Cathy Gauthier ( Tardi; June 5, 1961 in

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) is a

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curler and broadcaster. Gauthier began curling in grade 9. She played juniors for one season with

Connie Laliberte Connie Laliberte (born October 21, 1960) is a Canadian curler from Manitoba and world champion. In 2019, Laliberte was named the tenth greatest Canadian curler in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers. Championships ...

, losing in the Manitoba final one year. Gauthier joined back up with Laliberte in women's play, and was on her team for much of her career. Gauthier won two championships with Laliberte, in 1992 and

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, and won the

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with

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, playing lead. Although she is one of the few women to win three championships on the national level, she has not won a world championship. She left the Jones team in May 2005 due to family commitments. Gauthier, who is regularly employed with the

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, also works as a curling broadcaster, having called games for '' TSN'' and ''

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'' in Winnipeg and ''

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'' nationally. Gauthier is the mother of 2020 Canadian Junior Men's curling champion skip Jacques Gauthier and aunt of three-time Canadian junior champion

Tyler Tardi Tyler N. Tardi (born August 10, 1998 in Richmond, British Columbia) is a Canadian curler originally from Cloverdale, British Columbia. Career Juniors Tardi first came onto the national curling scene skipping the host British Columbia team at t ...

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