Bradley Lequin (born May 30, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Lacolle, Quebec. He currently plays lead on Team Yannick Martel.

Career

Lequin won his first Quebec Junior Curling Championship in 2018, playing lead for Alek Bédard with Louis Quevillon at third and Émile Asselin at second. This qualified them for the

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, held January 13–21 in

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, Quebec. At the championship, the team finished the round robin with a 4–2 record, which was enough to qualify them for the championship pool. They then lost three of their four games, finishing the tournament in seventh place with a 5–5 record. Lequin's team aged out of juniors the following season and he joined the

Vincent Roberge Vincent Roberge (born December 16, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Lévis, Quebec. Career Roberge won his first Quebec Junior Curling Championship in 2017, skipping his team of Julien Tremblay, Étienne Elmaleh and Fabien Roberge. This qual ...

rink for his last year of juniors. The team went undefeated at their junior provincial championship to qualify for the

2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 19 to 27 at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The winners represented Canada at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships in Liverpool, Nova S ...

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, Saskatchewan. There, they just qualified for the championship pool with a 4–2 record before finishing the tournament in sixth place with a 5–5 record. He rejoined the Bédard rink for the 2019–20 season. During the 2019–20 season, Team Bédard competed in four tour events but only found success in one, the

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, where they reached the semifinals. At the

2020 Quebec Tankard The 2020 Quebec Tankard the Quebec men's provincial curling championship was held from January 19 to 26 at the Arèna de Salaberry in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. The winning Alek Bédard rink represented Quebec at the 2020 Tim Hortons Bri ...

, the team qualified for the championship round with a 5–1 record. They then went 2–1 in their next three games, good enough to earn them a spot in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game. They then defeated Martin Ferland 9–8 in the 3 vs. 4 game, upset

Mike Fournier Michael "Mike" Fournier (born November 24, 1971) is a Canadian curler originally from Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec. He currently skips his own team out of Toronto, Ontario. Career Fournier played in his first Quebec Tankard in 2014 at the 2 ...

9–8 in the semifinal and beat

7–2 to claim the championship title. Their win earned them a berth to the

2020 Tim Hortons Brier The 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from February 29 to March 8 at the Leon's Centre in Kingston, Ontario. The winning Brad Gushue rink was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Men's Curli ...

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, Ontario. There, they finished with a 1–6 record, only managing to beat Team Nunavut. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. Curling Québec then decided to select Team Fournier to represent Quebec at the

2021 Tim Hortons Brier The 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 14 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. In the final, Team Alberta, skipped by Brendan Bottcher defeated Team ...

, meaning Team Bédard would not have the opportunity to repeat as back-to-back provincials champions. Team Bédard had a strong start to the 2021–22 season, reaching the final of the Moosehead Classic. They then won the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec, beating the

Jean-Sébastien Roy Jean-Sébastien Roy (born August 14, 1977) is a Canadian curler from Gatineau, Quebec. Career Roy is a two time provincial junior champion, winning in 1995 as the third for Yanick Gaudreault and in 1997 as the third for Philippe Lemay. At the ...

rink in the final game. They had two more playoff appearances during the season at the

and the Finale du Circuit where they reached the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. The Quebec Tankard was once again cancelled due to the pandemic and the Fournier rink was appointed as the provinces representatives, ending Team Bédard's season.

Personal life

Lequin is currently a financial student at

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Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lequin, Louis 1998 births Living people Canadian male curlers Curlers from Quebec Sportspeople from Montreal Sportspeople from Montérégie Concordia University alumni