Dean Hewitt

Dean Hewitt

Dean Hewitt, born on 9 November 1994, is an Australian curler from Melbourne. In 2022, he and his teammate Tahli Gill made history by becoming the first Australian curling team to qualify for the Winter Olympics. This was a big moment for Australian winter sports.

Hewitt and Gill continued to do well and won the 2026 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. They were the first Australian team to ever win a World Curling Championship title. Their success has inspired many young athletes in Australia and around the world. Curling, a sport that needs skill and teamwork, has gotten more attention because of athletes like Dean Hewitt.

Career

Dean Hewitt started playing curling with his mother, Lynn Hewitt. They represented Australia at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

Later, Dean teamed up with Tahli Gill. In 2019, they reached the semifinals of the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Championship but didn’t win a medal. Their fourth-place finish was Australia’s best at that time. They tried to qualify for the 2020 championship, but it was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2021, Dean and Tahli qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Australian curling team to do so. Although they finished in tenth place, they kept working hard. Over the next few years, they became one of the top teams in the world.

In 2025, they won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. They tried again to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics but didn’t make it this time. However, they didn’t give up! At the 2026 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, they worked hard, beat Italy in the semifinals, and then defeated Sweden to win the gold medal. This was their first world championship and the first world championship title ever for Australia in curling.

Personal life

Dean Hewitt began curling when he was 6 years old. He grew up in a family that loves curling. His mother, Lynn Hewitt, was born in Canada and played curling there. She married an Australian farmer named Stephen (Steve) Hewitt, and they moved to Australia. Steve also played curling for the Australian national men's team.

Dean studied Exercise and Sport Science and later Clinical Exercise Physiology at Deakin University. Besides curling, he works as an exercise physiologist at an ice rink and a supermarket.

Teams and events

Men's

Mixed doubles

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
2011–12	Angus Young	Dean Hewitt	Maxwell Thomas	Sam Williams	Grant Hamsey	Tim McMahon	AMCC 2011 PAJCC 2012 (5th)
2012–13	Maxwell Thomas	Dean Hewitt	Sam Williams	Grant Hamsey	Mitchell Thomas	Matt Panoussi	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)
	Ian Palangio	Jay Merchant	Dean Hewitt	Steve Johns		Archie Merchant	AMCC 2014 PACC 2014 (4th)
2015–16	Ian Palangio	Jay Merchant	Dean Hewitt	Derek Smith		Archie Merchant	PACC 2015 (5th)
2016–17	Ian Palangio	Jay Merchant	Dean Hewitt	Derek Smith		Archie Merchant	AMCC 2016 PACC 2016 (7th)
2017–18	Dean Hewitt (Fourth)	Ian Palangio	Christopher Ordog	Hugh Millikin (Skip)	Jay Merchant	Archie Merchant	AMCC 2017 PACC 2017 (4th)
2018–19	Dean Hewitt	Jay Merchant	Rupert Jones	Ian Palangio	Steve Johns		AMCC 2018
	Dean Hewitt (Fourth)	Jay Merchant (Skip)	Dustin Armstrong	Steve Johns		Bob Armstrong	PACC 2018 (7th)
2019–20	Dean Hewitt (Fourth)	Sean Hall (Skip)	Tanner Davis	Jay Merchant	Matthew Millikin	Archie Merchant	AMCC 2019 PACC 2019 (6th)
2022–23	Dean Hewitt (Fourth)	Jay Merchant (Skip)	Tanner Davis	Justin Grundy	Iain Grundy	Chad Merchant, Archie Merchant	AMCC 2022 PCCC 2022 (7th)
2023–24	Dean Hewitt (Fourth)	Jay Merchant (Skip)	Tanner Davis	Justin Grundy	Thomas Bence	Chad Merchant, Archie Merchant	AMCC 2023 PCCC 2023 (6th)
2024–25	Dean Hewitt (Fourth)	Steve Johns	Stephen Hewitt	Hugh Millikin (Skip)			AMCC 2024
	Dean Hewitt (Fourth)	Tanner Davis	Steve Johns	Hugh Millikin (Skip)	Steve Hewitt	Perry Marshall	PCCC 2024

Season	Female	Male	Coach	Events
2014–15	Kristen Tsourlenes	Dean Hewitt		AMDCC 2014
2015–16	Kristen Tsourlenes	Dean Hewitt		AMDCC 2015
2016–17	Lynn Hewitt	Dean Hewitt	Jay Merchant	AMDCC 2016 WMDCC 2017 (18th)
2017–18	Lynn Hewitt	Dean Hewitt	Pete Manasantivongs	AMDCC 2017 WMDCC 2018 (18th)
2018–19	Tahli Gill	Dean Hewitt	Pete Manasantivongs	AMDCC 2018 WMDCC 2019 (4th)
2019–20	Tahli Gill	Dean Hewitt		AMDCC 2019
2020–21	Tahli Gill	Dean Hewitt	Pete Manasantivongs	WMDCC 2021 (13th)
2021–22	Tahli Gill	Dean Hewitt	John Morris (OQE), Pete Manasantivongs	OQE 2021 WOG 2022 (10th) WMDCC 2022 (11th)
2022–23	Tahli Gill	Dean Hewitt	Laura Walker	AMDCC 2022 WMDCC 2023 (8th)
2023–24	Tahli Gill	Dean Hewitt	Perry Marshall	AMDCC 2023 WMDCC 2024 (15th)
2024–25	Tahli Gill	Dean Hewitt	Perry Marshall	WMDCC 2025
2025–26	Tahli Gill	Dean Hewitt	Perry Marshall	OQE 2025 WMDCC 2026