Canada won the first Olympic mixed doubles curling gold medal in 2018.
John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes represented Canada in the event’s Olympic debut at the PyeongChang Winter Games. They defeated Jenny Perret and Martin Rios of Switzerland 10–3 in the final at the Gangneung Curling Centre on February 13, 2018. Norway took bronze after a later disqualification changed the medal standings.
Mixed doubles differs from traditional Olympic curling because each team has only two players—one woman and one man—and games use a shorter format. The event’s Olympic introduction added a faster, tactically distinctive competition to the curling program alongside men’s and women’s team curling.
The most common mix-up is Switzerland, which won silver, or Norway, which won bronze. Canada’s title was particularly notable because Lawes had already won Olympic gold in traditional women’s curling in 2014, while Morris had won men’s curling gold in 2014.