Hugh Ronald Alexander Millikin (born 4 July 1957 in North Vancouver, British Columbia

North Vancouver, British Columbia

There are two municipalities in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada, that use the name North Vancouver. These are:*The City of North Vancouver...

) is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n curler

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 originally from Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

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Career

In 1986, while still residing in the Canadian province of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Millikin played second position for Dave Van Dine's Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada. It is considered as the highest level of mixed curling in the world, with the absence of a World Championships. However, a...

 team.

Millikin would later move to Australia and has skipped the Australian team to nine Pacific Curling Championships

Pacific Curling Championships

The Pacific-Asia Curling Championships are an annual curling tournament, held every year in November or December. The top team receives a berth to the World Curling Championships, while the second-placed team also receives a berth if the championships are held in the Americas or in Europe...

 titles. Millikin has also participated in nine World Curling Championships

World Curling Championships

The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's in 1979...

. The teams top placements have been sixth place in 1992, 1993 and 2008. Millikin also went to the 1992 Winter Olympics

1992 Winter Olympics

The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics...

 skipping the Australian team to a seventh place finish in the demonstration event.

Millikin and his team regularly travel back to his hometown Ottawa to practice and to participate in local curling tournaments. Their team coach is Earle Morris

Earle Morris

Earle Morris is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. He is the only curler to play for three different provinces at the Brier. Currently he is the coach of the Jennifer Jones rink and the Australian national team...

, father of John Morris

John Morris (curler)

John Morris is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Chestermere, Alberta. Morris plays third for the Kevin Martin team. Morris, author of the book Fit to Curl, is the son of Maureen and Earle Morris, inventor of the "Stabilizer" curling broom...

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At the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship

2008 World Men's Curling Championship

-Draw 2:April 5, 19:00-Draw 3:April 6, 09:00-Draw 4:April 6, 14:00-Draw 5:April 6, 19:00-Draw 6:April 7, 09:00-Draw 7:April 7, 14:00-Draw 8:April 7, 19:00-Draw 9:April 8, 09:00...

, he skipped Australia to a 5-6 record, the most wins ever for Australia. The team came an end short from forcing a tie-breaker.

The Australian team missed qualification for the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

 by 0.5 points, finishing ranked 11th in the world, with only the top ten qualifying for the games.

Current team mates

The entire Australian curling team consists of ex-patriate Canadians except Steve Hewitt who is a native Australian from Melbourne. Millikin skips the Australian team, but throws third stones.

• Ian Palangio (vice skip, fourth stones)
• Sean Hall (second)
• Steve Johns (lead)
• Steve Hewitt (alternate)

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