Catlin Schneider
Catlin Schneider is a Canadian curler.Career
Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Schneider was a two-sport athlete at university, playing both football and curling for the University of Regina. In football, Schneider was a wide receiver. In curling, he skipped the University of Regina curling team at the 2014 CIS/CCA Curling Championships on home ice. There, he led his team of Mathew Ring, Rory McCusker and Brendan Ryan to a 2-5 record, missing the playoffs.
After university, Schneider joined the Brent Gedak team in 2014, throwing third stones on the team. The team played in the 2015 SaskTel Tankard, the Saskatchewan men's provincial championship, but failed to qualify for the playoffs. The next season, Schneider joined the Shaun Meachem team, continuing at third. The team won two tour events that season, the Medicine Hat Charity Classic and the HDF Insurance Shoot-Out and played in one Grand Slam event, the 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup, where the lost all of their games. The team played in the 2016 SaskTel Tankard, making it all the way to final, where they lost to Team Steve Laycock. The next year, the team added Adam Casey from Prince Edward Island to throw last rocks, and eventually took over skipping duties for the rink. The team won the 2017 SaskTel Tankard, qualifying the team to represent the province at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier. There, the team finished the round robin with a 5-6 record, missing the playoffs. After the Brier, Schneider joined the Morris team to sub in for Rick Sawatsky, who was injured. He played in two slams on Team Morris, losing in a tiebreaker at the 2017 Players' Championship and losing in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup. Schneider continued to play for the team the next season, playing in the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge, going 0-4 and at the 2017 Masters of Curling, again going 0-4. The team found more success at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Pre-trials, winning the A event, qualifying the team the right to play at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. There, the team posted a 3-5 record, missing the playoffs.
Schneider joined the new team of Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy and Dustin Kidby for the 2018–19 season. The team was invited to represent Canada at the third leg of the 2018-19 Curling World Cup. The team won the event, defeating Team Sweden's Niklas Edin rink in the final.
In their first event of the 2019-20 season, Team Dunstone finished runner-up at the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard to John Epping. Dunstone also won his first career Grand Slam at the 2019 Masters where he defeated Brad Gushue in the final. They fell into a slump after their huge win at the slam, not able to qualify at the Tour Challenge, National or Canadian Open and finishing winless at the 2019 Canada Cup. They were able to turn things around at the 2020 SaskTel Tankard. After falling into the C Event, Team Dunstone won four straight games including defeating Kirk Muyres in the final to win the provincial championship. At the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, they finished the round robin and championship pool with a 8–3 record which qualified them for the 1 vs. 2 game against Alberta's Brendan Bottcher. They lost the game 9–4 and then lost the semifinal to Newfoundland and Labrador's Gushue, settling for a bronze medal. He left the Dunstone team in 2020.
In mixed doubles play, Schneider has played in two Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships with partner Nancy Martin. They lost in the round of 12 in 2016 and missed the playoffs in 2017.Personal life
Schneider's hometown is White City, Saskatchewan. He attended Greenall High School. He is currently employed as an engineer with Prairie Sun Solar. He comes from a big curling family; his sister is Lorraine Schneider who represented Saskatchewan at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and his father, Jamie, played in the 1990 Labatt Brier with three of his uncles. His cousins Kim and Tammy Schneider won the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and represented Canada at the 2011 World Women's Curling Championship.
