Brittani O'Neill (born May 6, 1986) is a

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curler from

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Career

Juniors

In 2006, O'Neill skipped Brock University to an Ontario University Athletics championship. In 2007, O'Neill won the Ontario Junior Mixed title, playing third for the

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rink.

Women's

O'Neill began her women's career skipping a rink on the World Curling Tour in 2007. She would later join the

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rink for the 2011-12 season, before forming her own rink again. She joined the

Jenn Hanna Jennifer Ann Hanna (born January 22, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Nepean, Ontario. She curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club. She was a finalist in both the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championship and the . Career Early competitive career ...

team in 2015. In 2015, O'Neil won the 2016 Ontario Mixed championship, throwing third rocks on a team consisting of Mike McLean, Andrew Denny and

Karen Sagle Karen Trines (born December 15, 1986, in Ottawa as Karen Sagle) is a Canadian curler from Nepean, Ontario. She currently plays lead for Team Mann on the World Curling Tour. Career Trines twice represented Ontario at the Canadian Junior Curling ...

. The team finished with a 6-3 record, winning the "Seeding pool", placing 9th overall. O'Neill found more success that season with the Hanna rink, qualifying for her first ever

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. At the

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, the Hanna rink beat the World #1 ranked

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rink in the final, qualifying the team to represent Ontario at the

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Personal life

O'Neill is currently a dental hygiene student at

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. She was in a common-law relationship with her teammate,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:ONeill, Brit 1986 births Living people Canadian women curlers Curlers from Ottawa Curlers from Hamilton, Ontario Canadian LGBT sportspeople Brock University alumni Lesbian sportswomen LGBT curlers 21st-century Canadian LGBT people