Delco's Taylor Anderson-Heide To Compete For Bronze In Olympic Curling Saturday

BROOMALL, PA — Broomall's Taylor Anderson-Heide unfortunately won't be earning a gold medal for Delaware County in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. But, she and her teammates could still secure a bronze medal.

The USA's women's curling team — consisting of Anderson-Heide, Tabitha Peterson, Tara Peterson, Cory Thiesse, and Aileen Geving — fell to Switzerland in Friday's semifinal round, 7-4, Friday

In Friday's match, Anderson-Heide boasted an 87 percent shot success, the second-highest of the match.

The defeat comes on the heels of the team winning 7-6 over Switzerland Friday, which sent them to the semifinals.

Team USA will face off against Canada for the bronze medal Saturday morning. Switzerland and Sweden will compete for gold and silver Sunday.

Anderson-Heide, 30, is a Marple Newtown High School graduate who grew up curling with her twin sister, Sarah, and parents Wayne and Arlene Anderson. She honed her skills at the Philadelphia Curling Club in Paoli.

Her career highlights include gold medals at the U.S. Women's Championships in 2019, 2021, and 2021; gold at the 2025 U.S. Olympic trials; and silver at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Copenhagen with Sarah, among other silver and bronze medal placements.

She is a five-time national champion, twice in mixed doubles with Korey Dropkin in 2015 and 2018, twice in women’s curling on a team with Sarah in 2019 and 2021, and once in 2025 as the lead for the Peterson sisters, on a team with two-time Olympian Tabitha Peterson as skip.

Anderson-Heide lives in Minneapolis and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota.