Cory Thiesse
Cory Thiesse (/ˈtiːsiː/ TEE-see; née Christensen; born December 1, 1994) is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. At the 2026 Olympics, she and Korey Dropkin became the first American team to win a medal in Olympic mixed doubles curling, winning the silver medal and making her the first American woman to win any Olympic medal in curling.
She currently plays third on Team Tabitha Peterson. She is a three-time defending U.S. women's champion, winning titles in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Thiesse was one of the top junior women's curlers in the United States, playing in six national junior championships and winning four of them. She was the alternate on Nina Roth's 2018 United States Olympic team.
Thiesse is a former world mixed doubles champion, winning the title in 2023 alongside partner Korey Dropkin. She also won a bronze medal at the event in 2019 with partner John Shuster.