Emily Deschenes (born December 25, 2002) is a Canadian curler from

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, Ontario.

Career

Deschenes skipped her rink to silver at the 2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Deschenes was selected to represent Canada in the

2020 Winter Youth Olympics The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...

in Lausanne,

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. The rink, skipped by

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, went undefeated in the round robin, before falling to Japan in the quarter finals. Following the mixed competition, Deschenes competed in Mixed Doubles with Oriol Gasto (Spain). Deschenes capped the 2020 season with a victory at the 2020 Ontario Winter Games. Deschenes entered the 2020–21 season with a new rink. In just their second event together at the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, they defeated the Jennifer Jones rink 6–4 in a round robin game and finished third for the event. With a new look team heading into the 2021–22 season, Deschenes and her rink captured silver at the

2022 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2022 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from March 26 to April 1 at the Stratford Rotary Complex in Stratford, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Füssen, ...

, losing to

Taylour Stevens Taylour Stevens (born August 31, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Chester, Nova Scotia. She is currently the alternate on Team Heather Smith. In 2022, she skipped her team to victory at the 2022 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Career St ...

of Nova Scotia. With Stevens aging out of junior curling, Deschenes joined the Halifax rink of Lauren Ferguson, Alison Umlah, and Cate Fitzgerald as the skip of Team Canada at the

World Junior-B Curling Championships The World Junior-B Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel. The championships feature curlers under the age of 21 competing to qualify for three spots in the World Junior Curling Championships. Nations that participate are those which ...

attempting to qualify Canada for the

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. The Nova Scotia rink finished third in their first event together at the U25 NextGen Classic. Deschenes and her Nova Scotia rink entered the

2022 PointsBet Invitational The 2022 PointsBet Invitational curling tournament was held from September 21 to 25 at the Willie O'Ree Place in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The event featured thirty-two Canadian teams and was the first major event of the "Season of Champions" ...

as the 15th seed where she took Kaitlyn Lawes to the 10th end, falling 10–8 in the Sweep 16. Deschenes' Nova Scotia rink went undefeated at

in Lohja, Finland, beating Scotland 5–4 to take home gold. The first-place finish qualified Canada for the

in Fussen, Germany, where they finished 8th with a 2–7 round robin record.

Personal life

As of 2022, Deschenes was studying Business Administration at Algonquin College.

Teams

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deschenes, Emily 2002 births Living people Canadian women curlers Curlers from Ottawa