Taylor Anderson

Taylor Anderson-Heide ( ; born February 25, 1995 as Taylor Anderson) is an American curler from Chaska, Minnesota. Sarah's team. The team finished the event with a 2–7 record. Anderson-Heide played in the 2014 United States Women's Curling Championship playing second for her sister. The team finished with a 4–5 record.

In 2014, the Anderson twins joined the Christensen rink to play in both juniors and women's events. The team won a World Curling Tour (WCT) event in their first season, the 2014 Molson Cash Spiel. The team played in the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship, finishing fourth. The next season the team won another WCT event, the 2015 St. Paul Cash Spiel. Later that season, they finished third at the 2016 United States Women's Curling Championship. The team won the St. Paul Cash Spiel again in 2016 and finished fifth at the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship. In their last season together, the team finished 2nd at the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship and was also one of three invited to the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, where they finished last with just one win. After the 2017–18 season, both Taylor and Sarah Anderson joined the Jamie Sinclair rink. In their first year together, the team won the 2019 United States Women's Curling Championship and represented the U.S. at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing with a 6–6 record.

Anderson-Heide would join the Tabitha Peterson rink as lead in the 2024–25 curling season, where in their first season together, the team won the 2025 United States Women's Curling Championship over Elizabeth Cousins 7–6 in an extra end. This would qualify the team to represent the United States at the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship. At World's they would struggle, finishing round robin play with a 3–9 record, placing 12th. Team Peterson would rebound and win the 2025 United States Olympic curling trials, qualifying them to represent the United States at the 2025 Olympic Qualification Event. There, they would finish round robin play with a 5–2 record, then beat Norway's Marianne Rørvik 8–4 to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Mixed doubles Anderson-Heide made her debut in mixed doubles during the 2014–15 curling season, curling with Scott Dunnam, where they lost in the semifinals of the 2015 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Anderson-Heide would then join forces with Ben Richardson during the 2022–23 season where they would continue to have strong showings at the 2023 and 2024 national championships, losing in the semifinals in both events. Anderson-Heide and Richardson would also finish 4th at the 2024 United States Mixed Doubles Olympic Pre-Trials, qualifying them for the 2025 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, where they went 5–4 in the round robin, and finished 4th after losing in the 3v4 game to Madison Bear and Aidan Oldenburg 10–9 in an extra end.

Personal life Anderson-Heide attended the University of Minnesota. She is employed as a marketing assistant and as an assistant ice technician. In 2024, she married Ryan Heide in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Teams Women's

Mixed doubles Season Female Male Events 2014–15 Taylor Anderson Scott Dunnam (SF) 2015–16 Taylor Anderson Alex Fenson (DNQ) 2017–18 Taylor Anderson Hunter Clawson (QF) 2018–19 Taylor Anderson Derrick McLean (DNQ) 2020–21 Taylor Anderson Hunter Clawson (DNQ) 2021–22 Taylor Anderson Hunter Clawson (7th) 2022–23 Taylor Anderson Ben Richardson (SF) 2023–24 Taylor Anderson Ben Richardson (4th) 2024–25 Taylor Anderson-Heide Ben Richardson 2025 USMDOT (4th)