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Joëlle Sabourin
Joëlle Sabourin (born May 28, 1972) is a Canadian curler from Gatineau. Born in Hull, Quebec, Canada, Sabourin is a five-time provincial champion for her native Quebec, earning her the right to play at five national championships (the Scotties Tournament of Hearts). In she won as Chantal Osborne's second, in and as Janique Berthelot's third, and in and playing lead for Marie-France Larouche. Three times she played in the Scotties as an alternate: in for Agnes Charette, in for Ontario's Jenn Hanna and in for Marie-France Larouche. In 2001 Sabourin won the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship playing lead for Jean-Michel Ménard. From 2004 to 2007, Sabourin played in Ontario for Jenn Hanna. In 2004 and 2006 she was the team's third. In 2005, when she was pregnant, Sabourin was the team's alternate. It was that season that the team lost in the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts finals to Jennifer Jones. In 2007, Sabourin played lead and second for the team before leavin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hull, Quebec
Hull is the central business district and oldest neighbourhood of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. As part of the Canadian National Capital Region, it contains offices for over 20,000 civil servants. It is named after Kingston upon Hull in England. History Early history Hull is a former municipality in the Province of Quebec and the location of the oldest non-native settlement in the National Capital Region. It was founded on the north shore of the Ottawa River in 1800 by Philemon Wright at the portage around the Chaudière Falls just upstream (or west) from where the Gatineau and Rideau Rivers flow into the Ottawa. Wright brought his family, five other families and twenty-five labourers and a plan to establish an agriculturally based community to what was a mosquito-infested wilderness. But soon after, Wright and his family took advantage of the lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Jones (curler)
Jennifer Judith Jones OM (born July 7, 1974) is a Canadian curler. She was the Olympic champion in curling as skip of the Canadian team at the 2014 Sochi Games. Jones is the first female skip to go through the Games undefeated. The only male skip to achieve this was fellow Canadian Kevin Martin in 2010. Jones and her squad were the first Manitoba based curling team to win an Olympic gold medal. They won the 2008 World Women's Curling Championship and were the last Canadian women's team to do so until Rachel Homan in 2017. She won a second world championship in 2018. Jones represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Jones has won the national championship a record tying six times, most recently during the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, equalling Colleen Jones for total Scotties championships. To go along with her national championships, Jones has also won the Manitoba provincial championship 11 times, with a total of 16 Tournament of Heart appearances as of 2021, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valérie Grenier (curler)
Valérie Grenier (born October 30, 1996) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer. She started skiing in all disciplines and later specialized in giant slalom and super-G, with some occacional starts in downhill. From St. Isidore, Ontario, between Ottawa and Montreal, Grenier has competed at five World Championships and two Winter Olympics. At the Junior World Championships in 2016, she won the gold medal in downhill and took silver In January 2022, she was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. Grenier attained her first World Cup podium in 2023, a victory on January 7 at a giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, posting the best result in both runs. It was the first World Cup GS win by a Canadian in 49 years, since Kathy Kreiner won in early 1974 at Pfronten, West Germany. A year later, she defended the Golden Fox title, winning at the same venue once again. World Cup results Season standings : Race podiums * 2 wins (2 GS) * 4 podiums (3 GS, 1 DH); 18 top tens W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Bélanger
Nancy Bélanger (born September 2, 1978) is a Canadian curler from Charny, Quebec. Born in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Bélanger plays third for Marie-France Larouche. As a member of Larouche's team, Bélanger won five straight junior provincial championships. In her last year of juniors in 1999, the team won the 1999 Canadian Junior Curling Championships followed by a bronze medal at the World Junior Curling Championships. In 2001, Bélanger won her first provincial women's championship with Larouche. She then left the team, only to come back for 2005-06 season. She left the team again in 2006-07 to play second for Brenda Nicholls Brenda Nicholls (born August 9, 1972 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian curler. Career 1991–1999 Nicholls made her national curling debut at the 1991 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. She was playing fourth stones for skip Katie Ars .... She came back for the 2007-08 season and won her second women's provincial championship in 2008. Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascale Letendre
Pascale Letendre (born c. 1980 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian curler from Orleans, Ontario. Career Letendre is most notable for playing third for the Jenn Hanna rink that lost in the final of the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts. Letendre was a replacement player for the rink that season, filling in for Joelle Sabourin who played as the team's alternate due to work commitments. After the season, Letendre left the team and was replaced by Sabourin. After leaving the Hanna rink, Letendre would form her own team. The following season she joined up with Janet McGhee for whom she played one season Letendre eventually joined back with Hanna for the 2011-12 curling season. Both Jenn and Stephanie Hanna announced they will not compete competitively in the 2012-13 season, or in the near or immediate future. However, the Hanna sisters and Letendre teamed up with Lisa Paddle to curl in the 2013–14 curling season. Personal life Letendre is employed as a labour and delivery nurse at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Hanna
Stephanie Valerie Hanna (born July 31, 1982) is a Canadian curler from Stittsville, Ontario. She is the long-time teammate of her sister, Jenn Hanna. Career Hanna won the provincial Bantam championship in 1999 playing second for Julie Reddick. Hanna has played with her sister Jenn since the 2003-2004 season, when she played lead for the team, which included Dawn Askin and second and Joëlle Sabourin at third. In their first season, the team lost the semi-final at the 2004 Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts. In 2005, Pascale Letendre replaced Sabourin at the third position. The new team won the provincial title, and went on to lose the final of the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts. After a number of lineup changes, Stephanie was promoted to the team's second position in 2007 and then to third in 2008. After the team skipped the 2010-11 season, Letendre (who left the team after the 2005 Hearts) was brought back to play third, and Stephanie was bumped to second position. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Askin
Dawn Kathleen McEwen (born Askin; July 3, 1980) is a Canadian retired curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the long-time lead for the Jennifer Jones rink, who became Olympic champions, winning gold for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics. McEwen is a two-time world champion in curling, having won with Jones at the 2008 World Championships and again at the 2018 World Championships. In 2019, McEwen was named the greatest Canadian female lead in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers. Career McEwen was born at the Riverside Hospital in Ottawa, the daughter of Wayne and Jane Askin (née Machin). She grew up in Ottawa, where she began curling at the RCMP Curling Club at age seven, before moving to the Rideau Curling Club for their junior program. McEwen joined up with Jenn Hanna for the 2003–04 season playing as her second. In 2005, the team won the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts and lost in the final of the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Leclerc (curler)
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Nancy Lemire
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Annie Lemay
Annie Lemay (born May 16, 1977) is a Canadian curler from Aylmer, Quebec. Career Lemay has won eight provincial titles. At the 1999 and 2000 Tournament of Hearts, she played second for Janique Berthelot. In 2000, she moved to the Marie-France Larouche team to play as her second and won provincial titles with her in 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2016 as her second and as her third in 2011. In 2004, the team made it to the finals, losing to Colleen Jones. Lemay also played in the 2013 Hearts as the alternate for Quebec. Lemay won the 2021 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship playing lead on Team Quebec, skipped by her husband, Jean-Michel Ménard. Personal life Lemay is married to 2006 Brier Briar, Briars, Brier, or Briers may refer to: * Briar, or brier, common name for a number of unrelated thorny plants that form thicket People * Brier (surname) * Briers, a surname * Briars (surname) Places * Briar, Missouri, U.S. * Bri ... champion skip Jean-Michel Ménard. They h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvie Daniel
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