and Youth Olympic gold medallist.

Career Juniors Growing up in the Peace Region of British Columbia meant that Middleton was eligible to curl competitively out of B.C. and Alberta. Middleton curled for the Falher, Alberta based Dustin Turcotte rink for two seasons from 2013 to 2015. After seeing him at the 2013 B.C. High School Championship, Middleton was picked up to also play for the Tyler Tardi rink in 2014. The team went on to win the BC qualifier for the 2015 Canada Winter Games. At the 2015 Canada Games, the team picked up a bronze medal. The team lost just one game en route to the title, and defeated Manitoba's J.T. Ryan in the final. The team once again 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.

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.

Outside of the Tardi rink, Middleton won the CCAA/Curling Canada College Curling Championships in 2018, playing third on the Douglas College curling team. In their first post-junior season, Team Tardi won the 2019 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, and the next season, they won the 2020 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash event.

Middleton played in his first BC Men's Curling Championship in 2017 as a member of Team Tardi, going 3-3 at the event. The rink didn't enter playdowns in 2018, but were back at it at the 2019 BC Men's Curling Championship. There, the team were eliminated after posting a 2–3 record. They finally made the playoffs at the 2020 BC Men's Curling Championship, where they lost in the final to Jim Cotter.

Team Tardi did not play in any major events in the 2020–21 curling season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The next season, they played at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials. It was later announced that Middleton had joined the Jacques Gauthier rink for the 2022-23 curling season. At the Brier, the team finished with a 3–5 record. After Gauthier announced that he would be joining the Kevin Koe rink in Alberta, Middleton, Ginter, and Horvath announced they would be bringing in Catlin Schneider to skip their team for the 2023-24 curling season. In their first season together, they defended their title at the 2024 BC Men's Curling Championship, representing BC at the 2024 Brier. There, they would slightly improve their record from last year, finishing with a 4–4 record, but still missing the playoffs. When Schneider announced he would be returning to Saskatchewan at the end of the season, Middleton and Ginter announced they would be joining the Evan van Amsterdam rink out of Alberta. In Alberta, the van Amsterdam team had a good season, qualifying for the 2025 Boston Pizza Cup, the Alberta men's curling championship. At the provincial championship, the team would finish in second, losing to Kevin Koe in the final 9–5.

Middleton would move back to British Columbia for the 2025-26 curling season, reuniting with former teammate Horvath, and joining the new Cameron de Jong team. The new de Jong team would start the season off strong, winning the 2025 Saville Shootout 7–1 over Matthew Blandford in the final.

Personal life Middleton lived in New Westminster, British Columbia,

Teams Season Skip Third Second Lead 2013–14 Dustin Turcotte Sterling Middleton Bradley Limoges Steven Brulotte 2014–15 Dustin Turcotte Sterling Middleton Bradley Limoges Steven Brulotte 2015–16 Mark Zahacy Sterling Middleton Doug Scott – 2016–17 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jordan Tardi Nick Meister 2017–18 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jordan Tardi Zac Curtis 2018–19 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Matthew Hall Alex Horvath 2019–20 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jordan Tardi Alex Horvath 2020–21 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jason Ginter Jordan Tardi 2021–22 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jason Ginter Jordan Tardi 2022–23 Jacques Gauthier Sterling Middleton Jason Ginter Alex Horvath 2023–24 Catlin Schneider Jason Ginter Sterling Middleton Alex Horvath 2024–25 Evan van Amsterdam Jason Ginter Sterling Middleton Parker Konschuh 2025–26 Cameron de Jong Sterling Middleton Alex Horvath Corey Chester 2026–27 Matthew Hall Sterling Middleton Alex Horvath Thomas Thierbach